Uwandu Chiamaka

Adventurous and loving, caring, very passionate and love challenges no matter how difficult or impossible I think it might be, I just go for it. for me is the experience that counts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: 
Health Care Officer in the Health Department of the Federal Fire Service Nigeria (July 2019 till date ).
ROLES: 
1) Caring and Nursing ailing Officers back to good health.
2) Ensuring they have enough bed rest and rendering support for those who require assistance in their up keep and mobility.
3) making sure they are well fed before administering any prescribed medication. 
4) Rendering Ambulance services especially during field works like parade and fire emergencies.
6) Maintaining records/log book of personnels that are treated in the Health Facility. 7)Ensuring compliance of Staff to the guidelines and policies at all times with respect to dress code etc.

National Youth Service Corp(NYSC)
Community Care Assistant . worked in diverse Rural Community Health Care Centres in Abuja (April 2016 - April 2017).

ROLES:
Assisted patients with their daily living activities :
1) Supported patients with mobility challenges, standing ,seating and feeding .
3) Ensuring the patients were fed  meals suitable for their health conditions and their prescribed medications administered on schedule.
4) Making sure the patients are  comfortable  with respect to the cleanliness and sanitation  of their  environment and surroundings. 
5) Promoting Patient's Mental and Physical ability by talking to them, helping them to do things themselves, as well as sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies  which are  essential in the process of their recovery.
6) Making sure that harmful, used and unwanted items are discarded properly to ensure safety of Patients.

VOLUNTEER WORK AS A CAREER FOR MEDICAL OUTREACHES WITH A TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSES AND PHARMACISTS IN DIVERSE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH EASTERN REGION OF NIGERIA (YEARLY EVENT)
ROLES:
1) Helping out with proper communication and  education as the middle man in my dialect on the prescribed drugs and instructions given to the Patients by the Medical personnels. 
2) Assisting the elderly with movement and proper positioning on where to sit and await medical attention.
3) Making sure that the medications being given are labelled properly and clearly.
4) Helped in giving out proper hygienic food and water and ensuring that no one is left out
5) Making sure the kids are identified and given medical attention.

EDUCATION 
University of Nigeria Nsukka :

Bachelors of Science in Health Education  2014.                      

CERTIFICATION OBTAINED 
Florence Academy       2022

*Dignity in Care: 30th Jan 2022
*First Aid: 30th Jan 2022
*Food Hygiene: 30th January 2022
*Health & Safety: 30th January 2022
*Basic Life Support: 31st January 2022
*Equality & Diversity: 31st January 2022
*Fire Safety: 31st January 2022
*Understanding behaviors that challenges : 16th Feb 2022
*Safe guarding adult level 1&2(Adult support and protection): 31st January 2022
*Infection Control: 31st January 2022
*Code of conduct for Care Support Workers: 30th Jan 2022
*Conflict resolution and complaints handling : 27th April 2022
*Lone worker training: 27th April 2022
*Manual Handling: 27th April 2022
*Working with people who self harm: 27th April 2022
*Understanding learning disability and Autistic Spectrum disorder: 26th April
*Eating Disorder Awareness: 26th April 2022