NIGEL T.A CHIRUME
57 BROMWICH CLOSE THORPE ASTLEY LEICESTER,UNITED KINGDOM
Summary
Committed Health Care Assistant focused on enhancing daily life of patients through compassionate care. Provides physical assistance and mental stimulation for holistic wellbeing. Diligent in monitoring symptoms and progress to boost health outcomes.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Health care assistant
ADICARE
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
07.2024 - Current
- Ensured safe, secure living conditions for service users, reducing risk and enhancing quality of life.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Charted daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
- Met with patients and families to discuss care plan adaptations, seeking continual improvement.
- Built caring, supportive relationships with residents, enhancing daily life through personalised care.
- Provided attentive first-hand care, comfort and safety to patients.
Care Assistant
MILLENNIUM STAFFING/CLARENDON MEWS CARE HOME
Leiceter, United Kingdom
04.2024 - 06.2024
- Assisting patients with day-to-day personal care, bed making, taking them to physiotherapy and exercises.
- Cleaning and dressing wounds.
- Promoting independence and self-esteem by allowing patients to complete specific personal tasks by themselves.
- Keeping records of patient health and condition, treatment administered, and medications issued and shared information with medical specialists for recovery monitoring and review.
- Monitoring patient recovery progress, identifying and proactively addressing obstacles hindering recovery.
- Monitoring patient's health, behavioural and physical changes, promptly reporting concerns to ward supervisor.
- Kept pubic areas clean and hygienic by performing routine sanitisation tasks.
- Charted patient information related to vital signs, pain management and daily inputs and outputs.
- Built strong, trusting relationships with patients by providing continuous support and delivering best possible care.
- Actively listened to patients' complaints and feedback, actioning improvements to continuously elevate quality of care.
Care Assistant
GLEN VIEW MEDICAL CENTER
Harare, Zimbabwe
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Providing personal and practical care to clients with a wide range of vulnerabilities, illnesses and needs.
- Escorting patients from hospital wards to appointments including x-radiation and theatres.
- Assisted the doctors during surgeries with surgery equipment.
- Dressing of injuries/wounds.
- Providing personal care duties and medication monitoring.
- Built strong, trusting relationships with patients by providing continuous support and delivering best possible care.
Care Assistant
GRASSLAND OLD PEOPLE'S HOME
Harare, Zimbabwe
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Built strong, trusting relationships with patients by providing continuous support and delivering best possible care.
- Took patients to doctors appointments.
- Provided with emotional support to promote a positive wellbeing.
- Prepared and served light meals.
- Monitored and recorded any medical changes.
- Actively listened to patients' complaints and feedback, actioning improvements to continuously elevate quality of care.
- Obtained current medical information, weight, height and vital signs to aid care planning.
Care Assistant
HEAVENLY CHILDREN'S HOME
Harare, Zimbabwe
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Cleaning and maintaining hygienic standards in the children's play rooms.
- Taking the children to the park and to outdoor activities.
- Provided with personal care.
- Built strong, trusting relationships with the children by providing support and delivering top-notch care.
- Monitored the children's progress in recovery, identifying and proactively addressing and recording obstacles hindering recovery.
- Bed making and changing of soiled linen.
- Delivered massage and other non-pharmacological pain relief measures to certain specific children.
- Monitored assigned children's behaviour closely to determine health changes, reporting concerns immediately.
Support Worker
MUNODAWAFA'S RESIDENTIAL HOME
Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe
01.2021 - 09.2021
- Assisted the patient with taking walks and daily exercises.
- Took the patient to the hospital once a week for treatment.
- Provided support in social, physical and emotional areas to assist clients with integrating with others.
- Escorted the patient to shops, appointments and special events, tailoring service to meet mobility and personal needs.
- Facilitated weekly group community meetings, listening actively and offering compassionate support.
- Provided with emotional support to promote recovery and a good mental health.
- Documentation and monitoring of the patient's vitals and reporting of abnormal results.
Education
NURSE AID/HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT - Healthcare
REDCROSS ZIMBABWE
A-Levels - COMMERCIALS
DENMAK COLLAGE
GCSEs - GCSEs
NGEZI HIGH SCHOOL
Skills
- Medical management skills
- Emotional support
- Elderly Care
- First Aid
- Nursing Care
- Community Engagement
- Advanced first aid
- Housekeeping
- Personal Care
- Documentation
- ADDITIONAL
- INFORMATION
- Proactive, attentive to details, go
- An extra mile, eager to learn and
- Advance my self, works good both
- As a team or as a lone worker
- Good communication skills and
- Personal care assistance
- Bubbly
- Assisting patient when taking walks
Additional Information
- Proactive, attentive to details and instructions, go an extra mile, eager to learn and advance myself career wise. Works good and both as a lone worker.
Custom
MHONDORO NGEZI,other,HARARE, ZZIMBABWE,other,HARARE, ZIMBABWE
Timeline
Health care assistant
ADICARE
07.2024 - Current
Care Assistant
MILLENNIUM STAFFING/CLARENDON MEWS CARE HOME
04.2024 - 06.2024
Care Assistant
GRASSLAND OLD PEOPLE'S HOME
11.2022 - 02.2023
Care Assistant
GLEN VIEW MEDICAL CENTER
05.2022 - 08.2023
Care Assistant
HEAVENLY CHILDREN'S HOME
02.2022 - 10.2022
Support Worker
MUNODAWAFA'S RESIDENTIAL HOME
01.2021 - 09.2021
NURSE AID/HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT - Healthcare
REDCROSS ZIMBABWE
A-Levels - COMMERCIALS
DENMAK COLLAGE
GCSEs - GCSEs
NGEZI HIGH SCHOOL
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