Olabisi Joseph

I attend to and care for up to 7 residents. Below is a list of my responsibilities.

• Medication Administration: I Efficiently manage and administer medication, maintaining accurate records.
• Personal Care and Care Plan Documentation: Provide essential personal care, supporting service users with grooming, bathing, and dressing. Regularly document care activities and progress in care plans, ensuring they are up-to-date and reflective of the service users' needs and responses.
• Care and Support Assistance: Deliver personalized assistance tailored to individual care and support needs, including mobility support and activity facilitation.
• Promoting Independence: Encourage and aid service users in achieving maximum independence in their daily lives.
• Effective Communication: Clear and empathetic communication with service users, their families, and healthcare professionals. Skilled at conveying complex information in an understandable manner and actively listening to feedback and concerns to enhance care quality.

• Monitored and recorded vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
• Assisted with patient hygiene, physical comfort, eating, and drinking, and mobility while observing and reporting specific changes.
• Assisted patients with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Lifted patients using appropriate equipment in accordance with moving and handling policy.
• Maintained clean environment with due consideration to health and safety issues and infection control policy.
• Provided personalized care and support to vulnerable individuals, helping them retain maximum independence.

• Patient Appointments: Scheduled and managed appointments for pulmonary function tests, walk tests, and bronchoscopies, ensuring efficient patient flow. Ensured accurate scheduling and coordination with medical staff for smooth patient flow.
• Test Setup: Prepared testing rooms, calibrated the vitalograph spirometer, and ensured equipment readiness.
• Patient Education: Educated patients on the purpose and procedures of pulmonary function tests and other tests. Provided clear instructions on how to perform tests and answered patient queries, ensuring their comfort and understanding.
• Pulmonary Function Testing: Guided patients through the process of performing pulmonary function tests, including proper use of the mouthpiece and breathing techniques. Monitored patients during tests and provided assistance as needed.
• Bronchodilator Admin: Administered bronchodilators during tests to enhance patient comfort and result accuracy.
• 6-Minute Walk Test: Administered and supervised the 6-Minute Walk Test to assess the functional exercise capacity of patients with respiratory conditions. This involved instructing patients, monitoring their response during the test, and accurately recording the distance covered, noting any symptoms or difficulties experienced.
• Phlebotomy: developed good venipuncture skills using a cannula and butterfly needle for blood withdrawal, as well as good communication skills to alleviate patients' concerns and obtain their cooperation.
• Records Management: Maintained accurate patient records and adhered to documentation standards.
• Team Collaboration: Worked closely with healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
• Cross-Training: Volunteered in other departments for exposure to diverse diagnostic procedures, including echocardiography and coronary angiography units.
• Patient Interaction: Ensured patient comfort and provided empathetic care.

• Used outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with clients for exceptional satisfaction ratings.
• Health Monitoring: Helped in monitoring vital signs such as temperature, pulse, and blood pressure under supervision.
• Assisting with Medical Procedures: Provided support to healthcare professionals during routine medical procedures and patient examinations.
• Environmental Hygiene and Safety: Ensured cleanliness and hygiene in patient areas, adhering to infection control protocols.
• Patient Documentation: Assisted in maintaining accurate patient records, documenting care provided and observations.
• Managed and processed calls from families to residents appropriately
• Assisted residents with daily domestic tasks such as mobilization, bathing in some cases, and other personal needs
• Expressed compassion, concern, and care for residents with special needs
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge on the latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.

• Set up the 12-lead electrocardiograph and ensure proper functioning for accurate results.
• Educated patients on the ECG procedure, alleviating any concerns and ensuring their comfort.
• Electrode Placement: Attached electrodes to the patient's chest and limbs according to established guidelines.
• ECG Operation: Operated ECG machine to record heart electrical activity and ensured accurate data collection.
• Data Analysis: Assisted in analyzing ECG readings and results under the guidance of senior staff.
• Registered patient records and results for future reference.
• Learning Opportunity: Actively observed and learned from medical staff, expanding knowledge of cardiology diagnostics.
• Safety Compliance: Adhered to infection control and safety protocols during patient interactions and equipment usage.