Location: King's household, Qatar Position: Home caregiver Dates: Aug 2021 - Currently
Location: Doha clinic, Qatar Position: Internship Dates: April 2023 - May 2023
Location: Yousif Ali residence, Qatar Position: Nanny Dates: Mar 2019 – June 2021
Location: Metropolitan Hospital, Kenya Position: Residence Nurse Aide Dates: July 2018 – Dec 2018
Location: Timau Central hospital, Kenya Position: Nurse aide Dates: Jan 2017 – Mar 2017
Location: The Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Kenya Position: Care Assistant Dates: Oct 2015 – Nov 2016
Location: Everest Medical Diagnostic Centre, Kenya Position: Nurse Aide Dates: July 2014- Sept 2015
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide and maintain safe environment, in all aspects of daily life for special needs pre-teen with high needs; Cerebral Palsy-Non- Ambulatory, Epilepsy, vision impairment, developmental delays and other diagnosis
- Assisted with daily activities such as dressing, personal hygiene, transport to school, communication and social interactions
- Developed healthy meal plans and prepared special diet for client
- Daily performed range of Physio Therapy exercises daily to maintain range of motion. Occupational therapy exercises to improve general mobility, including oral stimulus to improve swallowing and speech
- Ensured a fixed schedule with medications, food, toilet breaks, exercises, etc
- Administration of prescribed medications; epilepsy, anti spastic, etc
- Post surgery care; pressure areas, wound cleaning, dressing & monitoring
- During illnesses, monitoring vital signs, attending appointments
- Stocking supplies of the patients by ordering them in advance
- Assisting the healthcare team with some medical procedures
- Ensuring proper infection prevention and control measures are observed
- Transporting patients to different areas within the ward
- Taking care of wounds and preventing patients from developing pressure sores
- Assisting in personal hygiene and toileting needs
- Cared for infant feeding, diapering and dressing
- Provided structure and communicated consistent behavioral concerns
- Ensuring any infection potential is mitigated and control measures are observe
- Provided emotional support to the people under my care
- Read, create, prepare, and guide age appropriate curriculum
- Transporting children to various appointments
- Maintained professional yet warm relationships with the families
- Provided safe clean and nurturing environment
- Interact with the parent and report child development
- Prepared healthy and nutritious breakfast lunch and snacks
- Experienced with 6 weeks -12 years including twin infants
- Turning or moving patients who are bed ridden or unable to ambulate
- Gathering medical supplies for the specific patients
- Bathing patients who cannot do activities of daily living
- Grooming patients by brushing their hair, teeth, shaving them, etc
- Feeding patients and documenting their food and liquid intake
- Checking vital signs such as blood pressure and heart rate
- Answering patient calls and informing them accordingly
- Documenting information about every procedure done to the patient
- Cleaning rooms and bed linens to ensure clean environment for the patient
- Delivered high quality personal care such as bathing, feeding, dressing, grooming and toileting as per patient’s care plan
- Develop individual patient care plans, identify needs for care improvement
- Ensured proper dietary planning and preparation while monitoring nutritional status
- Wound dressing in compliance with the best practice and safety standards
- Performed daily patient assessment, to guide and plan for safe delivery of care
- Aided in decontamination and sterilization of medical equipment to ensure infection prevention and control.
- Supported the nurses and doctors in patient care and non-clinical support
- Managed the patient's nutritional needs, prepared food, fed immobile and patients with disability
- Pain assessment using the verbal numerical score and facial scale
- Perform nutritional assessment, shows competency in use of glucometer
- Aided patients with everyday activities including mealtime, bathing, grooming and guided patients to restrooms for toileting and caring for incontinence needs
Monitored vital signs and medication use, documented any concerns
