Simon kazibwe
STAINES-UPON-THAMES,MIDDX
Summary
Registered Mental Health Nurse developing strategic treatment plans to meet personalised needs. Communicates and builds rapport well to identify patient concerns and implement required support. Rigorous in risk assessment and emergency response for safe, attentive patient care.
Compassionate healthcare professional committed to providing high quality patient care. Collaborates successfully with team to meet needs of busy units.
Aspiring Registered Mental Health Nurse with strong initiative and work ethic skills seeks role in emergency and ongoing medical care capacity. Confident communicator with solid interpersonal abilities, skilled in building rapport quickly for trusted, confidential support. Focused and adaptive for reliable monitoring and response to changing patient needs.
Experienced working in team environments. Reputation for hard work, punctuality and willingness to learn new things.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Mental health nurse
West London NHS Trust
STAINES-UPON-THAMES, Surrey
2023.11 - Current
- Guaranteed patient safety by evaluating clients, assessing physical and mental symptoms for drug interactions and side effects.
- Provided care to patients with acute and chronic mental health conditions in a 11 bed PICU facility.
- Assisted team with developing balanced care plans incorporating physical, mental and social needs.
- Advised on dietary, nutrition and illness prevention.
- Eased family anticipation by updating regularly on patient progress, developments and treatment changes.
- Attended case conferences and meetings to assess treatment success rates.
- Dealt with emergencies with calm and composure.
- Explained nature of emotional disturbances and emphasised need for treatment.
- Communicated and collaborated with patients to plan, assess and evaluate effective care programmes.
- Leveraged person-centred care to develop care plans and enhance recovery process.
- Encouraged patients to engage in therapeutic and creative activities to assist healing process.
Healthcare assistant
Elysium Healthcare partnership
STAINES-UPON-THAMES, Surrey
2016.08 - 2024.10
- Provided high-quality person-centred support and received consistently positive patient feedback.
- Provided compassionate personal care for elderly patients, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting.
- Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
- Recorded clinical observations in electronic health record and reported observed changes to senior clinical staff.
- Delivered high-quality care to clients with disabilities, achieving care plan objectives.
- Prepared nutritionally-balanced meals and assisted with feeding to guarantee wellbeing of individuals under care.
- Monitored client health conditions and reported immediate issues to manager.
- Improved patients' quality of living, engaging in fulfilling and meaningful activities to encourage community access.
- Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
- Built caring, supportive relationships with residents, enhancing daily life through personalised care.
- Participated in personal development initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
- Monitored patients' conditions closely and escalated concerns to senior staff.
- Accompanied client to medical or dental appointments, grocery and errands.
- Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
- Monitored individual's physical and emotional wellbeing, promptly reporting changes and providing suggestions for care plan adjustments.
- Provided personalised care and support to vulnerable individuals, helping them retain maximum independence.
- Worked professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Safely and securely transported patients using hoists and wheelchairs.
- Completed documentation of care, hospital actions and patient activities for up-to-date client records.
- Maintained hygiene standards, cleaning and clearing patient rooms according to ward protocol.
- Maximised patient comfort by accurately assessing pain levels and administering pain-relieving medication.
- Assisted with medicine and stock counting, ordering and replenishing.
- Helped design and update treatment plans based on progress and health developments.
- Positioned, lifted and transported patients with limited mobility.
- Ensured patients took all medications as prescribed by their doctor, recording details of itimings and side effects.
- Safely escorted patients to and from medical appointments and hospital visits.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (Mental health) With NMC registration
Buckinghamshire New University
Uxbridge, Hillingdon 2020.09 - 2023.09
Skills
- Charting and reporting
- Multi-disciplinary team experience
- Individual treatment plans
- Dementia care
- Clinical risk assessment
- Patient education
- Vital signs
- Risk management
- De-escalation techniques
- Motivational interviewing (MI)
- Attentive listener
- Substance use disorder treatments
- Health assessments
- Medication administration
- Health education
- Compassionate care
- Crisis mental health services
- Multilingual
- Leadership
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Team building
- Problem-solving
Affiliations
- I love playing and watching foot ball, climbing, travelling and Go carting.
Languages
Luganda, English and Swahili
Beginner
Timeline
Mental health nurse
West London NHS Trust
2023.11 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (Mental health) With NMC registration
Buckinghamshire New University
2020.09 - 2023.09
Healthcare assistant
Elysium Healthcare partnership
2016.08 - 2024.10