Ivoline Tsamo
Healthcare Assistant
Cape Town
Summary
Empathetic, compassionate and experienced care Worker/Healthcare Assistant with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents/patients. Offers enhanced care with flexible care approach for patients. Experience in hospital, retirement villages and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients(elderly) through physical and emotional support. Trained in manual handling and care planning. Fast-learning, results-oriented employee, utilizing organizational skills to drive business goals. Possessing exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills. Works effectively and efficiently in high-performing teams.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Caregiver
Barina Nursing Service
Cape Town
08.2023 - Current
- Maintaining high levels of over 24 patient client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalized care that consistently met individual needs.
- Assessing care plans and ensure residents' needs are met.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, detecting any abnormalities or changes in condition to promptly inform senior nurse.
- Delivering personal care tasks (including toileting and showering) with dignity and respect
- Prioritizing patient welfare, providing comfort, reassurance, and support to reduce anxiety and distress.
- Ensuring services (including food, laundry, personal care, domestic and interest) are delivered in timely and safe manner.
- Monitoring client health conditions and reported immediate issues to manager.
- Massaging patient tissue and delivering other non-pharmacological pain relief.
- Successfully positioning, lifting, and moving patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
- Keeping patients' environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
- Ensuring optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
- Organizing activities and exercises to promote physical and mental well-being.
- Submitting reports to manager regarding status of client.
- Working professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Working in various shift ( day, evening and night shift ).
Healthcare Assistant
KONYE DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Buea
01.2020 - 11.2022
- Assisted in drug administration and wound care.
- Prepared patients for caesarean section and assistant in theater.
- Participated in drug administration and preparation.
- Observed, monitored and recorded patients' conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration.
- Prepared and maintained treatment areas to enable streamlined treatment and strong hygiene.
- Handled showering and bathing, dressing and grooming and other aspects of personal care.
- Promoted over 50 patients physical and mental ability by talking, reading and going for walks together.
- Took care of clients with temporary and terminal illness.
- Contributed to specialized care plans for people with dementia, re-enablement or continence difficulties.
- Expanded clinical knowledge to assist with wider team targets and Personal hygiene assistance
- Evaluated patient symptoms and condition to plan recovery programs for timely discharge
- Collated medical data for patient records, maintaining strict confidentiality
- Bathed, changed and fed disabled patients to ease comfort.
Education
CERTIFIED AGED CAREGIVER (HBC) - Homebase Care
KINGSWAYS COLLEGE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town, South Africa 02.2023 - 07.2023
DIPLOMA - Healthcare Science
CALVARY HIGHER INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
BAMENDA 12.2018 - 06.2019
Skills
hobbies
- Walking
- Reading
- Gardening
- Cooking
- Knitting
- Singing
Timeline
Caregiver
Barina Nursing Service
08.2023 - Current
CERTIFIED AGED CAREGIVER (HBC) - Homebase Care
KINGSWAYS COLLEGE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
02.2023 - 07.2023
Healthcare Assistant
KONYE DISTRICT HOSPITAL
01.2020 - 11.2022
DIPLOMA - Healthcare Science
CALVARY HIGHER INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
12.2018 - 06.2019
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