Binta Okoli
Amuwo Odofin
Summary
Dedicated Health Care Assistant with mental health experience and caregiving certification. Delivering compassionate patient support and care in both the hospital and home settings, also contributing to many patients' status improvements. With Strong communications skills and empathetic nature which has enabled positive outcomes to overall patient management and wellness.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mental Health Assistant (volunteer)
Amuwo Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
- Engage with colleagues in treatment team meetings to promote positive patient treatment outcomes.
- Support patients needing medical care to relieve patient anxiety and promote positive outcomes.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss progress and treatment plans of clients.
- Facilitated group therapy sessions to help clients develop coping strategies and social skills.
- Supported engaging, fun, and smooth-running events by helping with organization and planning.
- Improved patient satisfaction feedback on continuing care and enlighten them on the importance of mental health awareness.
- Participated in conducting training for over 120 individuals on mental health awareness, its importance and limitations to both patients and employees.
- Participated in patient education, helping to reinforce concepts and treatment plans.
Personal Support Worker
The Gbenga Family
10.2023 - Current
- Assists with daily basic activities, dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Provides safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Maintaining clean personal areas and prepare healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Perform and document routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in administration of medications and collecting specimens under direction of physician in charge
- Monitoring clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Built and also maintaining rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
Health Care Assistant
Amuwo Medical Center
08.2021 - Current
- Delivering high standard of holistic care to patients to promote equality and dignity.
- Assists with patient hygiene, physical comfort, eating, and drinking, and mobility while observing and reporting specific changes.
- Maintain clean environment with due consideration to health and safety issues and infection control policy.
- Observe patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Delivering high-quality care to over 50 patients in hospital facility and residents under long term care
- Caring for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy and more
- Providing care to patients throughout lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and culture.
- Collaborate with physicians to design at-home medication guidelines and educate patients and families on correct medication administration.
- Supported nursing staff with care of incontinent patients and promotion of continence care.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Bells University of Technology
Ogun State,nigeria09-2013
Skills
- Collaborative treatment planning
- Patient hygiene management
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Household organization
- Disability care
- Dementia Care
- Phlebotomy
- Client Relationship Management
- Medication organization
- Strong Communication Skill
- Emotional Support
- Mental health awareness
- Basic Life Support
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
- Compassionate Care
Certification
Diploma in Caregiving from Alison
Diploma in health and social care from Alison
First aid, cpr,and aed from Save A Life
Timeline
Mental Health Assistant (volunteer)
Amuwo Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
Personal Support Worker
The Gbenga Family
10.2023 - Current
Health Care Assistant
Amuwo Medical Center
08.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Bells University of Technology
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