Tendai Kazayi
Shepperton,Australia
Summary
To work in an institution as a registered nurse where I can utilize my full potential with the help of the health care team where my expertise is stretched. Proactive Personal Care Assistant with skill for building client rapport through tact and compassionate communication. Committed to addressing client needs and building foundation of habits to increase comfort and independence.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Care Assistant(Permanent Part-time)
Mercy Place Shepperton
05.2024 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Assisted with transferring and positioning clients, ensuring proper body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury for both parties.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Improved client comfort by providing exceptional personal care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Adapted quickly to new client situations, building rapport through active listening skills and an empathetic approach towards individual needs.
- Contributed to a positive home atmosphere by engaging clients in conversation and recreational activities tailored to their interests.
- Enhanced client well-being by assisting with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Maintained current knowledge of best practices in personal care through ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Supported clients'' mental health by actively listening to concerns and offering compassionate companionship during challenging times.
- Promoted independence with structured routines and clear communication to support clients in their daily lives.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Managed household chores efficiently, enabling clients to enjoy a clean living space without added stress or physical strain.
- Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Prevented injuries through diligent observation of the environment and prompt intervention when needed during mobility assistance tasks.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop individualized care plans addressing each client''s specific needs.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
Personal Care Assistant (Permanent Part-time)
Eastia Health
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Assisted with transferring and positioning clients, ensuring proper body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury for both parties.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Improved client comfort by providing exceptional personal care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Adapted quickly to new client situations, building rapport through active listening skills and an empathetic approach towards individual needs.
- Contributed to a positive home atmosphere by engaging clients in conversation and recreational activities tailored to their interests.
- Enhanced client well-being by assisting with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Maintained current knowledge of best practices in personal care through ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Supported clients'' mental health by actively listening to concerns and offering compassionate companionship during challenging times.
- Promoted independence with structured routines and clear communication to support clients in their daily lives.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Managed household chores efficiently, enabling clients to enjoy a clean living space without added stress or physical strain.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Prevented injuries through diligent observation of the environment and prompt intervention when needed during mobility assistance tasks.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, promptly reporting any abnormal findings to medical professionals for further evaluation.
Registered Nurse
Bindura Provincial Hospital
03.2017 - 10.2023
- Company Overview: Hospitals - Public
- Management of Emergencies e.g
- RTAs, Snake bites, Organophosphate poisoning
- Management of diseases such as mild ART Tuberculosis
- Nursing Psychiatric patients
- Outpatient Management
- Dressing and suturing
- Management of STI syndromic ally
- Compiling of Statistics from Outpatient Clinic
- Counselling trauma victims, grieving process, etc
- Antenatal Care
- Post Natal Care
- Paediatric ART
- Immunisation of under 5 years
- Gynaecology conditions & Management
- Counselling
- Administering medications
- Monitoring pre and post-operative patients
- Promoting health education on primary health care
- Administering stat doses to patients and attending to emergencies as they rise
- Prevents medico legal hazards in the department
- Ensuring that infection prevention and control measures are adhered to
- Preoperative management and postoperative management of patients
- HIV Testing
- Hospitals - Public
- Equipment: Infusion Pump, Suctioning Machine, Thermo Scan, sphygmomanometer, Pulse oximeter, Stethoscope, Nebulizer, Glucometer, Desktop computer, E-Cart, standing scale, Oxygen equipment, thermometer, C.T.G machine
Registered Nurse
Karanda Mission Hospital
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Management of Emergencies e.g
- RTAs, Snake bites, Organophosphate poisoning
- Management of diseases such as Milda Tuberculosis
- Nursing Psychiatric patients
- Outpatient Management
- Dressing and suturing
- Management of STI syndromic ally
- Compiling of Statistics from Outpatient Clinic
- Counselling trauma victims, grieving process, etc
- Antenatal Care
- Post Natal Care
- Paediatric ART
- Immunisation of under 5 years
- Gynaecology conditions & Management
- Counselling
- Administering medications
- Monitoring pre and post-operative patients
- Promoting health education on primary health care
- Administering stat doses to patients and attending to emergencies as they rise
- Prevents medico legal hazards in the department
- Ensuring that infection prevention and control measures are adhered to
- Preoperative management and postoperative management of patients
- Equipment: Infusion Pump, Suctioning Machine, ThermoScan, sphygmomanometer, Pulse oximeter, Stethoscope, Nebulizer, Glucometer, Desktop computer, E-Cart, standing scale, Oxygen equipment, thermometer, C.T.G machine
Education
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing - Mental Health
Institute of Health Management (IHM)
Melbourne, VIC10.2024
Certificate 111 in Individual Support -
Kingsway Vocational Training
01.2024
General Nursing
Karanda School of Nursing
Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe05.2015
Certificate in Systemic Family Counseling -
CONNECT (ZIST)
10.2008
Skills
- Infusion Pump
- Suctioning Machine
- Thermo Scan
- Sphygmomanometer
- Pulse oximeter
- Stethoscope
- Nebulizer
- Glucometer
- Desktop computer
- E-Cart
- Standing scale
- Oxygen equipment
- Thermometer
- CTG machine
- ThermoScan
Certification
Zimbabwe Nurses Council, 201505203898
Personal Information
- Visa: subclass 482 visa
- Visa Expiry: 06/27
- Driving License: Valid driver's license
Ndisclearance
up to date
References
Will provide if requested
Training
- Early warning signs of childhood cancers
- Cervical cancer screening
- Child counseling and HIV
- Tuberculosis case Management
- HIV rapid testing and counseling
- Art of examination
- Malaria case management
- Quality control
- Infection control
- Hypothermia in neonates (BEMMPU)
- Covid Case Management
Affiliations
- ANMF
Timeline
Personal Care Assistant(Permanent Part-time)
Mercy Place Shepperton
05.2024 - Current
Personal Care Assistant (Permanent Part-time)
Eastia Health
01.2024 - 09.2024
Registered Nurse
Bindura Provincial Hospital
03.2017 - 10.2023
Registered Nurse
Karanda Mission Hospital
07.2015 - 06.2017
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing - Mental Health
Institute of Health Management (IHM)
Certificate 111 in Individual Support -
Kingsway Vocational Training
General Nursing
Karanda School of Nursing
Certificate in Systemic Family Counseling -
CONNECT (ZIST)
Zimbabwe Nurses Council, 201505203898
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