UK Based Healthcare Professional

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Skills keywords: health coaching, medical research, professional admin work

Short Bio:

I feel very passionate about pursuing my career in health and genetics-related jobs. My strong academic/research background gave me the confidence to organise my own research project, improve my critical thinking and analytical abilities.Working in hospitals, care homes, volunteering, not only gave the invaluable experience working under huge amount of pressure but also gave an invaluable experience working with patients and their families, helped to develop very strong interpersonal skills.

Current location:  United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: Latvia

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Medical and Nursing, Pharmaceutical and Science, education and training

Spoken languages: english, Latvian, russian, spanish

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Education And Qualifications
BSc Genetics (Hons) – 2:1 (2010 – 2013)
2010 – 2013

A-Levels (2008 – 2010)
Canterbury College (UK)
AS & A2 – Biology
AS & A2 – Chemistry
AS & A2 – Mathematics
AS – Physics

GCSEs equivalent – Certificate of General Secondary Education (1995 – 2007)
Riga Zolitude Grammar School (Riga, Latvia),

Experience
Triage (2013 – present)
Department of Clinical Genetics, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust
Drawing family pedigrees using specifically designed software, providing cancer risk assessments to the consultants. Contacting medical records to receive any required confirmations. Writing risk assessment letters to patients and their physicians. Consulting patients and physicians over the phone regarding the genetic counseling process. Shadowing genetic counselors, attending genetic counselors’ meetings regarding latest cases, up to date scientific literature reviews and latest updates from scientific conferences.

Medical Ward Clerk (2011 – 2013)
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Greeting and signposting patients, handling telephone calls and managing patient details within the PAS (Patient Administration System), as well dealing with patient’s casenotes, ordering everything that is required for the ward, other tasks asked by the medical personnel.

Care Support Worker (flexi worker) (2009 – 2010)
NHS Professionals Ltd
Helping patients with feeding, personal care, taking care of small injuries, making minor examinations of eye sight, overall physical state, etc., helping doctors and nurses with paper work, making required phone calls.

Carer (2008 – 2009)
Littlebourne Residential Care Home
Provide help, assistance with personal care, helping residents to be physically fit and active

Carer (2007 – 2008)
Alzheimer’s Care Centre
Provide help, assistance with personal care, helping residents to be physically fit and active

Languages
English (fluent) – IELTS (International English Language Testing System) certificate
Russian (native speaker)
Latvian (fluent)