DORCAS MACCARTHY
Knaphill,Surrey
Summary
Highly skilled and experienced in patient centred care delivery as part of an obstetric, gynaecological and healthcare provider team. As a highly skilled and dedicated midwife, i have gained so much experience across varieties of healthcare settings. I am committed to providing compassionate and respectful care. I work well in all health settings as part of providing quality antepartum,intrapartum and postpartum care taking into consideration professional and cooperate cultural issues associated with maternal and child care. Considering my twelve years continues health care provision,I am skilled in maintaining professionalism,patience and efficiency to minimize customer dissatisfaction and improve customer loyalty.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Health care assistant
CHD Living Abbey Chase Nursing Home
Chertsey, Surrey
2023.11 - Current
- Provides personal care in a respectful manner
- Assists in mobilization
- Ensures person centred care and hygiene needs
- Provides holistic and compassionate care
- Provides friendly and professional companionship including social activities
- Ensures proper documentation and confidentiality
- Follows safety and health measures as trained.
Registered Midwife
Kwesimintsim Government Hospital
Kwesimintsim, Ghana, Western Region
2020.02 - 2023.11
- Prepared mothers for childbirth
- Performed comprehensive physical exams to determine normal and abnormal health status.
- Provided proper training and education on breastfeeding
- Collected, recorded and assessed clinical data
- Built midwife mother child relationships
- Ensured privacy and confidentiality
- Performed head to toe physicall examinations on expectant mothers and babies
- Provided care and management of patients after natural and operative births.
- Keeping an eye out for complications that will require medical interventions
- Performed tests such as STDs and other tests for new and expectant mothers.
- Provided evidence based obstetric care such as ordering and evaluating.
Nurse assistant preventive
Wa Municipal health directorate
Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana
2015.08 - 2018.08
- Provided family planning services.
- Immunized expectant mothers and children.
- Provided maternal and child health services.
- Provided homevists and followups and special cases at assigned catchment areas and disease surveillance.
- Conducted school and health education.
- Provided primary health services in homes.
- Ensured monthly requisition of logistics (vaccines) and management of effective cold chain systems.
- Ensures confidentiality of patient history in course of professional practice.
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Nurse assistant preventive
Nursing and midwifery college,Adansi Fomena
Ghana 2012.08 - 2014.11
Diploma of Higher Education - Midwifery
Nursing and Midwifery college, Pantang
Accra,Ghana 2020.02 - 2023.11
NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social care
Inspire London College
London 2025.01 - 2025.07
Skills
- Ultrasound interpretation
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Wound care
- Patient care
- Lactation support
- Family planning
- Use of electronic health records
- Gynaecological exam
- Good communication
- Labour support technique
- Fetal monitoring
- Infection prevention and control technique
- Team player
Certification
- Certificate, phlebotomy,venipuncture and specimen handling
- Diploma in caregiving
- UK NMC Registered midwife
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social care
Inspire London College
2025.01 - 2025.07
Health care assistant
CHD Living Abbey Chase Nursing Home
2023.11 - Current
Registered Midwife
Kwesimintsim Government Hospital
2020.02 - 2023.11
Diploma of Higher Education - Midwifery
Nursing and Midwifery college, Pantang
2020.02 - 2023.11
Nurse assistant preventive
Wa Municipal health directorate
2015.08 - 2018.08
Certificate of Higher Education - Nurse assistant preventive
Nursing and midwifery college,Adansi Fomena
2012.08 - 2014.11