Olajide Odukoya
Derby,Derbyshire
Summary
I am a hardworking, empathetic, and patient centred clinician with excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to delivering safe, high quality care as well as self development and career progression. Since March 2022, I have worked in the NHS as a Clinical Fellow, building on my prior experience as a junior doctor in my home country. This combination of international and UK clinical exposure has strengthened my adaptability, teamwork, and understanding of NHS systems and values. My proficiency in core clinical skills is well established, and I consistently perform effectively and efficiently. I have developed strong diagnostic acumen, and my clinical judgement has been repeatedly commended by supervising consultants across multiple rotations. My performance has consistently been assessed as highly satisfactory, with positive feedback on my reliability, professionalism, and ability to manage complex clinical presentations. Patients, relatives, and caregivers frequently express appreciation for my clear, compassionate explanations of diagnoses, investigations, treatment plans, and discharge arrangements. I take pride in addressing concerns with patience and empathy, ensuring individuals feel heard, respected, and supported throughout their care journey. With these attributes and my ongoing NHS experience, I consider myself well suited to a wide range of clinical roles within the scope of my training and experience, and I remain committed to contributing positively to any team I join.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Officer
Lagoon Hospitals Ikeja, Lagos
Ikeja
09.2019 - Current
- It is a 40 bedded hospital with state of the art facilities including a 3 bedded ER, 2 standard theatres and a 2 bedded HDU.
- I work on the ward and the ER running day shifts of 8:00am - 5:00pm and night shifts of 5:00pm - 8:00am.
- My daily activities include detailed history taking, clinical examination and running investigations to arrive at diagnosis. Executing management plans finalized by managing consultant.
- My responsibilities include pre and post-operative assessment of patients admitted for surgical procedures including day cases.
- These include blood works and interpretation of results, communicating all deranged test results with patients and managing consultant, taking necessary history and physical examination to ascertain fitness for procedures and monitoring patient till full recovery post-operative.
- Proper documentation of all patient information using the electronic medical record, attending ward rounds with managing consultants and conducting ward rounds outside of working hours to ensure all in-patients are regularly visited, their complaints taken and addressed, and more complex cases reviewed with the managing consultants.
- I perform large numbers of basic clinical procedures like intravenous cannulation, blood sample taking, urethral catheterization, passing of naso-gastric tubes, wound suturing. I do a lot of these during my ER coverage duties. I get to do over a hundred of each of these procedures on a monthly basis and often hit 200-300 of such on extra busy months.
- All my activities are carried out while carrying patients and their designated relatives and/or caregivers along with excellent communication skills on the symptoms, examination findings, diagnosis, investigations and investigation results, treatment plan, medications and use, and discharge plan.
- I am also responsible for ensuring discharge process for all in-patients and drafting of their discharge summaries and occasionally, medical reports.
- Lagoon Hospitals Ikeja is one of the best private hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a 40 bedded private hospital that serves a population of about 200000 people.
- Salary: 2,800,000 naira p.a
Junior Clinical Fellow
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Derby
03.2022 - 08.2026
- Worked as a Junior Clinical Fellow, and had rotations in the short stay wards, the medical same-day-emergency-care unit (MSDEC) and Medical assessment Unit (MAU).
- Duties include patient care and assessment in form of history taking, Clinical examination, requesting investigation, making diagnosis and forming treatment plans with senior supervision (medical registrars and consultants) only as necessary.
- Reviewing clinically unstable patients on the wards, triaging and escalating for senior/specialist reviews, attending and participating in cardiac arrest crash calls (I frequently hold the crash bleep).
- I also attended teachings and training courses and was involved in delivering teachings which were integral parts of my role to ensure career progression.
- Participating in QIP/Audit projects
Medical officer (National Youth Service)
Ikeja Local Government
Ikeja, Lagos State
09.2018 - 07.2019
- Primary Health Care services including consultations and treatment of mild common illnesses, explaining, in simple terms, patients' symptoms, test results, diagnoses and treatment plans all with proper documentation.
- Blood sample taking for investigations, setting intravenous access for patients needing admission for observation and initial resuscitation.
- Giving referrals to specialists or specialist centres as needed.
- I was daily involved in other primary health services like immunization and antenatal care.
- Primary Health Care services.
Medical Officer
Beachland Specialist Hospital
, Ogun State
12.2017 - 07.2018
- My daily activities involved basic health care services including consultations and treatment of mild common illnesses, explaining, in simple terms, patients' symptoms, test results, diagnoses and treatment plans all with proper documentations.
- Blood sample taking for investigations, setting intravenous access for patients needing admission.
- I carried out other basic clinical procedures like urethral catheterization, wound suturing (more with emergency cares), passage of naso-gastric tubes amongst others.
- I rendered emergency services to patients needing emergency care for initial resuscitation and stabilization before proper admission or referral.
- I assisted in major surgical procedures like appendicectomies, herniorrhaphies, myomectomies, caesarean sections and hysterectomies.
- I provided care daily for in-patients by conducting ward rounds and supervising execution of care plans while reviewing critically ill and more complex patients with attending consultant.
- Healthcare services.
Medical officer
El-Bethel Medical Centre
Sagamu, Ogun State
05.2017 - 11.2017
- My daily activities involved basic health care services including consultations and treatment of mild common illnesses, explaining, in simple terms, patients' symptoms, test results, diagnoses and treatment plans all with proper documentations.
- Blood sample taking for investigations, setting intravenous access for patients needing admission.
- I carried out other basic clinical procedures like urethral catheterization, passage of naso-gastric tubes amongst others.
- I rendered emergency services to patients needing emergency care for initial resuscitation and stabilization before proper admission or referral.
- I provided care daily for in-patients by conducting ward rounds and supervising execution of care plans while reviewing critically ill and more complex patients with attending consultant.
- Medical services.
Medical House Officer
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State
03.2016 - 02.2017
- University College Hospital Ibadan is the largest tertiary health institution in south-west Nigeria, serving a population of 700000 people.
- My daily activities involved ward rounds with consultants and/or senior registrars where we saw averagely 20-30 patients daily (this was as high as 40-50 patients in some rotations), proper documentation of all inputs made.
- I attended consultant clinics at least 2 times weekly, where I clerked and presented patients' cases to the attending consultant and attended teaching sessions during same.
- I carried out large numbers of basic clinical procedures including intravenous cannulation (60-80 weekly) blood sample collection (averagely 100 weekly), urethral catheterization, wound suturing (during accident and emergency unit calls).
- My rotation through the department of surgery included month long rotations in General surgery, Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic units.
- My rotation through the department of internal medicine was under the Nephrology unit where I administered care for in-patients under the nephrologist's care.
- I also had week long postings, 3 times at the renal dialysis unit where I did pre-dialysis assessments, femoral cannulation, intradialysis monitoring and post-dialysis assessment for patients admitted for renal dialysis.
- Other duties include attending and making presentations at teaching seminars and teaching medical students on the ward.
- Tertiary Health Institution.
- Grade: Medical House Officer (Equivalent of FY1)
- Salary: 160000 naira monthly
Education
MRCP-1 -
01-2026
PLAB-2 -
United Kingdom01-2021
PLAB-1 -
Nigeria01-2018
M.B.Ch.B -
Nigeria01-2014
Custom Section
M.B.Ch.B, Nigeria, Pass, 2014-01-01, PLAB-1, Nigeria, Pass, 2018-01-01, PLAB-2, United Kingdom, Pass, 2021-01-01, MRCP-1, In-Progress, 2026-01-01, Basic Life Support, National Health Care Provider Solutions, 1 day, 2021-01-01, Basic and advanced ECG Level 1, Rescue and Safety Support Initiative, 2 weeks, 2021-01-01, Infection prevention and control(IPC) Core Components and Multimodal Strategies., Open WHO, 1 week (self paced), 2020-01-01, 2-day workshop in Neonatal resuscitation., Department of Paediatrics Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, 2 days, 2019-01-01, Ibadan Basic Trauma Care Course, University College Hospital Ibadan, 2 days, 2016-01-01, Advanced Life Support, UHDB, 2 days, 2023-01-01, SAS-Leadership and Management Course (In-view), UHDB, 2 days, 2026-01-01, 7636801, 2026-09-12
Timeline
Junior Clinical Fellow
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
03.2022 - 08.2026
Medical Officer
Lagoon Hospitals Ikeja, Lagos
09.2019 - Current
Medical officer (National Youth Service)
Ikeja Local Government
09.2018 - 07.2019
Medical Officer
Beachland Specialist Hospital
12.2017 - 07.2018
Medical officer
El-Bethel Medical Centre
05.2017 - 11.2017
Medical House Officer
University College Hospital, Ibadan
03.2016 - 02.2017