
Mary Kotun
Health Care Assistant
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About
I am an experienced care assistant who enjoy client interaction and has the ability to provide a highly personalized service to patient. I am a well organized with flexible attitude to work and have good communication skills. I am confident, friendly, and polite and enjoy working with people. I am looking for a career and jobs available within a suitable environment.
Experience
Domiciliary Care Assistant at Domiciliary Care Provider (2024-04 – Present)
Visiting service users in their own homes to provide personal care and daily living support with focus on person-centred care, dignity, and safeguarding.
- Visiting service users in their own homes to provide personal care and daily living support.
- Assisting with washing, dressing, toileting, and maintaining personal hygiene.
- Preparing meals, supporting with feeding, and ensuring proper nutrition and hydration.
- Prompting or assisting with medication according to care plans.
- Supporting mobility, using equipment safely, and encouraging independence.
- Providing companionship, emotional support, and reassurance.
- Completing accurate records of visits, care provided, and any changes in condition.
- Reporting concerns or changes promptly to senior staff or the office.
- Promoting dignity, respect, and safeguarding at all times.
Healthcare Assistant at Southend Hospital (2020-09 – 2024-09)
Provided high-quality, person-centred care to hospital patients with focus on patient dignity, safety, and clinical support to nursing staff.
- Assisting patients with personal care, hygiene, dressing, and mobility.
- Supporting nurses and clinical staff with daily patient care routines.
- Monitoring and recording patients' observations (temperature, pulse, respiration, etc.) and reporting any changes.
- Assisting with serving meals, feeding patients, and ensuring adequate hydration.
- Providing emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
- Maintaining cleanliness, infection control, and a safe environment on the ward.
- Helping with admissions, discharges, and transferring patients between departments.
- Ensuring patients' dignity, privacy, and comfort are always respected.
- Completing accurate documentation and following hospital policies and safeguarding procedures.
Care Assistant at Run Wood Care Home (2017-06 – Present)
Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions with focus on personal care, infection prevention, and overall reassurance, comfort and safety.
- Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperature pulse, respiration and weight.
- Communication with patients, relatives and carers.
- Assisting with clinical duties. Personal care including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety
Catering & Domestic Assistant / Train Presentation at Atom Services Limited – Agency (2016-06 – 2019-11)
Catering and domestic support at hospital facilities and train presentation training at major transport networks.
- Catering & Domestic Assistant (Basildon & Thurrock Hospital)
- Train Presentation (Network Rail & London Underground)
Security Officer at Interserve Security Department (2014-05 – 2016-08)
Security officer providing patient assistance, transport coordination, and mental health support at cancer centre facility.
- Working at UCLH cancer centre
- As a security, directing/assisting patient to various department
- Booking transport for patients
- Working with mental health doctors to restrain difficult patients
- Keeping patients calm and cooperative when the doctor is not available
- Assisting patients in various ways that they may require – like eating, drinking etc.
- Making sure that the premises is secure at all times
- Assisting On-call doctors
Care Assistant at Nomase Care (2012-12 – 2014-04)
Patient monitoring and personal care with focus on infection prevention, hygiene standards, and patient reassurance.
- Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperature pulse, respiration and weight.
- Communication with patients, relatives and carers.
- Assisting with clinical duties. Personal care including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety
Security Assistant at Hackney Work Experience (2012-08 – 2012-10)
Voluntary security assistance role ensuring customer control and ticket verification.
- Ensuring customer tickets matched to our list at the hackney house
- Making sure everything was under control as a security assistant
- Voluntary Job
Beauty Consultant at Self-employed (2009-10 – 2011-12)
Self-employed cosmetics and beauty product sales with customer advisory services and product demonstrations.
- Selling cosmetics, perfumes and other beauty products to individual customers
- Advising customers on the best products for their particular skin type or colouring
- Giving makeovers to customers, to demonstrate the most suitable products for them.
- Maintaining regular work links with Mary Kay
- Travelling around to demonstrate new products
Security Assistant at Dons Supermarket (2006-01 – 2009-10)
Security cover and customer service support at supermarket facility (Currently closed down).
- Providing security cover for employer
- Helping with Customer enquiries
- Ensuring everything in the shop is kept under control.
- Keeping a close eye on customers at all times
Secretary at OJ and Jones Limited (2002-01 – 2004-12)
Administrative and secretarial support including customer service, meeting coordination, and travel arrangements.
- Dealing with customers enquiries both in person and by phone
- Arranging meetings and inviting attendees
- Booking meeting rooms
- Preparing and distributing relevant papers and documents
- Taking notes at meetings
- Making travel arrangements and organising hotel bookings
Education
Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care in Adult Care – NCFE Cache (2020-01 – 2020-01)
Level 3 Diploma for the Children & Young People Workforce in Children & Young People – NCFE Cache (2017-09 – 2017-09)
Training Qualification (Door Supervisor) in Security – Security Industry Authority (2012-03 – 2012-03)
Diploma in Business Administration in Business Administration – Secondary School Lagos Nigeria (2002-11 – 2002-11)