CAROLINE ANGELA TSHUMA
Care Giver
Johannesburg
Summary
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.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Health Care Assistant
Butterfly Haven
South Africa
11.2019 - 01.2023
- Providing intimate care, enabling residents to maintain personal cleanliness and hygiene
- Empowering residents to remain as independent as possible and retain sense of identity
- Providing compassionate personal care for elderly residents, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting
- Enhancing quality of life of residents with dementia by planning and delivering meaningful, appropriate activities
- Prioritising person-centred care to maximise independence for residents with dementia and limited mobility
- Preparing healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support
- Aiding residents in everyday activities, such as washing and dressing, ensuring constant safety and effective care
- Preventing 90% accidents and falls by ensuring cleanliness and tidiness of home
- Involving residents in decision-making to promote independence
- Supporting bed-ridden residents through regular repositioning and chair-based exercise, helping to prevent sores, joint degeneration and blood clotting by 80%
- Providing incontinence care and bed baths, maintaining 100% residents dignity at all times
- Carrying out safe, secure manual handling, promoting independence whilst assisting residents with mobility
- Maintaining 100% safe and clean working environment for residents and employees, adhering to infection control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols across all tasks
- Establishing turning and repositioning routine for bedridden residents that led to 80% reduction in reported bedsores
- Applying safe transportation techniques to transfer residents between rooms ensuring 0% incidents.
Family Caregiver
Home Based Care
11.2018 - 10.2019
- Improving grandmother's comfort by providing pleasant companionship and stimulating conversation
- Suggesting medication reminder technology, minimising medication errors by 100%
- Adopting person-centred approach in all aspects of care-giving
- Empowering grandmother to remain as independent as possible and retain sense of identity
- Administering medication to safeguard health and wellbeing
- Assisting grandmother with daily personal, hygiene and incontinence care.
Nurse Aide
Ingutsheni Central Hospital
Bulawayo
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Cleaned, sterilised and stored clinical equipment appropriately
- Recorded weight and height measurements, blood pressure and blood sugar levels
- Carried out safe, secure manual handling, promoting independence whilst assisting patients with mobility
- Provided incontinence care and bed baths, maintaining patient dignity at all times
- Collected and disposed of clinical waste in line with regulations
- Performed daily clinical observations, recording medical data accurately and securely.
Caregiver
Self Employed
Pretoria
02.2023 - Current
- Contributed to a positive atmosphere for patients by using effective communication and active listening skills.
- Coordinated closely with family members regarding updates on patient conditions or concerns that arose during the course of caregiving duties.
- Administered medications as prescribed, ensuring accurate dosage and timely administration for maximum efficacy.
- Assisted in rehabilitation exercises as prescribed by medical professionals, guiding patients towards improved mobility and function.
- Performed light housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness standards while respecting the patient''s personal space.
- Prepared nutritious meals according to dietary restrictions, supporting clients'' overall health through balanced nutrition.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, detecting any abnormalities or changes in condition to promptly inform medical professionals.
Education
Elderly Care and Caring for Disabled - undefined
Alison
Home Nursing - undefined
The St John Ambulance Association
GCSEs - undefined
High School - Zimbabwe
Skills
Personal carePatient risk managementPatient handling and positioningMedication administrationExcellent communication skillsSafeguarding knowledgeConfidential record managementRisk assessmentAlzheimer / DementiaCerebral palsy careCatheter care and changingProgress reporting
Changing tracheostomy tube
Peg feeding and suctioningOxygen and nebuliser machinesCritical thinkingTime managementEmpathyTeam playerMeal Preparation
Mobility Assistance
Personal Hygiene Assistance
Elderly Care
Medication Administration
End of life care
Additional Information
Valid driver's license, Available immediately, References upon request
Personal Information
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Timeline
Caregiver
Self Employed
02.2023 - Current
Health Care Assistant
Butterfly Haven
11.2019 - 01.2023
Family Caregiver
Home Based Care
11.2018 - 10.2019
Nurse Aide
Ingutsheni Central Hospital
05.2018 - 08.2018
Elderly Care and Caring for Disabled - undefined
Alison
Home Nursing - undefined
The St John Ambulance Association
GCSEs - undefined
High School - Zimbabwe