Kayleigh vickers
Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire
Summary
Well-qualified healthcare professional adept at managing specimens, assisting with mobility and responding to emergencies. Excellent relationship-building, prioritisation and time management skills. Certified in care homes and hospital environments. Works fast to stay ahead of continuous patient workload. I can work well in team also take charge of a team. I'm a compassionate healthcare professional with experience providing quality patient support. First aid and CPR trained. I can work well under tight deadlines and I work well under pressure in any situation that I'm faced with. I would like to think that I can support staff to my best ability and work hard on every shift I work.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2005
2005
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Team leader
belong
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
07.2024 - Current
- Coordinated daily tasks, ensuring smooth workflow within the team.
- Conducted regular performance reviews for improved staff competency and productivity.
- Ensured adherence to all relevant legislations related to healthcare practices, promoting legal compliance.
- Handled complex situations tactfully, resolving conflicts while maintaining harmony within the team.
- Held responsibility for planning rotas ensuring adequate cover at all times.
- Routinely administered medication including warfarin, oxycodone.
- Assessed incident reports and discussed issues with manager for better outcomes.
- Maintained detailed understanding of new policies and procedures to demonstrate best practice in all patient interactions.
- Monthly orders of medication/monthly changeover
- working alongside other professionals
Senior health care assistant
Douglas Macmillan Hospice
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
07.2021 - 07.2024
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
- Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
- Support relatives at the most important time of the life's when losing someone they love.
- Supporting patients when they are approaching end of life.
- liaising with district nurse and other teams regarding the patient in need.
- Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
- Kept detailed, accurate records for well-maintained care continuity between support staff.
- making sure patient is comfortable at all times, with mouthcare and pain free.
Palliative senior care assistant
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Stoke-on-Trent
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Administered medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Worked with compassion and empathy, prioritising wellbeing and dignity for optimal patient comfort.
- Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
- Assisted with medicine and stock counting, ordering and replenishing.
- Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
- Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
- Ensured patients took all medications as prescribed by their doctor, recording details of itimings and side effects.
- Monitored client health conditions and reported immediate issues to manager.
- Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
- Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
- Monitored junior staff to assess care provisions and implement continued best practices.
- Promoted dignity by assisting residents with limited mobility to complete personal care, including washing and dressing.
- Completed care plan documentation to chart progress and improve resident health outcomes.
Intensive support worker
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
08.2012 - 12.2020
- Maintained confidentiality of clients' information.
- Maintained high levels of patient morale, providing guidance and encouragement through physical and emotional support.
- Worked in close partnership with families, friends and carers to improve care plan effectiveness.
- Established and maintained working relationships with clients based on trust and non-judgement.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families facing challenging situations.
- Helped service users to gain ability to function independently in society.
- kept up to date with all the training within the unit needed.
- Determined ongoing patient safety, promptly reporting concerns about abuse or safeguarding issues to care managers.
- Assisted doctors in emergencies and procedures.
- Assessed patient health needs quickly to deliver rapid emergency support.
- Handled patients' hygiene needs in support of personal dignity and optimum wellness.
- Used ICT daily with admitting and discharging patients
Senior care assistant
Avery Healthcare
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
03.2010 - 10.2012
- Administered medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Worked with compassion and empathy, prioritising wellbeing and dignity for optimal patient comfort.
- Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
- Assisted with medicine and stock counting, ordering and replenishing.
- Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
- Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
- Ensured patients took all medications as prescribed by their doctor, recording details of itimings and side effects.
- Monitored client health conditions and reported immediate issues to manager.
- Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.
- I did appraisals with other staff members
- kept care plans up to date
Education
maths level 1 - maths
axia solutions Ltd stoke on trent
Stoke-on-Trent 06.2023 -
level 2 - Team leading
Qube learning
Stoke-on-Trent 04.2011 - 04.2012
NVQ Level 3 - Health and social care
City & guilds
Stoke-on-Trent 04.2009 - 04.2011
NVQ Level 2 - Health and social care
Newcastle-under-Lyme College
Newcastle-under-Lyme 10.2008 - 10.2009
Level 2 - safe handlings of medication
NCFE
Stoke-on-Trentlevel 1 - key skills
city and guilds
Newcastle-under-Lyme, StaffordshireSkills
- Patient observations
- Person-centred care plans
- Patient care
- Calm under pressure
- Basic life support
- Nutrition management
- Inspiring leadership style
- Venepuncture
- Catheter care
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Adult care
- Dementia support
- Care plan development
- Care planning
- Stoma care
- Process Improvement
Affiliations
- football
- tv series
Timeline
Team leader
belong
07.2024 - Current
maths level 1 - maths
axia solutions Ltd stoke on trent
06.2023 -
Senior health care assistant
Douglas Macmillan Hospice
07.2021 - 07.2024
Palliative senior care assistant
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
03.2021 - 07.2022
Intensive support worker
Royal Stoke University Hospital
08.2012 - 12.2020
level 2 - Team leading
Qube learning
04.2011 - 04.2012
Senior care assistant
Avery Healthcare
03.2010 - 10.2012
NVQ Level 3 - Health and social care
City & guilds
04.2009 - 04.2011
NVQ Level 2 - Health and social care
Newcastle-under-Lyme College
10.2008 - 10.2009
Level 2 - safe handlings of medication
NCFE
level 1 - key skills
city and guilds
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