MORSEL CHIGAMBA
Nottingham,Derbyshire
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive expertise in elderly care, dementia care, and palliative care. Demonstrates proficiency in medication administration, wound dressing, and domiciliary phlebotomy while maintaining patient dignity and confidentiality. Skilled in communicating with dementia patients and handling distressed individuals, ensuring ethical standards are upheld. Adept at exercise planning and nutrition management to enhance patient engagement and well-being. Committed to respecting cultural differences and supporting family members during end-of-life care. Career goal: To continue advancing skills in patient care within the NHS framework.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT
DIAMOND CARE SOLUTIONS
NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
12.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with nurses to provide comprehensive patient care, ensuring a smooth recovery path.
- Managed personal hygiene of bed-bound patients, maintained dignity and respect at all times.
- Assisted elderly residents with daily tasks such as eating, bathing and dressing up for an enhanced quality of life while living in care homes.
- Escorted patients for tests or procedures within the hospital premises whilst ensuring their safety and comfort.
- Enhanced healing process by changing wound dressings regularly.
- Upheld patient confidentiality at all times whilst performing duties as per data protection norms set down by the NHS.
- Kept detailed records of patient progress, assisted medical staff in treatment planning.
- Prepared meals for patients, ensured balanced nutrition intake.
- Monitored vital signs of patients with meticulous attention to detail for accurate readings.
Education
A-Levels - O LEVEL AND A LEVEL
ROYAL COLLEGE
HARARE/ZIMBABWE 01.2010 - 11.2013
Skills
- Elderly care proficiency
- End-Of-Life care sensitivity
- Exercise and activity planning
- Wound dressing expertise
- Blood pressure measurement
- Respecting cultural differences
- Supporting family members
- Multitasking under pressure
- Communicating with dementia patients
- Healthcare ethical standards understanding
- Personal hygiene maintenance assistance
- Adapting to patient needs
- Dementia care training
- Knowledge of nhs policies
- Handling distressed patients
- Patient dignity preservation
- Patient care
- Patient engagement
- Elderly care
- Nutrition management
- Palliative Care
- Medication Administration
- Pain management
- Domiciliary phlebotomy
- Record-keeping
- Documentation
- Confidentiality understanding
Timeline
HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT
DIAMOND CARE SOLUTIONS
12.2023 - Current
A-Levels - O LEVEL AND A LEVEL
ROYAL COLLEGE
01.2010 - 11.2013
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