MIRIAM OMOGBAI
Ipswich,United Kingdom
Summary
Compassionate provider of direct care for the promotion of clients’ comfort and safety. Provides for in-patient needs, promotes independence, particularly with activities of daily living, within client capabilities
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Assistant care worker
Magic Helping Hands Limited
chelmsford, United Kingdom
2023.12 - Current
- Liaised effectively with families regarding the welfare of their loved ones ensuring transparency and trust in our service provision.
- Empowered individuals through choice and decision-making opportunities promoting independence.
- Coordinated with healthcare professionals for effective treatment plans.
- Assisted in meal preparation to ensure proper nutrition.
- Managed household chores, created a clean environment.
- Supported patients with mobility issues, promoted independence.
- Delivered compassionate end-of-life care to terminally ill patients; eased their transition.
- Transported clients to appointments when necessary-punctuality guaranteed every single time without fail.
- Responded promptly to emergencies, ensured patient safety.
- Liaised effectively with multidisciplinary team members, ensured seamless provision of care services.
- Assisted with personal care tasks such as bathing, dressing and toileting-maintained dignity and respect at all times.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing personal care services, including bathing and grooming.
- Encouraged physical activity amongst sedentary patients; contributed to better overall health condition over time.
- Ensured medication administration for optimal health outcome.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for increased independence.
- Administered prescribed medication on schedule; optimised treatment effectiveness without any missed doses or overdose incidents occurring under my watchful eye and careful handling methods adopted throughout tenure at previous facility roles held within this sector before transitioning into current position as Care Worker today!.
- Facilitated social activities for the elderly, reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness among them.
- Established strong rapport with patients through effective communication skills resulting in an atmosphere of trust and respect.
- Provided emotional support to patients, improved mental well-being.
- Provided personal hygiene assistance, consistently promoting comfort, dignity and respect.
Health Care Assistant
Queensway Hospital, Lekki Nigeria
Lekki
2022.11 - 2026.02
- Exposure to and Proficiency in the following:
- Taking vital signs both manually and electronically.
- Point of care testing - Urine analysis and blood sugar estimation
- Fair knowledge of practical aspect of basic life support.(BLS).
- Placement of intranasal oxygen catheter as part of resuscitation measures.
- Assisted the nurses in the care of pre & post-operative patient's, in- patient care of terminally ill patients as well as out-patients
- IV-Line Placement and Infusions
- Carried out Female Urethral Catheterization
- Checking and recording of vital signs
- Managed Bed to Chair Transfers
- Prepare and accompany patients for outside investigations e.g Laboratory Tests, CT Scan , x-ray scanning etc
- Assisting patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including personal hygiene, bathing, grooming, dressing for the day and exercise care like laundry, feeding, and toileting
- Monitored patients’ schedules including Doctor’s appointments, exercise routines, medication schedules, recreation and family visits.
- Performed housekeeping duties including cleaning, laundry and meals
- Administered medication to patients according to their physician's instructions
- As required, educated patients on how to take their medications, personal hygiene
- Ensured safe, healthy and clean patient medical environment offering emotional and physical support
Health Care Volunteering
Queensway Hospital, Lekki Nigeria
Lekki
2022.07 - 2022.10
- Checking and recording of vital signs
- Offered companionship to patients receiving healthcare treatments
- Assisted with administering of first aid
- Assisted patients with personal care like laundry, feeding, and toileting etc.
- Ensured safe, healthy, and clean patient medical environment
- Moving through the various wards talking to patients and relatives, providing support, company, conversation and friendship
- Help patients to eat, reading to them or accompanying a patient for a short walk around the ward or hospital
- Offered companionship to patients receiving healthcare treatments
Personal Care Giving
Victoria Bay 1 Estate Lekki Lagos
Lekki
2022.02 - 2022.06
- Administration of personal care (getting client dressed, bathed, feeding meals)
- Responsible for housekeeping duties such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and dishes and running errand
- Administering medication, hoisting, moving and handling, food hygiene, first aid
Retail Manager
ANICOM Business Global Services
2020.07 - 2022.01
- Managing and overseeing shop operations, developing a routine for opening and closing, ensuring efficient functioning of the shop, managing the sales floor and providing maximum profitability
- Controlling inventory to ensure sufficient stock, daily and weekly counts, rotated and changed by season, shop specials or sales
- Enforcing exceptional customer service, setting criteria for staff, establishing security and safety measures, creating emergency and lock-down strategy and ensuring health and safety compliance
- Managing loss prevention through security requirements and monitoring strategies, auditing paperwork and inventory levels and appropriately handling broken or damaged merchandise
Retail Assistant
ANICOM Business Global Services
2018.09 - 2020.06
- Receiving, unpacking and arranging new shipments from suppliers and vendors
- Arranging and labelling goods in the display shelves
- Assisting customers in finding the products they’re looking for
- Processing customer payments at the checkout point/till
- Addressing customer complaints and inquiries
- Providing shopping advice and recommendations to customers
- Cleaning and rearranging the store after hours
- Performing periodic price audits to resolve price discrepancies
- Collaborating with other team members to keep the sales floor area clean and organised at all times
Education
B.Sc. - Computer Science
National open university of Nigeria
NigeriaSSCE -
Egheomo educational center
Uzebba iuleha01.2011
Skills
- Positive Behavioural Support (PBS)
- Dysphagia
- Person Centred Care
- Safeguarding and Protection of Adults
- Food Hygiene
- Induction Autism
- Epilepsy Awareness
- Dementia Awareness
- Professional Boundaries
- First Aid
- Dementia Awareness
- Moving and Handling
- Fire Safety
- Oral Hygiene
- Huntington's Disease
- Safeguarding Children and Young People (CYP)
- Induction Mental Health
- Medication Practice
- Infection Control
- Mental Capacity Act and DOLS
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Induction Learning Disability
- Induction End of Life Care
- Health and Safety
- Oral Care
- A Care Worker's Role
- Safe Patient Handling
- Dressing wounds, changing bandages, and applying topical medications
- Excellent Meal preparation
- Effective House Keeping
- Ability to be empathetic, patient and calm in difficult situations if they arise
- Ability to work well within a diverse team
- Ability to follow instructions
- Ability to act on own initiative
- Excellent communication skills
- Pro-active
- Respectful and attentive to details
- Dignity respect
- Communication with families
- Safety procedures implementation
- Elderly supportiveness
- Palliative care experience
- Bereavement handling
- Nutrition management
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Medication Administration
- Behaviour management
- Mobility assistance
- Grooming and personal care
- Therapeutic care
- Diabetes management
- Records management
Certification
- Care Certificate (CC) - May 2022
- IELTS - November 2022
Other Trainings and Conferences Attended
Health Care Assistance – July 2022 – August 2022
Timeline
Assistant care worker
Magic Helping Hands Limited
2023.12 - Current
Health Care Assistant
Queensway Hospital, Lekki Nigeria
2022.11 - 2026.02
Health Care Volunteering
Queensway Hospital, Lekki Nigeria
2022.07 - 2022.10
Personal Care Giving
Victoria Bay 1 Estate Lekki Lagos
2022.02 - 2022.06
Retail Manager
ANICOM Business Global Services
2020.07 - 2022.01
Retail Assistant
ANICOM Business Global Services
2018.09 - 2020.06
B.Sc. - Computer Science
National open university of Nigeria
SSCE -
Egheomo educational center