Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Work and Volunteers Experiences
Accomplishments
Hobbies and Interests
References
Languages
Timeline
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Selina Caroline Rivers

Auckland,New Zealand

Summary

As a dedicated and motivated individual with a profound interest in healthcare, I am eager to pursue a Bachelor of Nursing at Polytechnic Otago. My commitment to nursing is driven by a strong desire to contribute meaningfully to patient care and support community health. I possess a solid academic background with a focus on science and health-related subjects, alongside relevant volunteer and work experiences that have reinforced my passion for nursing.

Overview

Work History

Customer Services

Woolworths Mangere East
Auckland, New Zealand
11.2023 - 01.2024
  • Processing orders and transactions, responding to customer's concerns, team collaboration

Healthcare assistance

CHT St Christophe's Care Home
Auckland, New Zealand
09.2023 - 09.2023
  • Assisting residents and recording notices, bed-making, and interacting with residents.

Education

Foundation Studies Certificate - Health Science

University of Otago Pathway & English Language
60 Clyde Street, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9054
10-2024

High School -

Southern Cross Campus
Mangere East, Auckland, New Zealand
12.2023

Skills

  • Teamwork
  • Completing group tasks through discussion and planning
  • Working towards solutions that other team members can support
  • Sharing knowledge and expertise with others
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Being able to work with people from diverse backgrounds, such as cultures, genders, and ages
  • Acknowledging the complex emotions and viewpoints of others and responding sensitively and appropriately
  • Understanding unspoken meanings in situations
  • Being able to resolve issues well
  • Self-management skills
  • Managing my workload and raising when I need support
  • Actively seeking opportunities to keep learning
  • Being confident in dealing with challenges
  • Maintaining a balance between work and life
  • Customer Service

Work and Volunteers Experiences

CHT St Christophe's Care Home, 230 Saint George Street, Papatoetoe, Auckland, 2025, New Zealand, 

2023-09-25, 2023-09-30,  Healthcare assistance, NZSE Gateway Programme

Accomplishments

  • Congratulations Role Models Resilience - 2020
  • Runner Up Year 9 Students in Music
  • Top Student in 10ME Health - 2020
  • Top Student in 10ME Science - 2020
  • Top Student in Year 10ME Music - 2020
  • Top Overall Year 11 - Samoa Language
  • Top Student in Year 11 Science - 2021
  • Achieved NCEA Level 1 - Excellence Endorsement 2021
  • Award Winner - Year 12 Dean's 4R's Award - Responsibility
  • Top Overall Year 12 Student - Samoa Language
  • Achieved NCEA Level 2 - Merit Endorsement 2022
  • Top Academic Student Overall - Level 3 Mathematics and Statistics
  • Top Academic Student Overall - Level 3 Samoa Language
  • Certificate of Achievement - Student Displaying 4R's Consistently in Year 13 Music
  • Achieved NCEA Level 3 - Merit Endorsement 2023
  • Certificate of Completion - Great Potentials MATES Programme
  • Certificate of Achievement - First Aid Level 1 - Basic First Aid - Safety 'n Action Ltd
  • Certificate of Achievement - Health & Wellbeing Level 2
  • Certificate of Scholarship - 2024 Scholarship to Crown Institute of Studies
  • Recipient of POPO Pathways Scholarship - 2024

Hobbies and Interests

  • Volunteering
  • Fitness and Wellness
  • Reading
  • Cooking and Nutrition
  • Traveling
  • Creative Arts

References

  • Kristy Walker, Pacific Support Academic Coordinator, Pacific Island Centre, 0212792175, kristy.walker@otago.ac.nz
  • Mata Aniterea, Department of English Teacher, Southern Cross Campus, 0220876115, mataaniterea@southerncross.school.nz

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Samoan
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Customer Services

Woolworths Mangere East
11.2023 - 01.2024

Healthcare assistance

CHT St Christophe's Care Home
09.2023 - 09.2023

Foundation Studies Certificate - Health Science

University of Otago Pathway & English Language

High School -

Southern Cross Campus
Selina Caroline Rivers