Simbarashe Dzvova

Top-performing and solution-driven health care professional with 10+ years of experience working in different mental health environment. Proven track record in supporting mental health patients and families by maintaining significant knowledge and skills in health care. Demonstrate excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines with willingness to learn and develop relevant skills for improved practice.

Possess strong communication, good interpersonal relationship, and organisational with a keen eye for details, skilled at synthesising and editing information to achieve overall objectives.

Support worker - Turning Point

(2005-09 - 2010-12)

Working with challenged clients and giving support with their daily activities, working as part of a team to ensure that the client medical procedures are followed, and are in accordance with organisation's policy and procedure.

• Carrying out different roles including answering of telephone calls, covering shifts taking records and documentation of messages, sorting out mails and parcels
• Preparing reports and returns for supervisor's approval and filing
• Helping Service Users with leisure interests and skill development inside and outside by organising and taking them for day outs and holidays
• Ensuring the service users have meet their needs and appropriate medication, recording income and Receipts while making and recording payments and supplying information for management control
• Contribute to the maintenance of a healthy, safe and productive working environment

Healthcare Assistant (Part Time) - Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust (NHS Bank)

(2010-01 - 2020-12)

Experience working with CAMHS in Nottinghamshire Health trust at Hopewood. Worked in all the three different wards, Pegasus Ward, eating disorder, Phoenix Ward, general adolescent unit and Hercules ward the 8 bedded PICU.

• Enabling service users to achieve independence as far as possible in all areas of their life by providing appropriate information, writing clients daily logs or reports
• Contributing to the maintenance healthy, safe and productive working environment
• Supporting registered nurses recording all relevant information countersigned by a registered nurse and maintain strict confidentiality of patient information
• Participating in ward-based groups and diversional activities as directed by Nurse in Charge
• Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nurse
• Maintaining an awareness and understanding of issues surrounding equality and diversity
• Maintaining a professional non-judgemental attitude when engaging in a therapeutic relationship with patients

QUALIFIED BAND 5 - CYGNET SHERWOOD HOUSE

(2020-12 - 2023-09)

• Produce outstanding written reports based on nursing assessments and observations
• Attend all training and engage in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to further knowledge and promote nursing
• Under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained collectively with residents, relatives, and other healthcare professionals
• Administer prescribed medicines with healthcare procedure and Healthcare Commission guidelines
• Work closely with the management team to develop the service, audit, and improve quality

Agency worker - RX agency - Lynfield Mount Hospital, Bradford District Care

(2021-07 - 2021-07)

Working at Lynfield Mount Hospital, Bradford District Care covering psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU), acute and assessment wards and low care services at Moorland View.

Agency worker - Caritas agency - Southwest Yorkshire

(2021-08 - 2021-12)

Working for the Southwest Yorkshire covering shifts in Fieldhead hospital. Mostly covered shifts in the Newton Lodge (The Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry). This is a low secure unit and within the hospital there are seven wards and covered shifts in all of them. Also covered shifts in acute and assessment wards, learning disability wards, adults with dementia wards within the Southwest Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

BAND 6 - Your World Nursing - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust

(2021-09)

Working in acute and admission wards male and female wards. Covering shifts in Acute female Inpatient ward Ash Villa in Sleaford and a mixed ward, Ward 12 in Boston. Under the same trust also worked at the Hartshome Centre which is the PICU. Currently working on Witham court (Brant and Langworth wards) with older adult with mental health and dementia patients.

BAND 6 - ARCHER RESOURCING - Riverdale Grange

(2023-06 - 2024-06)

Working with eating-disorder young adults at Riverdale Grange – eating disorder treatment Centre, Specialist CAMHS unit.

Regional Bank Nurse - Cygnet Healthcare

(2026-03)

Covering different wards, High dependency Learning Disability ward, treatment and rehabilitation for women with personality disorder and complex needs ward, and Neuropsychiatric rehabilitation, care ward.

Sale Marketing - Self-employed - Zimbabwe

(2000-01 - 2002-12)

Teacher - Chipadze Primary School - Bindura, Zimbabwe

(1997-01 - 2000-12)

Teaching primary school grade 4 and 5

Teacher - Chavakadzi Primary School - Bindura, Zimbabwe

(1995-01 - 1997-12)

Teaching Primary school grade 2 and 3

NVQ level 3 - Health and Social Care - Derby College (UK) (2010-01 - 2012-12)

Access and Foundation Degree - University of Derby (UK) (2013-01 - 2014-12)

BSC (HONOURS) - Nursing (Mental Health) - DE-MONTFORD UNIVERSITY (2017-01 - 2020-12)