Sylvester Sapele Ikoyo

Experienced healthcare and support professional with more than 14 years of combined clinical and direct-care experience across the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Currently provides permanent-night support in a 23-bed complex-needs residential service for adults with physical, neurological, cognitive, behavioural, dementia and mental-health needs. Regularly delivers prolonged 1-to-1 support, close observation, personal care, emotional reassurance and behavioural support, including a six-hour continuous 1-to-1 allocation during a night shift. Skilled in person-centred support, Positive Behaviour Support, de-escalation, safeguarding, risk awareness, activities of daily living, continence and catheter care, mobility and repositioning, nutrition and hydration, accurate documentation and prompt escalation of changes in condition. Holds the Ofqual-regulated NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care and extensive complex-care training.

• Ability to lift heavy objects up to 50 lb.
• Ability to stay calm in difficult situations
• Ability to work under pressure
• Activity coordination
• activity support
• adaptability
• ADL Care
• Administrative Support
• Souci du détail
• basic computer skills
• Bathing, Grooming, Dressing
• Behaviour intervention
• Capable of working independently
• Care Documentation
• Care Planning
• client advocacy
• Soins cliniques
• Clinical Observation
• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• CPR
• crisis intervention
• Critical Thinking
• Service à la clientèle
• Saisie de données
• Decision Making
• Dementia care
• Emotional support
• End-of-Life Care
• Feeding
• Premiers soins
• Food preparation
• Salubrité alimentaire
• Geriatric Care
• Housekeeping
• Incident Management
• Infection Prevention
• interdisciplinary collaboration
• interpersonal skills
• Gestion des stocks
• Medication Safety
• Mental Health Support
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Mobility assistance
• Multi-Tasking
• Santé et sécurité au travail
• Sens de l’organisation

1. Healthcare Assistant / Support Worker

   Careline Lifestyles

   févr. 2024 to Aujourd’hui

   County Durham, United Kingdom

   • Provide direct, person-centred support on permanent 12-hour night shifts (typically 19:45-08:00) within a 23-bed residential service supporting adults with complex physical, neurological, cognitive, behavioural, dementia and mental-health needs. • Work within a service where five residents require 1-to-1 support; regularly provide prolonged individual support, including a six-hour continuous 1-to-1 allocation during a night shift. • During 1-to-1 care, maintain close observation, reassurance and engagement; support comfort and personal care; monitor physical presentation, mood and behaviour; document accurately; and escalate concerns promptly. • Assist with washing, dressing, grooming, oral care, toileting, continence and catheter care, mobility, hoist use, transfers, turning, repositioning, nutrition and hydration while promoting dignity and independence. • Apply Positive Behaviour Support, de-escalation and trained safety-intervention approaches when behaviour may challenge, using least-restrictive person-centred practice within workplace policy. • Observe physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioural changes; undertake routine observations within role boundaries and promptly communicate significant changes to senior carers, nurses and other appropriate professionals. • Complete accurate electronic care records, food/fluid records, handovers and incident documentation while maintaining confidentiality, safeguarding and information governance. • Follow infection-prevention, moving-and-handling, bedrail, fire/evacuation, health-and-safety and risk-control procedures consistently, maintaining a safe and supportive environment. • Collaborate with senior staff, nurses and care colleagues to maintain continuity, respond to changing needs and support individual care plans across demanding night shifts.

2. Quality Assurance Technologist -> Team Leader

   Imperial Workforce Ltd (assigned to S.K. Chilled Foods Ltd)

   nov. 2022 to janv. 2024

   United Kingdom

   • Progressed from QA Technologist to Team Leader in a highly regulated chilled-food environment, strengthening transferable skills in risk assessment, procedural compliance, incident investigation, escalation and team coordination. • Applied HACCP, GMP and BRCGS-aligned controls, maintained accurate digital records, completed audits, investigated deviations and supported corrective actions. • Exercised sound judgement and authority to stop unsafe production when required, reinforcing a safety-first approach, accountability and calm decision-making under pressure.

3. Secretary / Administrative Officer

   Delta State House of Assembly Staff Multi-Purpose Cooperative

   août 2012 to oct. 2022

   Delta State, Nigeria

   • Managed confidential records, correspondence, reconciliations and member-support processes for a cooperative serving more than 700 members. • Developed strong organisation, communication, digital record-management, confidentiality and stakeholder-service skills transferable to care documentation and team coordination.

4. Clinical Support Officer / Healthcare Assistant

   Delta State House of Assembly Staff Clinic

   sept. 2010 to oct. 2022

   Delta State, Nigeria

   • Provided long-term frontline clinical support to patients and clinicians, helping maintain safe, respectful and efficient day-to-day care in a busy staff clinic. • Assisted with patient preparation, comfort, mobility, basic observations and routine support before, during and after consultations or procedures within assigned responsibilities. • Measured and recorded routine observations, communicated changes or concerns to responsible clinicians and supported timely escalation when patients required further review. • Collected, labelled and handled clinical specimens; prepared treatment areas and equipment; and supported infection-prevention and hygiene procedures. • Maintained confidential patient records and clinical documentation, supporting continuity of care, clear communication and professional information handling. • Communicated calmly and respectfully with patients, relatives, doctors, nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, providing reassurance and practical support.

5. Security Officer

   RCCG Redemption Camp

   janv. 2007 to janv. 2010

   Nigeria

   • Maintained safety, access control, incident awareness and calm escalation in a high-responsibility public environment. • Demonstrated vigilance, reliability, professional communication and disciplined adherence to organisational procedures, including rotating shift work.

1. Bishop Auckland College

   NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care, Adult Care

   United Kingdom

   2026

   Ofqual-regulated qualification (610/0498/4); training completed through Bishop Auckland College, United Kingdom.

2. Teesside University

   MSc Food Science and Biotechnology (with Advanced Practice), Food Science and Biotechnology

   United Kingdom

   2024

3. University of Nigeria, Nsukka

   BSc Food Science and Technology, Food Science and Technology

   Nigeria

   2007

• UK Provisional Driving Licence

• International Driving Permit

• NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

  NCFE CACHE

• Phlebotomy Certificate of Competence

  Grammartorial Education

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