OLAYEMI LYDIA BABAFEMI (PROFESSIONAL NURSE)

Address 2 Irene Park Road, La Colline

Stellenbosch, Western Cape. South Africa
E-mail [email protected]
Phone 0619203477

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Passionate, dedicated, flexible and patient-focused registered nurse with over 15 years of health
care experience in a variety of medical settings, including private practices, emergency units,
neonatal units, orthopaedic units, and preventive health care settings. Adapt in working as a
collaborative team member to ensure patients receive the highest care possible.

SKILLS

 Good communication and Interpersonal skills

 Patient advocate and Empathy
 Respectful and Compassionate
 Good listener and Observant
 Flexible and Adaptable
 Collaborative Teamwork
 Trustworthy and Reliable
 Taking effective actions
 Decision making skills
PROFESSIONAL/WORK EXPERIENCE

1. IMMPLOY MEDICAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY, SOUTH AFRICA (Jan. 2024 to date)

 Provincial Hospital, Stellenbosch – Locum staff

 Care Net Consultants, Brackenfell - Locum staff

2. CERFIVIX PROJECT: Health Systems Strengthening for Effective and Sustainable Cervical Cancer
Screening in Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria (March -July 2019).

Job Title: Supervisor

Responsibilities
 Working with nurses and community health workers at the health facility to mobilise clients
within the facility and community for cervical cancer screening
 Implement quality improvement at different screening centres
 Register eligible clients in the electronic and paper-based registers before screening
 Counsel clients on the benefits and potential side events of cervical cancer screening to give
informed consent
 Referral of clients with precancerous lesions to a specialist for further screening and
treatment
 Documentation of referred clients and follow-up to ensure compliance
 Ensuring regular supply and availability of screening materials to all screening centres
 Ensuring infection control and a conducive environment for cervical cancer screening
 Regular visits to the 5 screening centres

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  Prepare monthly reports on data collection and services rendered to the principal
investigator
 Prompt payment of stipend to the health workers
3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (HEALTH CENTRE) OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA
Position Held Period
Assistant Chief Nursing Officer Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020
Principal Nursing Officer Oct. 2016 – Sept 2019
Senior Nursing Officer Oct. 2013 – Sept.2016
Nursing Officer I Oct. 2010 – Sept.2013
Nursing Officer II Nov. 2006 – Sept. 2010
Responsibilities
Emergency Unit
 Prompt attention to emergency cases and providing urgent medical care for patients
 Evaluation and monitoring of health conditions of patients. Plan long-term care where
necessary
 Quick assessment of patient's needs and prioritise care based on critical nature
 Arrangement for admission into the wards for patients where the condition requires a
longer stay
 Periodical reassessment of patient condition to detect any change, improvement, or
decompensation
 Ensuring availability and accessibility of emergency medications, materials, and equipment
in the emergency room
 Administration of prescribed oral and intravenous medications
 Keep the emergency physician apprised of patient’s condition
 Accompanying referred patients with critical conditions to tertiary hospitals
 Ensuring a clean and conducive environment for work and the patients
 Maintaining a cordial relationship with the multidisciplinary team
 Routine and close monitoring of patient's vital sign
 Proper handling and maintenance of equipment
 Proper history-taking, record-keeping and documentation
 Nebulising, suctioning and administration of oxygen where necessary
 Maintenance of strict intake and output chart
Out -Patient clinic
 Giving health talks and creating awareness of some health issues
 Counselling Staff and students on maintaining a healthy lifestyle
 Ensuring proper distribution of patients’ case files to consulting rooms
 Identifying very ill patients for quick medical attention
 Administration of prescribed parenteral medications
 Dressing of wounds
 Routine check of vital signs and urinalysis
 Verification of name, dosage, and expiry date of injections before administration
 Ensuring proper sterilisation of dressing instruments and materials
 Periodic blood pressure screening of university staff in their various faculties
 Providing first aid treatment during sports activities and other events on campus
 Compliance with infection control protocol

Wards (Male and Female)

 Admission of patients into the appropriate ward and providing basic quality patient care

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 Ensuring a therapeutic and safe patient environment by maintaining health and safety
standards
 Performance of duty promptly and prioritize healthcare needs of patients
 Providing information for the patients and their families to help them understand their
treatment and make informed choices.
 Proper history taking of present and past medical conditions to assist in patients’ care and
management
 Routine nursing procedures such as vital signs, urinalysis, weight check, medication
 Giving psychotherapy nursing care to patients and reassuring relatives
 Ensuring patients receive total nursing care, all symptoms are monitored, and intervention is
properly documented
 Care of patients with medical conditions and mental disorders
 Notifying Doctors about changes in patient’s health status
 Administration of prescribed medications and intravenous fluids appropriately
 Proper ward reporting and documentation using the nursing care plan
 Proper handing and taking over of patients and equipment to the next shift
 Reporting unusual observations, cases or medico-legal risks to senior colleagues on duty
 Control of stock and maintenance of ward equipment and instruments
 Ensuring that all tasks and responsibilities are performed in accordance with infection
control and health safety policies
 Accompanying referred patients to referral centres or tertiary hospitals.
 Supervision of health assistance
 Allocation of duty schedule to nursing staff
Public Health Unit
 Health Education on pregnancy and the importance of family planning during antenatal visit
 Care of antenatal clients
 Infant welfare clinic
 Giving immunisations to children using the National immunisation schedule
 Giving preventive vaccines like hepatitis B and yellow fever vaccines to staff and students
 Sickle cell follow-up clinic
 Dispensing medications to TB patients
 Dispensing special medication (e.g., Mectizan) against endemic ailments
 Periodic blood pressure screening of university staff in their various faculties
Family Planning Unit
 Counselling clients on various methods of family planning
 Referring clients for a clinical consultation where necessary
 Maintenance and sterilisation of instruments for procedures
 Administration of family planning injections and contraceptive pills
 Insertion and removal of the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD), e.g., Copper T
 Proper recording and documentation
Maternity Unit
 Close monitoring of mothers in labour to ensure safe delivery of newborns and prevent
complications.
 Close observation to ensure complete placenta after delivery
 Effectively providing complete care for postpartum mothers and new-born infants
 Care of the new-born; proper resuscitation and cleaning of the new-born
 Proper documentation and recording of all procedures and treatments given
 Close observation and assessment of mother and new-born for any complications

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 Satellite Clinic (Staff School within Campus)
 Health talk to children and staff
 Treatment of pupils' and staff's minor symptoms and illnesses
 Dispensing over-the-counter medication for minor ailments like colds, headaches, body
pains and fever
 Wound dressing of injuries sustained in school
 Care of very ill pupil pending arrival of relatives
 Referral to the health centre for major medical conditions and injuries

4. APEX MEDICAL CENTRE (PRIVATE) ILE–IFE, NIGERIA (Jan. 2006 – Sept. 2006)
Title: Registered Nurse
Responsibilities
 General nursing care of patients with medical conditions like malaria, diabetes mellitus,
peptic ulcer disease and hypertension
 Providing emergency care to patients
 Assisting with surgical procedures in the operating theatre.
 Nursing care and management of post-operative patients of prostatectomy, appendectomy,
gastrectomy
 Assisting and caring for patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.
 Dispensing and administration of prescribed medication to patients

5. LAGOON HOSPITAL APAPA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (Jan. 2005 – Oct. 2005)

Title: Registered Nurse
Responsibilities
 General nursing care of patients with medical and surgical cases.
 Nursing care and management of post-up patients
 Care of patients in antenatal, labour, and post-natal wards.
 Care of preterm babies in incubators and very ill newborns.
 Assisting with the care of patients in the intensive care unit
 Supervision of patients’ meals and diet
 Ensuring medication administration compliance
 Writing of patients' reports and proper handling over to the next shift

6. SUNNYDALE HOSPITAL PLOT 9, ALALUBOSA, GRA, IBADAN, NIGERIA (April 2003 – Dec. 2004)
Title: Registered Nurse
Responsibilities
 General Nursing care of patients on admission with medical conditions
 Nursing care of post-up patients with external skeletal fixation, internal fixation, traction,
and patient in the cast (POP).
 Attending to emergency cases
 Assisting in surgical operations for open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), removal of k-
nails, herniorrhaphy, tendon release
 Dispensing and administration of prescribed injections and oral medications
 Monitoring of intravenous fluid and ensuring balanced intake and output chart
 Wound dressing

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PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
 South African Nursing Council (General Nurse) - Reg. Number. 13741905
 Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (General Nurse) - Reg. Number. 001/108771
 Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (Midwife)- Reg. Number. 82101

EDUCATION
 National Open University of Nigeria, Osogbo. Nigeria 2009 – 2015
 School of Midwifery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria 2002 – 2003
 School of Nursing, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria 1998 – 2001
 Emotan College, Benin City, Nigeria 1990 – 1996
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION OBTAINED WITH DATE:
 Masters in Nursing Science 2024 (In view)
 Registered Nurse (SANC), South Africa 2023
 Bachelor of Nursing Sciences (B.NSc.) 2015
 Occupational Health Nurse, Nigeria 2004
 Family Planning Practitioner, Nigeria 2003
 Registered Midwife (RM), Nigeria 2003
 Registered Nurse (RN), Nigeria 2002
 Senior Secondary School Certificate 1996
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(a) Conferences/Workshops Attended with Dates
 Mandatory Continuing Participatory Development Programme, Osogbo, Nigeria, April 2019.
 1st International Nursing Leadership Conference: Developing Nurses’ capacity
towards the achievement of sustainable development goals in Africa (April 2018)
 Mandatory Continuing Participatory Development Programme, Osogbo, Nigeria, October
2015
 2nd International Workshop and Conference of NANDA International African Network,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, March 2012
 Workshop on the New Realities in Nursing. Organised by Rova Health Care Executives,
Akure, Nigeria, December 2009
 Training Workshop on Injection Safety. Organised by Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching
Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, September 2009
 Workshop on HIV/AIDS: Basic counselling skills in HIV/AIDS prevention and care, Ile Ife,
Nigeria, February 2008
 Continuing Education /In-Service Training Programme for Nurses: Promoting Discipline and
Standard in Nursing Care Delivery, OAUTHC Ile-Ife, Nigeria, April 2007
(b) Online Training (2021 -2024)
 Emergency life support/First Aid Training- Udemy, January 2023
 Understanding and respecting patient confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council of
Nigeria (NMCN); The World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA), May 2022
 Management of acute confusion in patients with CNS infection (NMCN&WCEA), April 2022
 Understanding Dementia (Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre), September
2021
 Certificate in Clinical Management of patients with Covid-19: Investigation and care for mild,
moderate, and severe disease (World Health Organization) August 2021
 Diploma in Dementia Awareness (Centre of Excellence) April 2021
 Diploma in Nursing and Patient Care - Revised 2017. (Alison.com/programmes) January 2021

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REFERENCES

1. Mrs Adebisi Olaniyan (Medical and Health Services, Nigeria)

Phone: +2348034028044

Email: [email protected]

2. Mrs Oludele Gbolade (Medical and Health Services, Nigeria)

Phone: +2347030124900

Email: [email protected]

3. Mrs Adenike Olayode (Medical and Health Services, Nigeria)

Phone: +2348034966536

Email: [email protected]