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IZUCHUKWU OKEKE

Bristol,United Kingdom

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate medical doctor with over 8 years of clinical experience, including significant exposure to psychiatry, general medicine, and surgery. Demonstrated expertise in holistic patient assessment, diagnosis, and care, with strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and a patient-centred approach. Currently working as Locum SHO in integrated medicine to transition into a full-time psychiatry role. Committed to professional development with a long-term goal of becoming a consultant psychiatrist.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Locum SHO in integrated medicine

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff, Wales
02.2025 - Current
  • Worked diligently on ward rounds, contributing to accurate diagnoses and treatments over 10-15 patients per shift
  • Communicated effectively with multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless patient care.
  • Identified areas of improvement at regular performance reviews, aiming at continuous professional development.
  • Handled confidential information sensitively whilst adhering strictly to data protection laws.
  • Provided clear explanations to patients about their conditions, resulting in better understanding and compliance with treatment plans.
  • Delivered high-quality patient care by working efficiently in fast-paced hospital environment.

Support worker

Prohealthcare
Bristol
04.2022 - 01.2025
  • Supported over 50 young adults with learning disability, autism and various forms of mental health issues ranging from depression, eating disorders, delusional, psychosis, personality disorders, alcohol dependency and withdrawal.
  • Helping them meet with activities of daily living, ensure their safety while doing what gives them joy.
  • Take them to communities for some extra-curricular activities
  • Built strong patient relationships through compassionate care and friendly rapport building.
  • Administered medication with rigorous planning and recordkeeping.
  • Promoted personal wellbeing and independence, building service user confidence through social and community interaction.
  • Delivered high-quality care to individuals with varying needs, tailoring support to meet personalised care plans.
  • Used excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and interact with individuals in need
  • Monitored and documented client behaviours, activities and development, aiding appropriate care plan management.

Medical officer in psychiatry

Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospital
Enugu, Nigeria
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Track and document clients behaviours, activity engagement, skill acquisition and notable incidents
  • Clerked patients, conducted mini state examination, drew management plan and updates unit consultant.
  • Built strong patient relationships through compassionate care and friendly rapport building.
  • Used excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and interact with patients and their care givers
  • Prescribed medication with rigorous recordkeeping.
  • Provided physical and emotional support, employing compassionate care to help individuals achieve their full potential.
  • Empowered individuals to pursue hobbies and leisure activities such as shopping and creative activities.
  • Continuously promoted best practices in health, safety and security to safeguard patients welfare.
  • Built strong relationships with patients and colleagues through compassionate care and friendly rapport building
  • Involved actively in management of adults with learning disabilities, autism, antisocial behaviour, epilepsy and other mental health disorders
  • Immediate management of patients in crisis -epileptic attacks, acute psychotic disorder

Medical officer

Federal Medical Centre Umuahia
Umuahia
01.2014 - 12.2018
  • Company Overview: FMC is 400-bedded tertiary hospital in South Eastern Nigeria. It provides wide range of specialty care including Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Paediatric Surgery, Burns and Plastic surgery, ENT Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, General surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Urology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Internal Medicine department.
  • As first on call in psychiatry, usually review new patients- take detailed history, examined and draw up management plan after discussing with unit consultant
  • Received referrals from other departments for possible admission on accounts of various mental health conditions like delirium, depression, psychosis, puerperal psychosis, postpartum depression, delusional disorder, alcohol dependency, drugs over dose and suicidal ideation.
  • Followed up their management till discharge and in clinics for check up
  • Daily review of patients and managed some acute cases, updates unit consultant for further review
  • Conducting pre-consultant ward round every Wednesday in preparation for consultant ward rounds
  • Conducting electroconvulsive therapy under consultant supervision for severe depression
  • Conducting risk assessment in patients with psychiatric tendency using mini mental state examination
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to provide excellent care continuity.
  • Supervised and taught junior residents on clinical rotation in psychiatry and medical students during ward rounds.
  • Interpreted laboratory results and diagnostic tests to diagnose medical conditions.
  • Kept detailed, accurate patient notes for thorough medical records.
  • Initiated and coordinated hospital admission and discharge planning.
  • Prescribed medication with dosage advice to suit individualised patient needs.
  • Managed and followed up patients on antipsychotic medication.

Medical Doctor at National Youth service corps

Nigeria Government
Sokoto, Sokoto State
11.2012 - 10.2013
  • Compulsory one-year programme for graduates of tertiary schools including Doctors.
  • Educated patients on treatment options for various illnesses, collaborating with senior colleagues to provide thorough health education.
  • Ordered over 50 different diagnostic tests to gather data about patient conditions and inform treatment planning.
  • Educated patients and community members about disease prevention and general wellness to boost awareness of public health issues.

Intern doctor

Federal Medical centre
Makurdi, Benue State
06.2011 - 05.2012
  • Three months posting in each four departments
  • Internal Medicine- Was exposed to management of over 30 different medical conditions like acute asthmatic attack, chest infection, COPD, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary tb, pulmonary fibrosis, heart failure, myocardial infarction, CKD, liver cirrhosis and other tropical diseases like malaria
  • Surgery- One month rotation in general surgery, orthopaedic, burns & plastic with full involvement in all activities geared towards patients management. clerked all new admissions, presented during consultant ward rounds.
  • Prepared surgical patients going for surgery by ensuring that all materials needed for were bought, blood grouped and crossed matched, patient catheterized and transfused patient depending on scheduled procedure.
  • Paediatrics- Passed through paediatric emergency department, ward posting and in NICU. Clerked and presented patients during consultant ward rounds ,actively involve in patients management, performed cannulation, catheterization, insertion of NG tube, carried out exchange blood transfusion for severe cases of neonatal jaundice.
  • Obstetrics and gynaecology department-Participated fully in all departmental activities, exposed to varieties of obstetrics and gynaecological cases and their management such as pre-eclampsia, Antepartum haemorrhage, PROM, prolonged labour, fibroid, endometrial cancer. Prepared patients booked for CS by catheterization, cannulation, administered intravenous medications etc.

Education

MB,MB - Medicine and Surgery

Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka,Nigeria
09.2003 - 12.2010

SSCE - Sciences

Madonna Senior Secondary School for science
Etiti, Imo State
09.1999 - 06.2002

Skills

  • Competent in taking history from patients with empathy and sense of humour without compromising patients values
  • Effective communication with good listening habits
  • Collaborating with multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic patients care
  • Confident in making clinical decisions in accordance with good medical practice
  • Easy to adapt in new environment, build good rapport among colleagues and most especially with patients
  • Trained to follow instructions from seniors in patients best interest
  • Skilled in cannulation, catheterization, insertion of NG tube, blood transfusion, and open to learning new skills for patients safety
  • Trained to respect patients core values, ensure their privacy, dignity and confidentiality are preserved

Certification

  • OET, Dec., 2021
  • GMC -Fully Registered with license to practice
  • PMVA- Careforce Training, January 2025
  • Oliver McGowan Training, January 2025
  • Autism Awareness -e-learning for health care, January 2025
  • ALS-03/07/2025

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Locum SHO in integrated medicine

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
02.2025 - Current

Support worker

Prohealthcare
04.2022 - 01.2025

Medical officer in psychiatry

Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2022

Medical officer

Federal Medical Centre Umuahia
01.2014 - 12.2018

Medical Doctor at National Youth service corps

Nigeria Government
11.2012 - 10.2013

Intern doctor

Federal Medical centre
06.2011 - 05.2012

MB,MB - Medicine and Surgery

Nnamdi Azikiwe University
09.2003 - 12.2010

SSCE - Sciences

Madonna Senior Secondary School for science
09.1999 - 06.2002

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