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LINDA FRIMPOMAA ODURO

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Summary

Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Canberra Hospital
08.2023 - Current
  • Management of pre-surgical and post-surgical pain
  • Wound care
  • Monitoring patients for pre-operative care and post-operative complications
  • Monitoring neurovascular status of patients
  • Provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centered care and work in collaboration with patients / families /carers and multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcome.

Disability Support Worker

Valma Disability Support Services
02.2022 - 12.2023
  • Aided in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients
  • Driving clients safely to social activities and appointments
  • Kept detailed daily logs with care actions, patient behaviors, and incidents
  • Maintained safety with tidy, clean, and hazard-free home environments
  • Prepared nutritious meals to meet individual dietary needs for clients
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping
  • Transported patients via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities
  • Checked medication schedules and patient needs to enforce medication administration standards team-wide.

Assistant in Nursing

Southern Cross Care
04.2019 - 12.2022
  • Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment
  • Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor
  • Cared with empathy and compassion to build positive patient and family relationships
  • Contributed to overall quality and care of patients by answering calls for help, taking vital signs, and monitoring behaviour and physical condition for progress or deterioration
  • Maintained excellent care continuity through collaboration with nurses and external healthcare professionals.

Loan/Quality Control Officer

Bayport Financial Service Ltd
09.2012 - 02.2018
  • Scrutinize and vet all loan applications from sales executives to eliminate fraud and errors before processing same
  • Maintains and improves relationships with existing clients by meeting their needs timely and professionally
  • Giving leads and general cross-selling of other company products to clients
  • Ensure regulations such as Know Your Customer (KYC), money laundering and overall customer due diligence are complied with in the account opening process
  • Work hand in hand with the branch manager to achieve sales and operational targets
  • Branch cashier since January 2017 to date – Receiving and paying of customer deposits and withdrawals
  • Vault custodian – in charge of branch treasury cash operations.

Data Collection Officer

Ghana Statistical Service
09.2012 - 02.2018
  • Responsible for interviewing selected households with questionnaire on their demographic and health status
  • Responsible for interviewing households on self-medication on Malaria related illness
  • Responsible for interviewing selected households on access to social amenities.

Education

Bachelor of Science Nursing -

University of Canberra
07.2023

Certificate IV Community Development -

Canberra Institute of Technology
Canberra, ACT
12.2019

Certificate III in Individual Support and Ageing -

Canberra Institute of Technology
Canberra, ACT
07.2019

Skills

  • Compassionate
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Supporting Daily Living Needs
  • Administer Medication
  • Catheter Monitoring
  • Infection Control Standards
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Microsoft Office
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Vaccine administration
  • Care Planning
  • Case Management
  • Patient Assessments
  • Data Collection

References

  • Jaime Thomas, Registered Nurse, Team Leader, Geriatric Ward, The Canberra Hospital 11B, Jaime.Thomas@act.gov.au, 0432203230
  • Sara Roach, Registered Nurse, Orthopedic Ward 5A, The Canberra Hospital, Sara.roach@hotmail.com, 0410286745

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Canberra Hospital
08.2023 - Current

Disability Support Worker

Valma Disability Support Services
02.2022 - 12.2023

Assistant in Nursing

Southern Cross Care
04.2019 - 12.2022

Loan/Quality Control Officer

Bayport Financial Service Ltd
09.2012 - 02.2018

Data Collection Officer

Ghana Statistical Service
09.2012 - 02.2018

Bachelor of Science Nursing -

University of Canberra

Certificate IV Community Development -

Canberra Institute of Technology

Certificate III in Individual Support and Ageing -

Canberra Institute of Technology
LINDA FRIMPOMAA ODURO