Evans Baffoe
Assin Foso
Summary
Dedicated Personal In-Home Caregiver, adept in compassionate caregiving and critical thinking, significantly improved client health through meticulous care plan management and emotional support. Excelled in collaboration with healthcare professionals, ensuring optimal client comfort and safety. Renowned for transforming challenges into solutions, fostering trust, and enhancing client autonomy.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Assistant
Ghana Health Service
04.2012 - 06.2016
- Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate assistance with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and feeding.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Promoted a safe and clean environment by maintaining strict adherence to infection control protocols and sanitation standards.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Skillfully operated medical equipment, such as glucose monitors and blood pressure cuffs, ensuring accurate data collection for informed decision-making by healthcare providers.
- Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor.
- Proactively identified changes in patient condition or behavior, alerting appropriate healthcare personnel for prompt intervention when necessary.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Reduced risks of patient infection and cross-contamination by cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
Personal In-Home Caregiver
ONAM GH
01.2021 - Current
- Maintained client health with proper medication administration and timely medical appointments.
- Upheld strict confidentiality standards while handling sensitive information related to clients'' personal lives and medical conditions.
- Assisted clients with mobility issues, utilizing assistive devices when necessary for safe movement.
- Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
- Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
- Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Encouraged patients to participate in safe physical activity to help boost mood and improve overall wellness.
- Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
- Traveled to clients' homes to complete healthcare services and promote continuity of care.
Education
Bachelor Of Nursing - Nursing
University of Health And Allied Sciences
Ho, Ghana 01.2020
Certificate In Health Assistant Clinical - Nurse Assistant
Nursing And Midwifery Training College
Dunkwa On-Offin, Ghana 11.2011
Skills
- Compassionate Caregiving
- Chronic Disease Management
- Team Collaboration
- Medication Management
- Time Management
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
Affiliations
- • Member, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifes Association (GRNMA), Ghana
Certification
- CPR, AED & First Aid for Infant, Child and Adult |National Health Care Provider Solutions (NHCPS)|
- Basic Life Support (BLS) by |National Health Care Provider Solutions (NHCPS)|
- WHO-ICRC basic Emergency Care: approach to the accurately ill and injured.
- Infection prevention and control workshop by GHS.
- Understanding Dementia | University of Tasmania, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre|.
- Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury | University of Tasmania, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre|
- Preventing Dementia | University of Tasmania, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre|
- 15 standards of care certificates | Florence Academy|.
REFERENCE
Available on request
Timeline
Personal In-Home Caregiver
ONAM GH
01.2021 - Current
Nursing Assistant
Ghana Health Service
04.2012 - 06.2016
Bachelor Of Nursing - Nursing
University of Health And Allied Sciences
Certificate In Health Assistant Clinical - Nurse Assistant
Nursing And Midwifery Training College
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