Gerald Dzenga Moyo

I work as a double up or single for day shifts(07.00 - 20.30) at least three days/week, pick up staff on call with me a particular day(s) and drive to Bromsgrove and Wychbold for multiple domiciliary care visits in residential homes and care homes to mostly elderly with dementia, Parkinson’s disease and some disabled, autistic, epileptic, debilitating health conditions such as Huntington disease or recovering from stroke service users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Remained alert to challenges or health issues of service users and competently responded.
• Planned, prepared and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
• Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
• Determined specific person-centred care and provided most appropriate level of services for service users' well-being.
• Ran errands for service users, did shopping, and picked up other necessities.
• Documented residents' mental status, sleep and eating patterns in medical record books.
• Scheduled and accompanied service users to medical appointments.
• Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
• Monitored client vital signs, administered medications and tracked behaviors to keep registered manager well-informed.
• Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation and medication reminders.
• Built strong relationships with service users to deliver emotional support and companionship.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and any other light domestic chores.
• Engaged service users in meaningful conversation, socialization and activity while providing personal care assistance.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help service users achieve nutritional objectives.
• Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
• Supported service users with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
• Provided safe mobility support to help service users move around personal and public spaces.
• Assisted service users with self-administered medications.
• Provided transportation to doctor's appointments, grocery stores, salons and barbershops.
• Turned and positioned bedbound service users to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
• Monitored, tracked and conveyed important service user information to fellow healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.

• Worked under the supervision of a licensed resident Senior Care Nurse at Zororai Retirement Village; an old peoples’ home or aged care residency which provides personalized care and support to 12 residents.

Key responsibilities:

• Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
• Supporting with everyday personal care such as toileting, bathing, dressing and general personal hygiene needs
• Offering emotional support to residents and promoting warm, positive and pleasant relationships among residents, fellow staff and visiting relatives of residents
• Keeping residents' living and recreational environment safe, neat, clean and orderly
• Practicing infection-control measures, including taking standard precautions as per the residency’s policy and residents’ care plans
• Escorting a resident(s) on outings, hospital appointments
• Supporting with form filling and arranging appointments
• Compiling and updating care plans
• Providing care according to each resident’s care plan in a manner that protect their dignity and privacy
• Assisting residents maintaining or regaining their optimal level of independence
• Helping residents take their medication, where necessary
• Assisting with meal preparation and feeding
• Reporting timely to supervisor any observations or concerns about each resident’s status

Key responsibilities:

• Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor.
• Answered at least 20 call lights per shift and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Agreed to take on additional shifts and extra hours during busy periods and holidays to maintain proper staffing and floor coverage.
• Conferred with multidisciplinary healthcare team to help effectively manage patient conditions with regular testing and vitals assessments.
• Furthered skills by actively taking part in employee training and taking classes to improve skills.
• Participated in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory and provide light entertainment.
• Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
• Secured patient information and maintained patient confidentiality by completing and safeguarding all medical records.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Evaluated patients' progress in treatment, communicating observations to physician on duty to maintain or adjust prescribed care.
• Performed basic standardized wound care procedures by applying hot and cold packs and applying dressings and bandages to patients.
• Supported ambulation and physical therapy needs by conducting planned exercise routines.
• Empowered each service user to perform activities of daily living in accordance with their planned care
• Assisted Qualified Nurses in performing their duties as requested
• Encouraging and assisting service users to participate in leisure pursuits and ensure their social and emotional needs are met
• Maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Abiding by Health & Safety protocols, policies and procedures at all times
• Reporting promptly all complaints, however minor
• Reporting any changes in service users' physical or mental condition to Named Nurse or his/her deputy and maintaining accurate records on all forms and systems as required
• Undertaking cleaning duties as required, replenishing stocks of disposable items and exercise cost control at all times
• Ensuring service users clothing and toiletries are adequate and named
• Taking care to protect service users’ personal belongings
• Participating in assessment and evaluation of service users’ care.
• Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport.

• The main focus was to provide care and support to my uncle (my mother’s young brother). He failed to accept the death of my grandfather and ended up with drug induced Mental health issues. He later passed on following a protracted battle with lung cancer. Key Responsibilities:
• Supporting with everyday personal care such washing, dressing and general hygiene
• Offering emotional support
• Escorted him on at least 5 outings/week, access to community walks and drives including hospital appointments
• Supporting with daily tasks such as shopping and paying bills
• Carrying out light domestic duties
• Assisting with meal preparation
• Supporting with form filling and arranging appointments
• Administering medication

• After being made redundant at NBS, I became a full-time carer for my widowed grandfather, a nonagenarian, who suffered dementia due to old age and provided palliative care by ensuring compassionate support and comfortable living, before peacefully passing on in his sleep.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Monitoring my grandfather’s condition: dementia due to old age and liaising with healthcare practitioners who were also involved in his care
• Providing everyday personal care such as washing, dressing and general hygiene
• Helping him with eating, repositioning him during his bed-ridden days thereby minimising the risk of him getting pressure sores
• Observing and recording his condition, food and liquid intake and other behaviour, and document changes in a diary
• Making his bed, and maintaining a clean and safe environment for him
• Treating either him, our family, and other visitors who came to visit us with respect
• Engaging with him in a tactful, empathetic and meaningful manner at all times