MARTHA KUMWENDA
MELKSHAM,WILTSHIRE
Summary
Band 5 registered Nurse with extensive expertise and excellent communication skills, providing first-class care in a acute medical ward and community stetting. Meticulous attention to detail in the monitoring and treatment of patients for continued positive progress and results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Community Nurse
Wiltshire Health and Care
Chippenham, Wiltshire
03.2023 - Current
- Managing a caseload of 9 to 11 patients per day
- Assessing patients' ongoing well-being
- Assessing patients upon initial assessment to determine patient's needs, care and develop ongoing care plans.
- Medication administration including Syringe driver, stat doses, PICC line medication, antibiotic infusion at home
- Administration of different injections
- PleurX drains
- Nephrostomy care
- Wound care and management including compression dressings, VAC dressing
- Monitoring diabetic patients' blood glucose levels and administering insulin
- Catheter insertion - both urethral and supra pubic
- Assisting patients with chest drain management
- Venipuncture
- Palliative care, advise and support
- Care of a deteriorating patient
- Checking patients observations including
- Ensuring quality of care by maintaining up-to-date knowledge in latest nursing techniques and best practices.
- Preventing hospital admissions by providing detailed, comprehensive client education regarding infection prevention and control.
- Administering different types of injections
- Bowel care
- Patient assessment and reporting any changes or concerns in patient's condition to doctors
- Education patients and their families regarding infection prevention and control.
- Optimising patient outcomes, acting as liaison in interactions with other health care providers
- Coordinating with multidisciplinary team for seamless service provision.
- Provide health education to promote community well-being.
- Ensuring continuity of care by maintaining accurate records.
- Developing personalised care plans to enhance patient recovery.
Bank Stuff Nurse
North Bristol Trust
Bristol, England
10.2022 - Current
- Working in different wards such as AMU, Respiratory ward, Surgical ward, Emergency Department, Trauma and Orthopaedic, Complex needs ward as a bank staff nurse
- Managing about 6 to 8 patients per shift
- Monitoring and recording patient condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose levels using sliding scales
- Closing monitoring patients on critical and on ventilators oxygen, sliding scales, ECG and reporting any concerns to doctors
- Assessing patients urgent needs, planning and evaluating patient needs, supporting accurate diagnosis and implementing care plans in collaboration with clinical teams.
- Planning and prioritization abilities to safely care for patients.
- Accurately and efficiently administer medication in line with trust drug regulations.
- Monitoring patient reactions after administering medications and IV infusion therapies.
- Following NHS procedures and protocols to safely prepare drips and transfusions.
- Supporting patients diagnosis by taking blood, urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
- Cannula and venipuncture e
- Catheter insertion and care
- Wound dressing
- Observing and documenting patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviours to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Helping patients complete day-to-day tasks, including bathing, dressing and eating.
- Assisted with routine medical tests and evaluations, documenting findings to aid care planning.
- Establishing positive rapport with patients and families through active listening and compassionate care.
- Clearly and thoroughly explaining diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
- Explaining course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Writing patients daily records and updating them as necessary
- Building caring, compassionate relationships with patients, providing emotional support during admission
- Upholding patient trust and confidentiality by managing information with discretion, in accordance with data protection laws.
- Working closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians to ensure consistent communication and promote continued best care practices.
- Quickly responding to medical emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.
- Liaising with doctor and care coordinator to plan timely, successful patient discharges.
- Educating patients and their families on good health, providing leaflets and verbal guidance on improved wellbeing measures.
- Recording details regarding all therapies, including patients' mobility and food and fluid to keep patient charts updated.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary team such as OT and PTs on evaluation of patients care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
- Taking part in continuing education programs and training to strengthen nursing knowledge and skills
Agency Community Nurse
Sirona Care and Health
Bristol , Bristol
10.2022 - Current
- Managed a caseload of 9 to 11 patients per day
- Assessing patients' ongoing well-being
- Medication administration including PICC line medication and care, antibiotic infusion at home
- Administration of different injections
- Assisting patients with wound dressing, changes including compression dressings, VAC dressing
- Monitoring diabetic patients' blood glucose levels and administering insulin
- Ensuring quality of care by maintaining up-to-date knowledge in latest nursing techniques and best practices.
- Preventing hospital admissions by providing detailed, comprehensive client education regarding infection prevention and control.
- Assessing patients upon initial intake to determine acute care needs and develop ongoing care plans.
- Catheter insertion - both urethral and supra pubic
- Syringe driver set up and stat doses administration
- Assisting patients with chest drain management
- Venepuncture
- Checking patients observations including ECG
- Administering different types of injection both subcutaneous and intramuscular
- Patient assessment and reporting any changes or concerns in patient's condition to coordinator
- Education patients and their families regarding infection prevention and control.
- Optimising patient outcomes, acting as liaison in interactions with other health care providers.
- Palliative care, advise and support
- Care of a deteriorating patient
- Accurately keeping patients records
Agency Community nurse
Wiltshire Health and Care
Melksham and Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
03.2023 - 03.2024
- Monitoring patients general health and wellbeing
- Insulin administration and blood sugar levels monitoring
- Monitoring medical and patients stock
- Wound management including compression dressing and VAC dressing
- Checking patients observations including ECG
- Medication administration including PICC line medications and antibiotic infusion at home
- Syringe driver set up, medication change and stat doses medication administration
- Administration of different injections
- Pleurx drain management at home
- Nephrostomy care
- Catheterisation and care both urethral and suprapubic
- Venepuncture, cannulation
- Palliative care and support
- Reporting any changes or concerns in patient's condition to coordinator or GP
- Preventing hospital admissions by providing detailed, comprehensive client education regarding infection prevention and control.
- Optimising patient outcomes, acting as liaison in interactions with other health care providers.
- Care of a deteriorating patient
- Record keeping
Nurse
North Bristol NHS Trust
Bristol, Bristol
09.2021 - 03.2023
- Managing about 6 to 8 patients per shift
- Monitoring and recording patient condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose levels using sliding scales
- Closing monitoring patients on critical and on ventilators oxygen, sliding scales, ECG and reporting any concerns to doctors
- Assessing and evaluating patient needs, supporting accurate diagnosis and implementing care plans in collaboration with clinical teams.
- Planning and prioritization abilities to safely care for patients.
- Accurately and efficiently administer medication in line with trust drug regulations.
- Monitoring patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Following NHS procedures and protocols to safely prepare drips and transfusions.
- Supporting patients diagnoses by taking blood, urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
- Inserting patients cannula for IVs infusion
- Catheter insertion and care
- Wound dressing
- Observing and documenting patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Helping patients complete day-to-day tasks, including bathing, dressing and eating.
- Assisted with routine medical tests and evaluations, documenting findings to aid care planning.
- Establishing positive rapport with patients and families through active listening and compassionate care.
- Clearly and thoroughly explaining diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
- Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Writing patients daily records and updating them as necessary
- Building caring, compassionate relationships with patients, providing emotional support during admission
- Upholding patient trust and confidentiality by managing information with discretion, in accordance with data protection laws.
- Working closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians to ensure consistent communication and promote continued best care practices.
- Quickly responding to medical emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.
- Liaising with doctor and care coordinator to plan timely, successful patient discharges.
- Educating patients on good health, providing leaflets and verbal guidance on improved wellbeing measures.
- Recording details regarding all therapies, including patients' mobility and food and fluid to keep patient charts updated.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary team such as OT and PTs on evaluation of patients care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
- Taking part in continuing education programs and training to strengthen nursing knowledge and skills
Health Care Assistant
A24 Group
Wiltshire, WILTSHIRE
10.2013 - 11.2021
- Managing about 5 to 6 patients/service users per shift
- 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.
- Helping service users improve their independence, building strength and confidence to enhance daily living.
- Ensuring safe, secure living conditions for service users, reducing risk and enhancing quality of life.
- Improving service users' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.
- Demonstrating consistent respect and privacy for care users, maintaining dignity irrespective of circumstance.
- Building patient confidence through physical exercise, promoting positive lifestyle changes and improved wellbeing.
- Providing personalised care and support to vulnerable individuals, helping them retain maximum independence.
- Working closely with nurses to maintain optimum levels of communication.
- Promoting positive physical and emotional wellbeing through empathetic care and compassionate assistance.
- Thoroughly sterilising and sanitising clinical equipment and accessories.
- Building caring, supportive relationships with residents, providing mental stimulation to enhance daily life.
- Providing compassionate personal care for elderly patients, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting.
- Escorting residents to and from social and leisure activities for improved physical and mental wellbeing.
- Actively developing professional healthcare competencies through regular training.
- Maintaining excellent physical fitness levels to safely and securely lift and transport residents.
- Maintaining up-to-date patient records to enable care continuity between support providers.
- Safely escorting patients to and from medical appointments and hospital visits.
- Participating in personal development initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
- Monitoring patients' conditions closely and escalated concerns to senior staff.
- Supporting service user engagement in socialisation activities, promoting independence and positive wellbeing.
Health Care Assistant
Medgen Care Agency
Wiltshire/Devon, WILTSHIRE
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Vigilantly monitoring patients/service users 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.
- Helping service users/patients improve their independence, building strength and confidence to enhance daily living.
- Ensuring overall safety, secure living conditions for service user/patients, reducing risk and enhancing quality of life.
- Improving service users/patients' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.
- Demonstrating consistent respect and privacy for care users/patients, maintaining dignity irrespective of circumstance.
- Building service users/patient confidence through physical exercise, promoting positive lifestyle changes and improved wellbeing.
- Providing personalised care and support to vulnerable individuals, helping them retain maximum independence.
- Working closely with nurses to maintain optimum levels of communication.
- Promoting positive physical and emotional wellbeing through empathetic care and compassionate assistance.
- Thoroughly sterilising and sanitising clinical equipment and accessories.
- Building caring, supportive relationships with residents, providing mental stimulation to enhance daily life.
- Providing compassionate personal care for elderly patients, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting.
- Providing basic patient health care, administering blood tests, taking blood pressure and dressing wounds.
- Escorting residents to and from social and leisure activities for improved physical and mental wellbeing.
- Actively developing professional healthcare competencies through regular training.
- Maintaining excellent physical fitness levels to safely and securely lift and transport residents.
- Maintaining up-to-date patient records to enable care continuity between support providers.
- Safely escorting patients to and from medical appointments and hospital visits.
- Participating in personal development initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
- Monitoring patients' conditions closely and escalated concerns to senior staff.
- Reducing patient's/service users re-admittance by proactively working to increase public health awareness.
- Supporting service user engagement in socialisation activities, promoting independence and positive well-being.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Adult Nursing
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford 09.2018 - 07.2021
Diploma of Higher Education - Social and Health Social Care
Wiltshire College
Chippenham 09.2017 - 06.2018
GCSE -
Wiltshire College
Chippenham06.2017
Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Caring and empathetic
- Attention to detail
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Sense of humour
- Willing to learn
- Excellent professional behaviour
- Able to adapt and cope under pressure situations
- Know when to ask for help
- Excellent in prioritising patient care effectively
- Good critical thinking skills
- Time management
- Good leadership skills
- Hardworking
Timeline
Community Nurse
Wiltshire Health and Care
03.2023 - Current
Agency Community nurse
Wiltshire Health and Care
03.2023 - 03.2024
Bank Stuff Nurse
North Bristol Trust
10.2022 - Current
Agency Community Nurse
Sirona Care and Health
10.2022 - Current
Nurse
North Bristol NHS Trust
09.2021 - 03.2023
Health Care Assistant
Medgen Care Agency
03.2020 - 07.2021
Bachelor of Science - Adult Nursing
Oxford Brookes University
09.2018 - 07.2021
Diploma of Higher Education - Social and Health Social Care
Wiltshire College
09.2017 - 06.2018
Health Care Assistant
A24 Group
10.2013 - 11.2021
GCSE -
Wiltshire College
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