Care Provided: Day Night
Languages: English
Age: 50+
Years Experience: 13
Description
Personal Profile
I am a reliable and trustworthy Care Assistant seeking a role where I can develop my existing skills. I am a hard-working individual with the ability to interact well with service users with various learning needs and disabilities. I have the ability to communicate with individuals at all levels as well as supporting colleagues whenever necessary.
Key Skills
• Current DBS holder
• A caring and compassionate person
• Empathetic person
• Attentive and good listener
• Organisational skills
• Customer care
• Prioritising workload
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent Team player
• Proactive person
Employment History / Voluntary Work:
September 2023- Present Community NHS Trust Hertfordshire Health and Care Assistant
● I work within a team that provides an assessment and care service to patients with nursing / health needs.
● I visit patients in their own homes and provide appropriate care and support as defined in the Care Plan. This includes aspects of personal care, hygiene, uncomplicated nursing procedures, exercise, activity and treatment programmes prescribed by therapists.
● The purpose is to rehabilitate and maximise the patient’s potential and where appropriate to support the carer.
● I support and enable patients in a range of activities to promote independent living and monitor their well-being. I also undertake administration and clerical tasks that are associated with the care process including record keeping and use of computer.
● I act in a professional and confident way at all times. I take appropriate action to manage an emergency, summoning assistant immediately when this is necessary I report back on those aspects of assessment that have been carried out, identifying and highlighting any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and wellbeing.
● I support patients with all daily living tasks which promote independence and wellbeing, including transferring pati
Skills - I have been trained with the following skills
Bathing Toileting Assistance with Dressing Catheter Care Companionship Cooking Laundry Cleaning Administrative Tasks Hoist Assistance Moving and Handling Medication Reminders Eating and Drinking Assistance
Experience - I have worked with these issues in the past
Mild Cognitive Impairment Bedbound Parkinson's Disease Anxiety Depression Osteoporosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Heart Disease Stroke Post Operative Orthopaedic Injuries / Broken Bones Cancer Respiratory Illness (COPD, Asthma, etc.) Urinary Disorder (UTI, Incontinence, etc.) Poor or Declining Mobility Dementia (Alzheimer, Vascular, etc.) Deafness Visual Impairment Physical Disability End Of Life Care ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
I get to work by: Car
Can I Drive Patients? No, I cannot drive
Hobbies - I have an interest in these activities and like to talk about them.
Walking
Dancing
Card Games
Cooking & Baking
Gardening
Knitting
Socialising
Watching TV
Music
Pet Preferences - I am happy to look after these sorts of pets alongside a patient.
Cats
Dogs
Fish
Rabbits
Birds
Lizards
Turtles
Snakes
Spiders
£19.50/hr
£18.00/hr
£17.00/hr
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