VANESSA SMITH
Euless, TX *****
Objective
Professional affiliation with a health practitioner, health care center or related services.
Summary of Qualifications
Versatile Healthcare Professional with an idea blend of academic and real-world career development.
Effective communicator with note worthy analytical skills; versed in MS Office, databases and spreadsheets.
Qualified medical office worker, experienced with healthcare patients and mentally and physically challenged persons
Professional Experience
Private Duty/ Total Care
Worked with total bed ridden stroke patients and wheel chair bound polio patients. Duties included: dressing, bathing, changing, grooming and hygiene.
Feeding and giving meds through a feeding tube, breathing treatments, suctioning housekeeping and laundry.
Alzheimer’s Care Worker
Worked with three Alzheimer’s patients documented and reported any changes in client.
Administered meds, set up, inspected and maintained oxygen equipment, and cooking
Direct Support Associate
Served as lead staff at Madison House, which is one of the main group homes under Mosaic, named employee of the year.
Trained incoming staff for Madison and Oaklawn Houses, ordered meds, made copies of important documents needed to run the house and filed them. Was also the food shopper for the house.
Monitored clients as they cooked, helped acquire money skills and develop hygiene skills, observed house cleaning duties.
Worked with clients in teaching, them many other daily living skills such as, getting their driving permit, paying bills and getting them ready so if they wanted to live on their own.
HOME HEALTH AID
Running errands, taking clients to doctor’s appoints, shopping, daycare attendant
Employment History
08/05/2019-Present Caregiver- Home Care Assistance, Colleyville, TX
12/28/2016-08/09/2019 Caregiver- Overture Homecare, Fort Worth, TX
10/17/2016-06/05/2019 Caregiver- Helping to Restore Ability, Arlington, TX
3/2011-5/5/1/2013 Total Care Worker- A Mission of Home Care, Inc. Dallas, TX
8/2010-3/2011 Alzheimer’s Care Worker- Creseven Health Services Houston, TX
11/2007-11/2009 Direct Care Associate- Mosaic Corsicana, TX
1/2007-11/2007 Home Health Aide- Home Helpers Corsicana, TX
7/2006-12/2006 Private Duty- Carolyn Vinson(Private Owner) Blooming Grove, TX
9/2004-9/2006 Direct Care Worker- Centex Corsicana, TX
8/2004-1/2005 Direct Care Worker- Harmony House Corsicana, TX
Education
-State National Training School, Vookees, NJ (General Clerk Certificate, 1999)
-University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,TX (Certified Phlebotomis, 2013)
-University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (Certified EKG Tech, 2014)
-University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (Certified Patient Care Tech, 2015)
-Everest (Alterius Career College), Fort Worth, TX (Certified Medical Assistant, 2018)