Millicent Amankwah
Johannesburg,South Africa
Summary
Highly trained Care Assistant with over 5 years of experience providing exceptional levels of care support.
Leading teams of first-class care providers to enhance quality of life through health and care.
Am skilled care provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility, Keeping house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Inform healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities. Efficient and reliable trained health care assistant with excellent experience in hospital settings. Skilled in assisting with technical nursing treatments, supporting diagnostic procedures and accurately charting patient records. 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. Hard-working caregiving with strong organizational skills. Achieves company goals through exceptional planning and prioritization. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Senior care assistant
Department of Health
Sandton, Gauteng
04.2022 - Current
- Work professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Administer medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Promote dignity by assisting residents with limited mobility to complete personal care, including washing and dressing.
- Carry out initial risk and requirement assessments, enabling development of bespoke care packages.
- Minimize care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
- Help individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Deliver high-quality care to clients with disabilities, achieving care plan objectives.
- Prepares healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
- Chart daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
- Assist clinical staff with wound care and health assessments, enhancing care continuity between support teams.
- Work with compassion and empathy, prioritizing wellbeing and dignity for optimal patient comfort.
- Prepares and assist with stock taking and ordering of low-stock items.
- Established good relationship with patients to enhance their placidity
- Managed over 15 patient per day.
Care worker
West view Point
Bryanston, Gauteng
02.2017 - 03.2020
- Transported clients to appointments and completed errands.
- Encouraged community inclusion by supporting social activities, attending local support groups and events.
- Performed range of motion exercises, supporting improved service user health and fitness.
- Provided specialized support care to vulnerable individuals, effectively reducing hospital readmissions.
- Attended to 12petients per day
- Administered medication with rigorous planning and recordkeeping.
- Assisted individuals with daily activities to facilitate independent living.
- Implemented support plans into service users' daily activities.
- Championed patient independence, actively involving service users in care plan development.
- Provide personal hygiene assistance, consistently promoting comfort, dignity and respect.
Nurse assistant
St johns of God Hospital
Asafo, Ghana
09.2015 - 05.2017
- Maintained safe and clean working environment for patients and employees, adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols across all tasks.
- Established turning and repositioning routine for bedridden patients that led to 99% reduction in reported bedsores.
- Built patient trust through consistently compassionate care with necessary physical and emotional support.
- Continued self-development and learning through health programmed to offer safe, knowledgeable care services.
- Cared for patients with dementia or disability conditions, implementing specified recovery plans for optimal improvement.
- Researched and studied information from physicians, caregivers and nurses to determine tailored patient care, receiving 99.9% positive feedback from Head Nurse.
- Applied safe transportation techniques to transfer patients between wards ensuring zero incidents.
- Preserved patient dignity while performing tasks related to personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, toileting, bedpan changes and diapers.
- Upheld meticulous levels of cleanliness for optimal hygiene levels in line with hospital or facility health and safety guidelines.
- Provided high-quality patient care to 15+ patients daily in care facility.
- Documented and reported patient care data into electronic charts with 100% accuracy.
- Help patients to consistently meet nutritional needs, providing eating encouragement and support to prevent malnutrition.
- Administered medication accurately, safely and within required timeframes, in line with hospital or facility regulations.
- Work professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Administered medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Support numerous individuals in maximizing physical, intellectual, emotional and social capabilities through individualized care plans.
- Minimize care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
- Collaborated with additional care providers to ensure seamless patient support.
- Complete care plan documentation to chart progress and improve resident health outcomes.
- Maintain high levels of client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalize care that consistently met individual needs.
- Maintained secure patient environments, enforcing safe systems and practices in line with safeguarding requirements.
- Monitor individual's physical and emotional wellbeing, promptly reporting changes and providing suggestions for care plan adjustments.
- Monitoring client health conditions and report immediate issues to manager.
- Maintaining confidentiality and compliance standards for optimized patient care.
- Provide holistic care through support across leisure pursuits and creative activities.
- Submitting reports to manager regarding status of client.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
Education
Diploma - Social Health and care
Alison
Galway, Ireland 02.2023 - 06.2023
Certificate - Health Care
Health Destination
Johannesburg, Gauteng 03.2010 - 02.2011
High School Diploma - Marketing
Sunyani Polytechnic
Sunyani, Ghana 02.2007 - 06.2010
Skills
- Meal preparation
- Medication administration
- Housekeeping
- Nursing care
- Care plan management
- Disability care
- Elderly care expertise
- Communication Skills
- Dementia care
- Team Player
- Multitasking
- Excellent Communication
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Pain Management
- First Aid
- Nutrition Management
Languages
English
Advanced
Reference
Employer : Department of Health, South Africa
Department: Domiciliary Care
Employers Address : 137 Daisy Street Sandton, Johannesburg
Reporting to: Miss Amanda Mekgwe
Position: Facility Manager
Phone: 0027115821503
Email: AmandaMe@joburg.org.za
Employer : Ghana Health Service
Department: Health Care Assistant
Employers Address : Sekyere Afram Plains Ashanti
Reporting to: Mr. Paul Christian
Position: Senior Staff Nurse
Phone: 00233548807216
Email: armanichrs@gmail.com
Employer : St John's Of God Hospital
Department: Nurse Staff
Employers Address : St John Of God Hospital, Asafo
Reporting to: Miss Dorcas
Position: Senior Nurse
Phone: 00233243564786
Timeline
Diploma - Social Health and care
Alison
02.2023 - 06.2023
Senior care assistant
Department of Health
04.2022 - Current
Care worker
West view Point
02.2017 - 03.2020
Nurse assistant
St johns of God Hospital
09.2015 - 05.2017
Certificate - Health Care
Health Destination
03.2010 - 02.2011
High School Diploma - Marketing
Sunyani Polytechnic
02.2007 - 06.2010
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