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Fatima Salam

Gloucester,Gloucestershire

Summary

Empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.

Diligent health care team member with skills and training to safely support patients and assist clinical team member. Always ready to help with hygiene, mobility and cleaning needs. Works fast to stay ahead of continuous patient workload.

Compassionate with comprehensive background with elderly patients in care home settings. Provides exceptional care demonstrating dedication to safe nursing practices for continued patient trust. Maintains excellent levels of patient care through kindness and commitment to safe working practices.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Care assistant

Cygnet Health Care
Luton, Central Bedfordshire
04.2023 - Current
  • Delivered service according to policies, procedures and practices.
  • Built strong, trusting relationships with patients by providing continuous support and delivering best possible care.
  • Helped patients with bathing, meal assistance, toileting and mobility support.
  • Readied treatment rooms and patient beds to reduce backlogs and support timely interventions.
  • Actively listened to patients' complaints and feedback, actioning improvements to continuously elevate quality of care.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.

Care assistant

Salubre Nursing Services
Osogbo, Osun
08.2021 - 12.2022
  • Provided high-quality person-centred support and received consistently positive patient feedback.
  • Maintained high levels of client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalised care that consistently met individual needs.
  • Prepared nutritionally-balanced meals and assisted with feeding to guarantee wellbeing of individuals under care.
  • Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
  • Worked professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
  • Assisted with medicine and stock counting, ordering and replenishing.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
  • Submitted reports to manager regarding status of client.

Nurse assistant

Olunife Hospital
Ibadan, Oyo
06.2020 - 07.2021
  • Improved patient wellbeing by consistently engaging conversation and encouraging social interaction.
  • Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
  • Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
  • Carried out safe, secure manual handling, promoting independence whilst assisting patients with mobility.
  • Maintained hygiene standards, cleaning and clearing patient rooms according to ward protocol.
  • Recorded weight and height measurements, blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
  • Collaborated with nurses to evaluate care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
  • Prioritised patient welfare, providing comfort, reassurance and support to reduce anxiety and distress.

Education

Bachelor of technology - crop and environmental protection

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Ogbomoso
04.2014 - 04.2021

Skills

  • Safeguarding knowledge
  • Stoma care
  • Patient risk assessment
  • Care management
  • Patient observations
  • Care plan management
  • Organisational standards
  • Specimen collection
  • Medication administration
  • Meal preparation
  • Housekeeping
  • Clinical waste disposal
  • Catheterisation
  • Nursing care
  • Social care
  • Basic life support
  • Personal care
  • Elderly care
  • Patient handling and positioning
  • Disability care
  • Documentation development
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Time management
  • Communication skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Leadership

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
Yoruba
Proficient (C2)

Custom

  • I enjoy writing, traveling and exploring new places
  • I enjoy reading novels
  • I love cooking and baking

Affiliations

  • Cooking
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Reading
  • Walking

Certification

Oral Health and Dysphagia

Health and Social Care Level 3

Care Certificate Standard 1-15

Moving and Handling

Medicine and Management in Care Home

UK Driving License

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Care assistant

Cygnet Health Care
04.2023 - Current

Care assistant

Salubre Nursing Services
08.2021 - 12.2022

Nurse assistant

Olunife Hospital
06.2020 - 07.2021

Bachelor of technology - crop and environmental protection

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
04.2014 - 04.2021

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