Senior Caregiver in Thika, Kenya, Seeks Senior Caregiver Job.Cindy's Senior Caregiver Profile 3769232

Trained caregiver devoted to patients and skilled in medical and personal care tasks. Knowledgeable about patient protections and care strategies to meet individual needs and improve outcomes. Consistently helps patients from diverse backgrounds and nations using attention to detail and exemplary organisational skills

Objective: To work with a reputed organization in a position where I can develop and utilize my skills and prove my worth.

SKILLS:

Great team player.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Companionship and emotional support.
Mobility assistance.
Medical terminology.
Infection control procedures.
Wound Care.
Patient-focused care.
Quality patient care.
Computer literate.
Monitoring Vital Signs.
Daily living management.
Medical terminology.
Infection control procedures.
Wound Care.
Patient-focused care.
Quality patient care.
Computer literate.
Monitoring Vital Signs.
Daily living management.
records.

EXPERIENCE:
Assisted with patient health data collection, surveillance and assessment.
Maintained patient health care information and registration documentation.
Undertook and recorded baseline observations for blood pressure, oxygen saturation and body temperature.
Kept adequate levels of clinical medications and instruments through supply orders.
Adhered to protocols for equipment instrument sterilisation.
Supported clients in socialisation activities and encouraged engagement and participation.
Provided daily mobility assistance to support patients using hoists for transfers.
Prioritised patient needs and worked with compassion and empathy to establish trust.
Inspected, cleaned and dressed patient wounds.
Added, removed and updated patient information in official records. Monitored patient conditions documenting findings in physical and electronic medical records.
Assisted senior medical team members with planning and managing individual patient care.
Followed care plans established by health professionals to deliver nursing and personal care.
Assisted in Activities of Daily Living such as, bed-bathing, feeding patients, massaging patients, changing diapers and taking the patients for physiotherapy.
Worked in a school for children with disabilities and assisted the teachers in the classroom, feeding the children, changing their diapers and accompanying the teenage girls on their human development. 
Took care of my grandmothers. Assisted them in transfers, preparing meals and feeding, administering medication, cleaning their houses and keeping record of their hospital documents. Planned monthly home visits for my elderly grandfather where I clean his homestead, cook, shop for monthly supplies, buy his medication and advise him on how to take them.