Donna Spears
New Haven, CT 06515
******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full-time position in a professional setting with team oriented employees, which will utilize my academic foundation, creativity, and strong interpersonal skills.
EDUCATION
Date institute business school, New Haven, Connecticut
Nursing Program, Jan, 1997
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Nursing Assistant: 1997-present
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Willows Health Center, September 2003-present
Skilled Nursing Facility, 90 bed facility
Certified Nursing Assistant
•Bathe and dress patients
•Serve meals and help patients eat
•Take vital signs
•Turn or reposition patients who are bedridden
•Collect information about conditions and treatment plans from caregivers, nurses and doctors
•Provide and empty bedpans
•Lift patients into beds, wheelchairs, exam tables, etc.
•Answer patient calls
•Examine patients for bruises, blood in urine or other injuries/wounds
•Clean and sanitize patient areas
•Change bed sheets and restock rooms with necessary supplies
Nursing scheduler
●Establish a schedule for monthly nursing personnel of all shifts and post schedules daily.
●Send daily documentation of absenteeism to payroll.
●Provide tracking and handling of all disciplinary action for nursing staff
●Conduct background and reference checks on all new applicants
●Participate in multiple committees with interdisciplinary team such as worker’s compensation, and safety committee
●Actively assist DON with labor reports and payroll invoices from various agencies
Central Supply Clerk
●Responsible for weekly order of all medical supplies for facility
●Receive supply shipment and route packing slips to appropriate department heads
●Maintain accurate inventory records
●Collect and fill supply requisitions; deliver items to all units.
Unit Secretary /Patient Scheduling
●Welcomes visitors by greeting them, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries
●Scheduling Patient appointments and transportation
●admit patients
●Administer and maintain patient records, break down medical charts for record keeping and coordinate billing.
●making copies
●maintaining supplies
Receptionist
●Welcomes visitors by greeting them, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries
●Make charts and break charts down for new and old residents
●Collect monthly income
●Money handling for residents
●Maintains security by following procedures; monitoring logbook; issuing visitor badges
●Coordinate mail flow in and out of office.
●Send email & faxes
Branford Hill Health, May 1998-July 2003
Skilled Nursing Facility, 190 bed facility
Certified Nursing Assistant
●Provided optimum patient care as a professional CNA within sub-acute care rehabilitation
●Preserved patient dignity and provided assistance with activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary, ambulating, and positioning patients.
●Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weights
●Accurately recorded intake and output information
●Complied constantly with HIPPA standards while preparing patient documentation and in other interactions
Glade view, April 1997-May 1998
Skilled Nursing Facility, 132bed facility
Certified Nursing Assistant
●Provided optimum patient care as a professional CNA within sub-acute care rehabilitation
●Preserved patient dignity and provided assistance with activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary, ambulating, and positioning patients.
●Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weights
●Accurately recorded intake and output information
●Complied constantly with HIPPA standards while preparing patient documentation and in other interactions
SKILLS
Proficient in Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel, EPIC
Excellent leadership, teamwork, communication & organizational skills
REFERENCES
Available upon request