Samantha Kelly
Fleet,Hampshire
Summary
Compassionate and reliable individual with strong communication and teamwork skills, coupled with background in health care, education setting and customer service. Proficient in maintaining the strictest patient confidentiality and providing exceptional emotional support. I am eager to make positive impact in a social work setting.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Healthcare support worker
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Basingstoke, Hampshire
2024.03 - 2025.05
- Provided compassionate care for patients throughout their hospital stay, communicating sensitively with patients whilst respecting privacy and dignity at all times.
- Monitored patients by accurately recording observations such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature, documenting these on the hospital system and escalating issues as necessary whilst maintaining strict confidentiality.
- Worked closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care.
- Assisted with mobility, dressing and physical activities, supported patients needing help with meals, maintained cleanliness of all clinical areas including beds and equipment and promoted health initiatives.
- Escalating any safeguarding concerns as per the trust procedures and policies.
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
Hampshire County Council
Church Crookham, Hampshire
2024.03 - 2025.04
- Ensured the welfare of children during lunchtime by supervising their activities.
- Assisted children with their lunches, teaching appropriate eating habits, clearing away lunch equipment, and addressing any spillages. Monitored children on the playground, ensuring their safety and encouraging good behaviour, provided first aid for minor injuries, comforted upset children, and reported any concerns to school authorities.
- Adhered strictly to the school's guidelines on behaviour management, safeguarding, and child protection.
Grocery Picker
Tesco
Camberley, Surrey
2017.10 - 2018.01
- Executed efficient picking and packing of groceries under time constraints for online orders, preparing items for dispatch by delivery drivers.
- Consistently met targets whilst maintaining high attention to detail.
Home Carer
Privately employed
Sandhurst, Berkshire
2011.04 - 2015.10
- Served as lead carer, overseeing the overall care and well-being of clients.
- Ensuring confidentiality and escalating any concerns to next of kin or wider support network/authorities as needed.
- Managed medication schedules, coordinated healthcare appointments, undertook shopping duties and provided assistance with meal preparation, cleaning tasks and provided personal care whilst maintaining dignity.
- Building strong relationships with clients enhancing their emotional wellbeing.
- Providing companionship for elderly patients reducing their feelings of loneliness and isolation whilst promoting their wellbeing and independence.
Education
Higher National Diploma - Clinical Science
University of Reading
Reading 09/2020 - 08/2023
Diploma of Higher Education - Access to Nursing and Midwifery
Reading College
Reading 09/2019 - 08/2020
GCSEs - GCSE
Edgbarrow Secondary School
Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest 09/1997 - 07/2002
Skills
- Safeguarding
- First aid
- Report-writing
- Care coordination
- Disability support
- Basic Life Support Certification
- Health promotion and education
- Perform health checks
- Ethical decision making
- Clinical communication
- Patient assessments
- Emotional support
- Compassionate care
- Clinical documentation
Certification
E-Learning for Health Care certification
- Safeguarding adults Level 1 & 2 (2025)
- Safeguarding Children Level 1 & 2 (2025)
- Preventing Radicalisation - Basic Prevent Awareness (2025)
- Infection Control & Prevention Level 1 & 2 (2025)
- Health Safety and Welfare (2025)
- Equality, Diversity and Human Rights (2025)
- Conflict Resolution (2025)
- The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism Level 1 & 2 (2025)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Healthcare support worker
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2024.03 - 2025.05
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
Hampshire County Council
2024.03 - 2025.04
Grocery Picker
Tesco
2017.10 - 2018.01
Home Carer
Privately employed
2011.04 - 2015.10
Higher National Diploma - Clinical Science
University of Reading
09/2020 - 08/2023
Diploma of Higher Education - Access to Nursing and Midwifery
Reading College
09/2019 - 08/2020
GCSEs - GCSE
Edgbarrow Secondary School
09/1997 - 07/2002