Thobeka Samukelisiwe

A dedicated young professional seeking any challenging opportunities to work in an environment that will assist me to succeed and grow professionally. An environment where I can utilise my skills and knowledge obtained from the medical, surgical wards and mental health institutions, and department of higher education with risk assessment and management skills, project planning skill obtained from post graduate diploma in health services management, efficiently and effectively while implementing the bathopeole principles and making sure that patients rights are put into consideration. Striving to implement evidence based practice to provide better life for all.

Professional Nurse at Akeso Clinic (2024-11 – Present)

I am working at Akeso clinic as a Professional nurse doing the following duties:

• Shift leading
• Admissions and discharging of patients
• Conducting mental status exam
• Nursing assessment
• Administration of medication
• Safe keeping of schedule drugs, and ordering of medication
• Auditing of patients files
• In-service trainings
• Checking of emergency trolley
• Working as a delegate in the absence of the NSM
• Engaging in doctors rounds
• Attending MDT meetings
• Allocation of duties
• Conflict management as a senior personnel
• Taking and handing over
• Working as a SHEQ representative

Professional Nurse at St Catherine's life path hospital (2023-08 – 2024-06)

I was working at St Catherine's life path hospital as a professional nurse doing the following duties:

• Admissions and discharging of patients
• Conducting mental status exam
• Nursing assessment
• Administration of medication
• Safe keeping of schedule drugs, and ordering of medication
• Auditing of patients files
• In-service trainings
• Checking of emergency trolley
• Working as a delegate in the absence of the NSM
• Engaging in doctors rounds
• Attending MDT meetings
• Allocation of duties
• Conflict management as a team leader
• Handing over at the end of each shift using SBAR tool

Community service professional Nurse at Madadeni Provincial hospital (2022-03 – 2023-02)

I was working at Madadeni provincial hospital as a community service professional nurse doing the following duties:

• Medical and Surgical wards
• Admissions and discharging of patients
• Conducting nursing assessment
• Administration of medication inconsideration with the 5 golden rules
• Safe keeping of schedule drugs, and ordering of medication under supervision of a senior professional nurse
• Auditing of patients files
• In-service trainings
• eHealth champion
• Checking of emergency trolley
• Engaging in doctors rounds
• Attending MDT meetings
• Allocation of duties
• Taking and handing over
• Feeding and bathing of patients to promote comfort
• Baseline monitoring before administration of medication to exclude any abnormal and prevention of medicolegal hazards
• Transferring and receiving patients to and from theatre
• Stabilising patients with low HGT and BP
• Engaging in patients resuscitation
• Doing last offices
• Writing of reports

Post graduate diploma in Health services management – Durban University of Technology (2025)

Degree of Bachelor of Health Sciences in Nursing – Durban University of Technology (2021 – 2021)

National Senior Certificate in Grade 12 – Mafakleni High School (2015 – 2015)