Care Assistant
Silverline care
Glasgow, Glasgow City
08.2020 - Current
- Monitored individual's physical and emotional wellbeing, promptly reporting changes and providing suggestions for care plan adjustments.
- Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Minimised care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
- Charted daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.
- Delivered high-quality care to clients with disabilities, achieving care plan objectives.
- Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
- Monitored client health conditions and reported immediate issues to manager.
- Submitted reports to manager regarding status of client.
- Accompanied client to medical or dental appointments, grocery and errands.
- Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
- Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
- Provided high-quality person-centred support and received consistently positive patient feedback.
- Positioned, lifted and transported patients with limited mobility.
- Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
- Updated families regularly on patient progress and treatment plan changes.
- Prioritised patient welfare, providing comfort, reassurance and support to reduce anxiety and distress.
- Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
