Tariro Chatikobo
Southend-on-Sea,United Kingdom
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated NMC Registered Nurse with diverse experience across a range of healthcare settings. Skilled in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals of all ages and with varying health conditions. Proficient in patient assessment, care planning, medication administration, and multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure safe and effective treatment outcomes. Committed to promoting patient wellbeing, maintaining professional standards, and providing compassionate support to patients and their families.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Associate
Uplands Nursing Home
Southend-on-Sea, England
07.2024 - Current
- Providing care to parents in line with individualized care plans and clinical guidelines.
- Creating, implementing, and regularly reviewing person-centered care plans.
- Conducting comprehensive risk assessments including falls, pressure ulcer and nutrition.
- Carrying out pre-admission assessments and coordinating admissions to ensure continuity of care.
- Coordinating safe discharge planning with multidisciplinary teams, residents, and families.
- Administering medications safely, including oral medication, injections, controlled drugs, and PEG medications.
- Providing comprehensive PEG care including site assessment, flushing, feeding support, and monitoring for complications.
- Supporting patients with enteral feeding requirements.
- Maintaining accurate clinical records including MAR charts, fluid balance charts, nursing notes, and PEG care records.
- Monitoring residents' physical, emotional, and mental health needs and escalating concerns appropriately.
- Monitoring vital signs, nutritional intake, chronic conditions, and changes in health status.
- Responding promptly to emergencies and deteriorating conditions.
- Working collaboratively with GPs, multidisciplinary teams, and families.
- Supervising and supporting healthcare assistants.
- Performing wound care, catheter care, pressure area care, and other nursing procedures.
- Promoting dignity, independence, and person-centered care.
- Supporting residents and families with end-of-life and palliative care needs.
- Conducting clinical handovers and maintaining effective communication across shifts.
Health Care Assistant
Kope Medics
London, England
03.2022 - 05.2024
- Providing care to service users following their individualized care plans.
- Assisting service users with their nutritional requirements as appropriate by preparing meals and feeding them (including peg feeding).
- Monitoring vital signs, documentation and reporting abnormal ranges.
- Medication administration and documentation.
- Ensuring the service users are safe and comfortable.
- Maintaining a healthy and safe environment.
- Movement and handling of service users using equipment such hoists, wheelchairs, slide-sheets, etc.
- Providing personal care and assisting with toileting respecting their privacy and dignity.
- Providing emotional support to individuals and families.
- Documenting all care provided.
- Liaising with other care professionals relating to the needs of individual service users.
Student Nurse
WSEI Lublin
Lublin, Poland
10.2018 - 07.2021
- Medication administration under supervision.
- Documentation of given medication.
- Assessing the patient, creating person centered care plans, implementation of care as well as evaluation of care.
- Ensuring a healthy and safe environment for patients.
- Assisting with personal care and nutritional needs.
- Maintaining clean and safe environment.
- Ensuring that the patient safety and comfort.
- Assisting patients with mobility and manual handling.
- Checking the patient's vital observations, documenting them, noting any deviation from normal and reporting to the senior nurse.
- Collecting patient's samples and taking them to the laboratory for testing.
- Providing patients with both pre- and post-operative care.
- Patient and family education on how to manage their illness or injuries.
- Providing patients and their families with emotional support.
- Handover and takeover with other nurses.
- Reporting to the supervisor at all times about my progression and always seeking guidance.
- Liaising with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Documentation of care.
Accounting Intern
Regency Hotel Flamboyant
08.2014 - 06.2015
- Debtors management.
- Creditors management.
- Cash management.
- Inventory management.
- Analyzing financial records.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
WSEI
Lublin, PolandBachelor of Science Honors - Accountancy
Chinhoyi University of Technology
ZimbabweSkills
- Compassionate and empathetic care
- Person-centered care planning
- Care plan evaluation and updating
- Medication administration
- PEG feeding and PEG care
- Risk assessments
- Vital signs monitoring
- Pain assessment and management
- Chronic disease management
- Emergency response and basic life support (BLS)
- Infection prevention and control
- Pressure area care
- Wound care management
- Catheter care
- Mobility and manual handling
- Dementia care
- End-of-life and palliative care
- Clinical documentation
- Team leadership and supervision
- Communication and teamwork
- Falls prevention and management
- Nutritional support and hydration management
- Resident and family support
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Shift coordination and delegation
References
Available on request.
Timeline
Nursing Associate
Uplands Nursing Home
07.2024 - Current
Health Care Assistant
Kope Medics
03.2022 - 05.2024
Student Nurse
WSEI Lublin
10.2018 - 07.2021
Accounting Intern
Regency Hotel Flamboyant
08.2014 - 06.2015
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
WSEI
Bachelor of Science Honors - Accountancy
Chinhoyi University of Technology