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Elizabeth Ogechi Uroko

Huddersfield ,West Yorkshire

Summary

Dedicated Senior Health Care Assistant with extensive experience in personal care, medication administration, and end-of-life care. Proficient in working with multidisciplinary teams, maintaining healthcare quality standards, and ensuring ethics and confidentiality. Skilled in dementia understanding, infection prevention, and control knowledge, as well as manual handling training. Adept at developing person-centred care plans and managing Health Care Assistant teams. Committed to enhancing patient well-being through effective communication with doctors and adherence to health and safety regulations.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Healthcare assistant

Restrict Hall and Grange
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
12.2024 - Current
  • I dispense medication, and ensure correct recording of all event information relating to medication.
  • I monitored vital signs for accurate health records.
  • Ensure to provided emotional support, enhancing patient mental well-being.
  • Ensure highest possible level of care are maintained by supporting/assisting residents when required.
  • Support training and supervision of junior and new staff members in all aspect of their work in the home.
  • Pay attention to assisting residents who have limited mobility, or physical/ learning difficulties making the best use of aid provided.
  • Closely monitor residents who may be confused and/or who have behavioural problems.
  • I assist in the delivery of care for residents who are dying or who have progressive illness.
  • Complete, observe and review care planing needs for residents and complete written daily records as instructed and in line with the company's policy and procedure.
  • Assist in framework of social activities by interacting with residents and helping them continue with hobbies and activities in the home.
  • I attend to nurse call system, giving assistance as required. Answer telephone appropriately, respond accordingly and passion messages promptly
  • I report on well-being of residents and lease with the GPs and support managers etc.
  • Clean and maintain equipments used by residents e.g. hearing aids, wheelchairs, spectacles etc.
  • Ensure all holistic assessments are carried out when residents are admitted to the home e.g. covering nutritional and incontinence issues, risk assessment
  • Ensure full privacy and dignity is maintained for the dying and the bereaved, in line with the company's policies and procedures.
  • I assist residents who need help during meals(Be aware of swallowing difficulties, dietary requirements etc.)
  • Promote safe working practice in the home.

Health care assistant

Sense Care
Agency, York
10.2023 - Current
  • Carry out all as stated in care role but in different homes as assigned.

Senior Care Assistance

Maple Court Care Home.
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
08.2024 - 12.2024

Same as stated above

Health care assistant

Maple Court Care Home
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
11.2023 - 08.2024
  • Ensured infection control measures were adhered to strictly for a safe environment for both staff and patients alike.
  • Escorted patients for tests or procedures within the hospital premises whilst ensuring their safety and comfort.
  • Carry out regular checks on residents at intervals
  • Support residents with daily living activities, meals and socialisation.
  • Support residents with their daily personal care needs e.g. baths, meals and continent.
  • I ensure to document all care activities/events of each resident on daily basis
  • Report changes in health condition of residents to the senior staff
  • Clean and maintain equipments used by the residents for mobilisation and transfers.
  • Ensured the rooms are tidy at all times
  • Make visitors feel welcome. Provide refreshment/assistance when required.
  • I ensure that all moving aids are used for its purpose for the safety of the residents
  • I ensure that all prescribed creams are applied as directed.
  • Give emotional support, reassurance and companionship to the residents when required.
  • Maintaining a safe, clean and hygienic environment for residents.
  • Respecting residents confidentiality and personal information
  • I ensure to participate in all booked training and professional developments. etc

Assistant microbiologist

De Geo-Ses Resources Limited
Nigeria, Port Harcourt
02.2016 - 08.2023
  • I assisted with intravenious collection of blood samples
  • Ensured accurate labelling and transfer of all samples to the laboratory and preparing them for test
  • Assist with culturing of microorganism and interpreting the results.
  • Carry out all sterilisation of the use laboratory tools for the day
  • Document all results and maintaining high level of privacy
  • Take calls from patients, respond appropriately and booking their appointment for test or results etc.

Assistant microbiologist (Industrial Training)

Amblin Laboratory Services
Nigeria, Enugu State
01.2014 - 02.2015
  • I assist in conducting Microbiological tests e.g culture and sensitivity of microorganism, analyse results and perform further identification when required.
  • Carry out simple microscopic analysis on urines, swabs etc
  • Carry out sterilisation of all used laboratory tools daily e.g speculum, culture plates, slides, beakers etc using the autoclave.
  • Prepare all the samples for test, ensuring proper labelling for easy identification.
  • Prepare culture medias to be used for the week and store them appropriately
  • Ensure all results are accurately recorded before discharging them for collection.
  • I ensure all safety protocols including handling and disposal of hazardous materials are maintained.
  • Operating and maintaining calibrating laboratory equipments including microscopes, incubators, and centrifuges
  • Communicate with colleagues and other healthcare professionals


Education

MSc - Global Healthcare Management

Coventry University
United Kingdom
09/2023 - 08/2024

PGD - Applied Microbiology and Brewing

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state
Nigeria
09/2012 - 03/2014

WAEC - Science

Community Secondary School, Imilike-Agu
Nigeria
09/1997 - 06/2022

First School Living - Primary Level

T.T.C Primary School
Enugu, Nigeria
09/1991 - 06/1996

Skills

  • Assisting in personal hygiene
  • Working with multidisciplinary teams
  • Communicating with doctors
  • Ethics and confidentiality
  • Healthcare quality standards
  • Nutrition and hydration maintenance
  • Dementia understanding
  • Equipment sterilisation
  • Medication Administration
  • Wound dressing
  • End Of Life Care
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • First aid knowledge
  • Care plan development
  • Supervisory experience
  • Catheter care
  • Manual handling training
  • Diabetes management
  • Infection prevention and control knowledge
  • Health and Safety regulations
  • Recording vital signs
  • Health Care Assistant team management
  • Meal assistance
  • Person-centred care plans
  • Documentation development
  • Housekeeping
  • Personal care
  • Handling medical emergencies

Custom

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Affiliations

  • I like to play snooker board games at my leisure times, I like to travel and attend conferences to meet people in diverse disciplines

Certification

  • Medication Administration Awareness
  • Control of Substance Hazardous to Health
  • Documentation and Record Keeping
  • End of Life Care
  • Autism Awareness
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Learning Disability
  • MCA DoLS
  • Person-Center Care
  • Safeguarding & Protection of Adults
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention
  • Moving & Handling
  • Oral Health
  • Prevent
  • Health and Safety
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Falls (Preventing and Managing)
  • Dementia Awareness
  • First Aid
  • Autism Awareness
  • Dysphagia
  • Fluids & Nutrition


References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Healthcare assistant

Restrict Hall and Grange
12.2024 - Current

Senior Care Assistance

Maple Court Care Home.
08.2024 - 12.2024

Health care assistant

Maple Court Care Home
11.2023 - 08.2024

Health care assistant

Sense Care
10.2023 - Current

Assistant microbiologist

De Geo-Ses Resources Limited
02.2016 - 08.2023

Assistant microbiologist (Industrial Training)

Amblin Laboratory Services
01.2014 - 02.2015

MSc - Global Healthcare Management

Coventry University
09/2023 - 08/2024

PGD - Applied Microbiology and Brewing

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state
09/2012 - 03/2014

WAEC - Science

Community Secondary School, Imilike-Agu
09/1997 - 06/2022

First School Living - Primary Level

T.T.C Primary School
09/1991 - 06/1996
Elizabeth Ogechi Uroko