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Work history
Education
Skills
Languages
Affiliations
Certification
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KELVIN SAKITEY

ESSEX,Ghana
KELVIN SAKITEY

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.

Well-qualified personnel with versatile skills including team supervision and development, report and document preparation, accounts and data management, workflow scheduling and planning, customer service and project co-ordination.


Overview

5
years of professional experience
9
years of post-secondary education
1
Certification

Work history

PROFAD CARE AGENCY
COLCHESTER, ESSEX, ENGLAND

CARE ASSISTANT
06.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
  • Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
  • Maintained high levels of client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalised care that consistently met individual needs.
  • Maintained optimal safety standards throughout client home and care environments, prioritising risk-reduction, health and hygiene.
  • Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
  • Charted daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
  • Minimised care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
  • Massaged patient tissue and delivered other non-pharmacological pain relief.
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
  • Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.

44 Construction & Wood Ltd
Dzorwulu, Accra, Ghana

HSE Manager
09.2022 - 04.2023

Job overview

  • Developing, implementing, and improving the health and safety plans, programmes and procedures workplace
  • Investigating workplace accidents
  • Attending Health and Safety Committee meetings
  • Demonstrated knowledge of design when communicating with customers, listening to and implementing client feedback.
  • Responded to enquiries and concerns of employees by providing safety instructions.
  • Investigated accidents occurred in area to plan next course of action.
  • Examined tools, machinery and equipment to determine safety and adequacy.
  • Scheduled meetings to detect health and safety concerns.
  • Managed Health, Safety and Environmental compliance for various projects.
  • Warned employers or managers about hazards and non-compliant practices and initiated enforced changes.
  • Investigated reports of injuries and near misses, testing equipment and inspecting work stations to locate hazards.
  • Conducted site inspections to determine hazard-free environment.
  • Promoted safe working practices, enabling staff safety and wellbeing.

STEBED PHARMACY
Kwashieman

Pharmacist (OTC)
08.2021 - 03.2023

Job overview

  • Controlling number of medications being dispensed as OTC drugs
  • Dispensing medicines to customers once pharmacist has fulfilled them
  • Maintaining drug stock under pharmacist's supervision
  • Making labels for prescription packages
  • Ensured pharmacy is compliant with relevant regulations and pharmacy policies
  • Namely, by keeping eye on prescription filling process.
  • Educated patients about correct medication dosage and storage.
  • Processed and dispensed prescriptions to doctors' instructions.
  • Labelled medication with dose and administration guidance.
  • Ordered and purchased pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies and drugs.
  • Maintained accurate and detailed records of all medications processed through pharmacy.
  • Stored medication according to specific temperature instructions.
  • Supplied non-prescription medicines, diagnostic and therapeutic aids, providing advice to customers on effective usage.
  • Educated patients on optimal dosage, methods of administration and drug compatibility prior to dispensing medications.

Fortress E&P Ghana
Accra, Ghana

HSE Junior Manager
08.2019 - 06.2020

Job overview

  • Developing and implementing health programs, making sure safety regulations are respected, investigating causes of accidents, training staff regarding safety matters, and advising on systems of work design and use
  • Launched behavior based safety program focusing on ergonomics
  • Developed and implemented safety initiatives to reduce injuries at workplace.
  • Conducted site inspections to determine hazard-free environment.
  • Promoted safe working practices, enabling staff safety and wellbeing.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of health and safety regulations to offer best possible compliance advice.
  • Advised and supported improvements of standards, working conditions, communications and processes to adhere to all health and safety responsibilities.
  • Performed on-site inspections to check legitimate implementation of policies and procedures.
  • Assisted staff members with hazard and incident reporting protocol as needed.
  • Improved workplace safety through regular compliance assessments.
  • Scheduled meetings to detect health and safety concerns.
  • Recommended measures to minimise exposure of workers to toxic environments.
  • Managed Health, Safety and Environmental compliance for various projects.
  • Documented incidents to verify causes of worker compensation claims.
  • Documented accidents and injuries in detail to enable future prevention.
  • Developed and reviewed risk assessments for construction sites with contractors.

Education

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
GHANA

Bachelor's Degree from ARCHITECTURE
06.2014 - 09.2020

Adisadel College
Cape Coast

High School from Visual Arts
08.2011 - 05.2014

Skills

  • Patient observations
  • Person-centred care plans
  • First Aid
  • Elderly care
  • Patient handling and positioning
  • Personal care assistance
  • Basic life support
  • Nutrition management
  • Pressure area care
  • Patient safeguarding
  • Clinical waste disposal
  • Documentation development
  • Housekeeping
  • Safeguarding knowledge
  • Personal care
  • Mobility support
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Dementia awareness
  • Patient relationship building
  • Medication Administration
  • Patient transport
  • Meal preparation
  • Cultural awareness

Languages

English

Affiliations

  • Music
  • Painting
  • Cooking

Certification

• Caring for People with Autism.

• Caring for People with Epilepsy.

• Death, Dying and Bereavement.

• Dementia Care 1: Understanding Dementia.

• Dementia Care 2: Person Centered Dementia Care.

• Duty of Candour.

• Dysphagia Awareness.

• Effective Communication.

• Effective Hand Hygiene.

• Emergency First Aid for Care Workers.

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

• Fluids and Nutition.

• Home Care 1: Principles of Person-Centered Care.

• Home Care 2: Role of the Home Carer.

• Home Care 5: Health and Safety.

• Home Care 6: Fire Safety.

• Home Care 7: Food Safety.

• Home Care 8: Medication Awareness

• Home Care 9: Safeguarding Adults.

• Home Care 10: Infection Prevention and Control.

• Home Care 11: Lone Worker.

• Home Care 12: Risk Assessment.

• How to use Fire Extinguishers.

• Managing Distressed Behaviour.

• Mental Capacity Act- In Practice.

• Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities.

• Mental Health Awareness.

• Moving and Assisting Assessments.

• Moving and Assisting Practical.

• Pressure Ulcer Prevention.

• Privacy and Dignity.

• Raising Concerns and Whistleblowing.

• Safeguarding Children in Social Care Settings.

• Supporting People with Learning Disabilities.

• Supporting People with Parkinson's.

• Understanding Diabetes.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

CARE ASSISTANT

PROFAD CARE AGENCY
06.2023 - Current

HSE Manager

44 Construction & Wood Ltd
09.2022 - 04.2023

Pharmacist (OTC)

STEBED PHARMACY
08.2021 - 03.2023

HSE Junior Manager

Fortress E&P Ghana
08.2019 - 06.2020

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor's Degree from ARCHITECTURE
06.2014 - 09.2020

Adisadel College

High School from Visual Arts
08.2011 - 05.2014

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