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Nokuthula Nkomo

Summary

A qualified and compassionate healthcare assistant with expertise in community based health care and advanced first aid. Confident in providing personal care to children, adolescents and adults. Take pride in maintaining patient confidentiality and treating every individual with dignity, respect, offering emotional support and empathy in addition to practical care. Dedicated and passionate about providing quality person centered care at all times. Seeking a full time visa sponsored care worker position within your organization to further my career.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Based Carer

05.2022 - Current
  • Taking care of a 90 year old dementia, hypertension and diabetic patient
  • Assisting with activities of daily living such as washing, dressing and undressing, meal preparation and feeding
  • Administering medication
  • Assisting with his daily exercises, and taking walks
  • Providing companionship when playing scrabble games and puzzles
  • Performing domestic duties such as laundry, ironing and cleaning the house
  • Live in Carer, Zimbabwe

Healthcare Assistant

Mater Dei Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2022
  • Provided person centered care to a patient with an accident injury
  • Assisted with personal care including supporting him to use the bath and toileting
  • Assisted with oral care, dressing up and meal preparation
  • Supporting him with daily exercises, shopping and taking him to doctor’s appointments
  • Managed medication and provide companionship
  • Putting his gadgets within reach
  • Completing domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry, 4-27 February 2022, Assisting qualified nurses in the medical ward to complete errands, dampdusting, sanitation, bed making, OBS and input-outputs Recording,
  • Hourly turns for CVA patients, feeding patients orally and Gastro tube
  • Companionship and assurance
  • Assisted in ICU and dependency unit
  • Sluice care
  • Ward care

Community Based Care Assistant

Humanitarian Hope International Institute
04.2011 - 12.2021
  • When I completed my high school, I assisted my mother to complete errands as she was a Community home based caregiver, Cared for my grandparents who were blind and had dementia, Assisted with incontinence, bathing, and making meals
  • Safeguarded them always.

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Microsoft Office skills
  • Good hygiene practices
  • Empathetic and caring
  • Personal care
  • Time management
  • Good counsellor
  • Meal preparation
  • Teamwork
  • Observation

Certification

Care Certificates with Florence Academy – Basic Life Support, First Aid, Diabetic Awareness and Management, Building Mental Health resilience (bitesize learning (2022) Humanitarian Hope International- Nurse Aide Certificate (2020) Ordinary Level ( Year 2010), IGCSE passes.

Timeline

Based Carer

05.2022 - Current

Healthcare Assistant

Mater Dei Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2022

Community Based Care Assistant

Humanitarian Hope International Institute
04.2011 - 12.2021

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