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Sydney Chingeya

Sydney Chingeya

Healthcare Support Worker
Greenock,Renfrewshire

Summary

Empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support. Skilled care provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Advise families and healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities. Compassionate Care Assistant with comprehensive background with elderly patients in care home settings. Provides exceptional care demonstrating dedication to safe nursing practices for continued patient trust. Maintains excellent levels of patient care through kindness and commitment to safe working practices. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Diligent health care team member with skills and training to safely support patients and assist clinical team member. Always ready to help with hygiene, mobility and cleaning needs. Works fast to stay ahead of continuous patient workload. Compassionate healthcare professional with experience providing quality patient support. First Aid and CPR trained.

Overview

45
45
years of professional experience

Work history

HCA

Yourworld Nursing
07.2017 - Current
  • Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Supported team by demonstrating respect and willingness to help.
  • Consistently arrived at work on time and ready to start immediately.
  • Offered friendly, efficient customer service and handled challenging situations with ease.
  • Cleaned work areas and equipment to maintain faultless hygiene standards.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
  • Improved efficiency and productivity by acquiring new skills.
  • Completed duties to deliver on targets with accuracy and efficiency.

Health care assistant

ID Medical
Milton Keynes
05.2017 - Current
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
  • Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
  • Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
  • Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
  • Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
  • Worked closely with nurses to maintain high levels of communication.
  • Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.
  • Maintained hygiene standards, cleaning and clearing patient rooms according to ward protocol.
  • Completed care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.
  • Prepared healthy meals and delivered feeding support.

Security officer

Chubb Fire And Security
Johannesburg South Africa
10.1990 - 09.2002
  • Wrote detailed reports on property damage, theft, presence of unauthorised persons and unusual incidences.
  • Checked bags and identification with keen eye for detail.
  • Inspected fire escapes, extinguishers and emergency lighting systems.
  • Observed central alarm systems for fire, intrusion and safety alarm activation, promptly responding to emergencies.
  • Reported suspicious activities and persons to law enforcement for appropriate incident management.
  • Patrolled facilities to prevent crime and unruly behaviour.
  • Secured doors and gates across office buildings and grounds, maintaining optimal security standards.
  • Protected facility and property guests by regularly circulating premises and monitoring surveillance feeds.
  • Oversaw control room and gatehouse systems.
  • De-escalated threatening behaviour with firm and commanding presence.
  • Signed in and issued passes to visitors and contractors.

Police officer

Zimbabwe Republic Police
Zimbabwe
11.1979 - 11.1989

Crime Investigations

  • Prepared thorough, accurate case files to support investigations and facilitate arrests.
  • Used exceptional interpersonal skills to interview suspects and garner necessary information.
  • Assessed threat, harm and risk from intelligence reports and selected management or dissemination options.
  • Submitted detailed reports for incident occurrences during on-duty hours.
  • Planned and implemented criminal investigations to solve assigned cases.
  • Liaised with prosecution partners to manage processes around court proceedings.
  • Testified in courts to support case evidence and findings and secure convictions for suspects.
  • Secured charges against suspected criminals, gaining desired outcomes for victims and communities.
  • Obtained victim and witness statements, documenting evidence to support investigations.
  • Completed extensive risk assessments when conducting investigations.
  • Interviewed suspects and witnesses to gather evidence.
  • Attended court hearings to testify, provide evidence and support witnesses or victims.
  • Stayed up-to-date on the latest laws, procedures and investigation best practices through training.
  • Supported victims throughout investigations through listening to concerns and acting on requests.
  • Analysed investigation facts to find links within cases.
  • Completed detailed reports on case and evidence findings to determine outcome.
  • Prioritised community safety by targeting reductions in crime with police patrols and reporting systems.
  • Cultivated relationships with external agencies, schools and social service organisations.

Education

GCSEs - English / Maths Science

Sobukhazi Secondary School
Zimbabwe
01/1972 - 11/1976

Skills

  • Patient observations
  • Person-centred care plans
  • First Aid
  • Elderly care
  • Patient handling and positioning
  • Personal care assistance
  • Calm under pressure
  • Basic life support
  • Pressure area care
  • Patient safeguarding
  • Clinical waste disposal
  • Documentation development
  • Safeguarding knowledge
  • Patient risk assessment
  • Housekeeping
  • Personal care
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Mobility support
  • Patient relationship building
  • Dementia awareness
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Medication Administration
  • Care management
  • Patient transport
  • Meal preparation
  • Medicine administration
  • End Of Life Care
  • Disability Care
  • Infection prevention
  • Care plan management
  • Pain management
  • Nursing care
  • Organisational standards
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance
  • Medical records
  • Stoma care
  • Specimen collection
  • Social care

Affiliations

  • Gardening
  • Cooking
  • Travelling
  • Sight seeing
  • Gardening
  • Touring

References

References available upon request.

Work availability

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Timeline

HCA

Yourworld Nursing
07.2017 - Current

Health care assistant

ID Medical
05.2017 - Current

Security officer

Chubb Fire And Security
10.1990 - 09.2002

Police officer

Zimbabwe Republic Police
11.1979 - 11.1989

GCSEs - English / Maths Science

Sobukhazi Secondary School
01/1972 - 11/1976
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