Linda Machemedza
Kineton,Warwickshire
Summary
Compassionate Care Assistant with comprehensive background with elderly patients in care home settings. Provides exceptional care demonstrating dedication to safe nursing practices for continued patient trust. Maintains excellent levels of patient care through kindness and commitment to safe working practices. Enthusiastic about supporting best practices in hospital operations, compliance and healthcare management. Demonstrating strengths in multi-area management, quality assurance and service. Resourceful professional and collaborative team player.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
65
65
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Health care assistant
Kineton Manor Nursing Home
Kineton, Warwickshire
06.2023 - Current
- Promoting positive mental/physical/nutritional health with patients
- Ensuring patient comfort and safety
- Maintaining a clean and safe environment
- Vigilantly monitoring changes in physical and mental health, reporting deterioration to senior carers for urgent attention.
- Aiding service users in everyday activities, such as washing and dressing, ensuring constant safety and effective care.
- Improving service users' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.
- Preparing healthy meals and delivering feeding support.
- Delivering high-quality, dedicated care to clients with disability, consistently achieving individual care plan objectives.
- Completing care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.
- Ensuring safe, secure living conditions for service users, reducing risk and enhancing quality of life.
- Working closely with nurses to maintain high levels of communication.
- Demonstrating consistent respect and privacy for care users, maintaining dignity irrespective of circumstance.
- Safely escorting patients during medical appointments and hospital visits.
Receptionist / Registration Official
South African Veterinary Council
Pretoria, South Africa
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Coordinated, scheduled and arranged meetings and travel calendars, including business and social events
- Served as corporate liaison between the Finance, IT and Registration departments
- Obtained signatures for financial documents, and internal and external invoices
- Managed office supplies, vendors, organisation and upkeep
- Directed guests and routed deliveries and courier services.
- Delivered front of house duties with warm and professional manner.
- Collected and distributed incoming mail, employing strict confidentiality throughout.
- Provided clerical support to company employees, including copying, faxing and file management.
- Answered and helped resolve enquiries from clients, vendors and general public.
- Kept reception area clean and neat to give visitors positive impression of the company.
- Reorganised filing system to reduce file location times.
Office Administrator
Campbell College
02.2016 - 01.2017
- Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages
- Served as first point of contact for students, faculty and staff calling or visiting premises
- Providing prompt, courteous and knowledgeable assistance
- Filed paperwork and organised computer-based information
- Sourced and ordered office equipment and supplies
- Answered a high volume of phone calls and email inquiries
- Processed invoices and financial data with strong eye for detail.
- Obtained client information by courteously answering calls
- Responded to customer enquiries
- Managed and updated customer databases with the status of each customer
- Researched required information using available resources
- Identified and escalated priority issues
Education
Advanced Diploma - Animal Health
University of South Africa
South Africa 06.2013 - 10.2024
Certificate in English -
Founders Community School
Introduction to Caregiving - Alison - undefined
CPR, AED & First Aid Certification course
Save a Life
Skills
- Compassionate care giver
- Exceptional communicator
- Housekeeping
- Organisational standards
- Disability care
- Meal preparation
- Activities of Daily Living
- Personal care
- Safeguarding knowledge
Languages
English
Advanced
Timeline
Health care assistant
Kineton Manor Nursing Home
06.2023 - Current
Receptionist / Registration Official
South African Veterinary Council
01.2017 - 01.2018
Office Administrator
Campbell College
02.2016 - 01.2017
Advanced Diploma - Animal Health
University of South Africa
06.2013 - 10.2024
Certificate in English -
Founders Community School
Introduction to Caregiving - Alison - undefined
CPR, AED & First Aid Certification course
Save a Life
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