Gladys Kyeremaa-Yeboah
Summary
Skilled Care Provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Advise families and healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Care Assistant
G&C Health Care Limited
Burton On Trent, UK
11.2023 - Current
- Maintain clean and organized living spaces for patients, ensuring a comfortable and sanitary environment conducive to healing.
- Enhance patient recovery by assisting with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Assist patients with mobility, transferring them safely between beds, chairs, and wheelchairs as needed.
- Improve patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care, addressing individual needs and preferences.
- Plan, prepare, and serve meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
Midwifery Officer
Ghana Health Service
Jinijini, Ghana
01.2019 - 10.2023
- Bathed, dressed, and groomed patients while maintaining dignity and comfort.
- Assisted with mobility by helping patients walk, turn, transfer, and use wheelchairs.
- Monitored patients' overall health condition and reported concerns to medical staff.
- Educated families on nutrition, safety precautions, and care techniques for patients.
- Developed care plans tailored to individuals' needs and preferences.
- Helped asphyxiated babies to breathe and survive at birth.
- Provided specialized care to women during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum, as well as family planning services and the treatment of minor gynecological problems.
- Attended personnel meetings and training sessions to improve skills and learn new policies and procedures.
- Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.
- Trained and mentored junior nurses and midwives.
- Provided specialized care to women during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum, as well as family planning services and the treatment of minor gynecological problems.
Senior Staff Midwife
Ghana Health Service
Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
01.2014 - 12.2018
- Conducted newborn assessments and provided immediate care, promoting healthy growth and development.
- Reduced risk of complications during labor by closely monitoring maternal vital signs and fetal heart rate patterns throughout the process.
- Provided comprehensive obstetric services to women and newborn babies in the areas of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum in both inpatient and outpatient setting.
- Provided direct patient care and management of pre-natal, antenatal, inpatient and follow-up care for women (including deliveries).
- Provided reproductive health services and counselling to adolescents in the community to prevent teen pregnancy, transmission of STI/HIV as well as sexual violence related injuries.
- Patient documentation such as progress notes and treatment in patients' medical records.
Midwife
Ghana National Service Secretariat
Asante-Akyem Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Ghana
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Assisted to perform initial physical examination and took vital statistics needed for patients' care.
- Assisted to provide the needed care to women during prenatal, labor, delivery, and postnatal periods.
- Kept accurate medical records by documenting patient prenatal care, labor and delivery and postpartum care.
- Empowered mothers to make informed decisions about their care through comprehensive education on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn care.
- Assisted to review Patients' charts and collected information needed for patient's screening, treatment, and education.
Education
Diploma in Midwifery
Midwifery/Health Assistants Training School
Mampong, Ghana11.2012
West African Senior School Certificate Examination
Sunyani Senior High School
Sunyani, Ghana06.2008
Skills
- Feeding Assistance
- Compassionate Care
- Mobility Assistance
- Client Confidentiality
- Good communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Have eye for details
- Effective listening Skills
- Nursing best practices
- Basic Housekeeping
- Toileting support
- Meal Preparation
- Respectful and Compassionate
Accomplishments
- I have successfully completed the theory for standards 1 to 15 and obtained Care Certificate (Standard 1 to 15) with Caredemy (Online skills for care).
- I have successfully completed NHS Level 3 Advanced Diploma, an online course provided by Reed Courses.
- I have studied and sat for the International English Language Test System (IELTS) and passed.
Special Qualities
- Self-motivated individual, highly principled with excellent analytical ability
- Excellent leader and a good team player with excellent organizational skills
- Able to work under pressure with little or no supervision.
- Fast at learning and adopting to new ideas.
Timeline
Care Assistant
G&C Health Care Limited
11.2023 - Current
Midwifery Officer
Ghana Health Service
01.2019 - 10.2023
Senior Staff Midwife
Ghana Health Service
01.2014 - 12.2018
Midwife
Ghana National Service Secretariat
01.2013 - 12.2013
Diploma in Midwifery
Midwifery/Health Assistants Training School
West African Senior School Certificate Examination
Sunyani Senior High School