Abbi Stepney

Health Care Assistant with experience facilitating care for Nursing, Residential, and Rehabilitation services for the Visually Impaired. Skilled in clinical observations, patient care delivery, and working within multidisciplinary teams.

Health Care Assistant - Blind Veterans UK

(2018-10)

Facilitating care for Nursing, Residential, Rehabilitation for Visually Impaired.

• Clinical Observations and NEWS2
• Champion of End of Life Care
• Champion of Oral Hygiene
• Stoma Care
• Catheter Care
• Prioritising Care Delivery
• Effective Team Working
• Ability to use own initiative recognising own limitations and boundaries
• Awareness of when to seek advice or escalate concerns
• Documentation (Fluid and Nutritional watch)
• Provision of Care for a variety of Disabilities (Visually impaired – Application of false eyes, Loss of limbs, Hearing and sight loss)
• Dementia awareness and care delivery
• Excellent communication skills (to include communication in challenging situations)
• Working within the wider MDT
• Pressure Damage Prevention and Awareness
• Personal Care
• Assisting Patients' to and from OPA's
• Assisting Patients' with eating and drinking

Carer - Alina Homecare - Local community

(2017-03 - 2018)

Carer in the local community caring for people within their own homes ranging from basic to more complex needs. Assisted with personal care including showering, shaving, applying creams, instilling eye drops, changing pads and dealing with bodily fluids, dressing and issuing medication. Prepared and cooked meals involving monitoring and documentation of fluids/nutrition.

Maintained accurate documentation and record keeping to enhance patients' experience and continuity of care. Developed excellent communication skills and worked with both patients and their relatives in a non-judgemental manner, treating others with dignity and respect. Worked as part of a team using own initiative while remaining aware of limitations and boundaries.

Beauty and Skin Care Therapist - Self Employed - Home-based

(2010 - 2017)

Working from home. Left position as children were older and wanted a change of career.

Beauty Therapist - Bright on Beauty - Neville Rd, Rottingdean

(2003 - 2010)

Left due to change of owner and had second child, decided to go self-employed to choose own hours.

Tideway (1995 - 1997)

GCSE/NVQ 1 - Catering and Hospitality - Falmer High School (1997 - 2000)

NVQ 2 & 3 - Hairdressing/Wigmaking/Theatrical Makeup, Beauty Therapy, Hot Stone Therapy, Ear Piercing - Lewes Tertiary (2000 - 2003)