Dakurah Gbieu Menance

• Provided the highest level of personal care and attention to patients by following individual care plans carefully and ensuring that patients are treated with respect, dignity, friendliness, and warmness
• Liaised with other care professionals relating to the care needs of patients
• Formulated and maintained individual care plans and maintaining a positive, safe hospital environment for patients, visitors, and the wider healthcare team
• Administered oral and injectable medications to patients as prescribed and accurately maintained appropriate records
• Helped patients with mobility problems to move around
• Provided emotional support, physical assistance and encouragement to patients with different health challenges including dementia and Parkinson's disease
• Assisted patients with personal care needs such as bathing, dressing, feeding, changing linen, and residence cleaning
• Planned and prepared a program of social activities and in the completion of all relevant record keeping, paperwork, and administration
• Listened to, encouraged, enabled, stimulated and ensured the safe keeping of patients
• Provided treatment for over 1000 patients with communicable diseases according to treatment protocol

This was a National Volunteer Scheme and I worked 40 hours a week

• Collaborated with healthcare teams to undertake mass vaccinations and mass treatments of endemic diseases
• Conducted follow-up investigations of priority infections reported to health facilities to determine source of infection, contacts and carriers of infections
• Maintained regular feedback on follow-up investigations of infections reported to health facilities within area of jurisdiction
• Assisted with conducting regular monitoring and supervision of surveillance activities within area of jurisdiction
• Provided treatment for over 500 patients with priority communicable diseases
• Promoted the availability of resources needed for routine community vaccinations —vaccines, syringes and needles, safety boxes, and other logistics
• Sensitized health workers and community members on diseases of public health importance
• Assisted with implementation of National Immunization Programmes (NIPs) and Supplemental Immunization Programmes (SIPs)