VESTINA IRADUKUNDA
Registered Midwife
Adelaide ,SA
Summary
Compassionate Registered Midwife with nearly 2 years of working experience. I am aspired to practice, acquire, and improve skills to promote a high standard of care and woman-centred care across the midwifery care continuum. I am very thoughtful and careful, an effective communicator, and collaborative within interdisciplinary teams. Demonstrate punctuality and self-management skills. Though I have limited working experience in the birthing area, I am eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organisational skills. I also have over 6 years of experience working as a Disability support worker, and am capable of working under extreme pressure.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Bachelor of Midwifery
Work History
Registered Midwife
Riverland General Hospital
Berri, SA
09.2022 - Current
- Providing direct woman-centred nursing/midwifery care and individual case management to women and families in Riverland Mallee Coorong region
- Assisted mothers with breastfeeding, self-care and postpartum healthcare.
- Gave emotional support to expecting mothers by answering questions and alleviating concerns.
- Performed low-intervention techniques to induce labour or relieve pain during labour.
- Offered primary care to expecting mothers and newborn infants.
- Provided healthcare information and educational resources to new parents.
- Checked general and mental health and overall comfort of mothers in prenatal appointments.
- Watched vital signs, checked for comfort levels and monitored emotional states of mothers before, during and after labour.
Registered Midwife ( Postnatal Ward)
Calvary John James Private Hospital
Deakin, ACT
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Helping with and providing breastfeeding education
- Providing baby bath demonstrations and baby routine cares (especially to first-time parents)
- Administering pain relief if needed (or organising a doctor to provide it)
- Routine care
- Carrying out some routine health tests, such as newborn screening
- Provide individualised postnatal daily routine care for women who has had either caesarean section and/ or vaginal births
- Complete the necessary documentation for women and their families that are under my care.
- Offered primary care to expecting mothers and newborn infants.
- Assisted mothers with breastfeeding, self-care and postpartum healthcare.
- Directed parents and newborns to physicians without causing parent alarm based on problematic test results and health conditions of babies and mothers.
- Met with mothers to design individualized birth plans in terms of health concerns, birthing desires and potential problems.
Support Worker
Aruma Services
Belconnen, ACT
08.2016 - 09.2022
- Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
- Transported clients to appointments, shopping venues and entertainment events according to determined schedule.
- Evaluated client progress toward established annual and quarterly goals.
- Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
- Monitored employee and customer interactions to assess quality of service.
- Prepared employee schedules for maximum coverage during key hours.
- Assessed personnel performance and implemented incentives and team-building events to boost morale.
- Interpreted management directives to define and document administrative staff processes.
- Standardized office structures and processes to promote collaboration and increased performance.
- Established and implemented training programs to maximize team performance.
- Tracked and documented metrics, and evaluated trends.
- Assessed previous resolutions to uncover deficiencies in coverage and develop improvements.
- Established and updated work schedules to account for changing staff levels and expected workloads.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
- Consulted with supervisors to assess cases and plan strategies for enhancing care.
- Implemented physical therapy to support patient improvement in muscle tone, range of motion and injury recovery.
- Maintained entire family's schedule and organized events.
Education
Bachelor of Midwifery
University of Canberra
Bruce ACT 04.2021
Certificate IV in Disability
TAFE SA
Adelaide, SA12.2014
Certificate III in Children Service
TAFE SA
Adelaide, SA12.2013
Skills
- Emotional Support
- Obstetric Emergency Situations
- Intramuscular Injections
- Prenatal Health
- Baby Checks
- Glucose Testing
- Newborn Education
- Breast Feeding Education
- Hearing Assessment
- Flexible and Adaptable
Certification
- Newborn Life Support ( Practical Assessment)
- Basic Life support
- Maternal Safety Education Workshop
- Working with Children Check
- Working with Vulnerable People
- National Crime Check
- National Police Clearance
Languages
Chichewa
Full Professional
Kirundi
Professional Working
Kinyarwanda
Professional Working
REFEREES
Heidi Curtis
Riverland General Hospital- MGP RM
heidi.curtis@sa.gov.au
04 81 478 473
Lisa Koop
Riverland General Hospita- MGP RM
lisa.koop@sa.gov.au
04 81 058 751
Diane Delacruz
Calvary John James Hospital - Maternity RN
diane.delacruz@calvarycare.org.au
04 04 176 259
Timeline
Registered Midwife
Riverland General Hospital
09.2022 - Current
Registered Midwife ( Postnatal Ward)
Calvary John James Private Hospital
03.2021 - 09.2022
Support Worker
Aruma Services
08.2016 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Midwifery
University of Canberra
Certificate IV in Disability
TAFE SA
Certificate III in Children Service
TAFE SA
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