CRISTINA APONTE
CNA/MEDICAL ASSISTANT/PHLEBOTOMIST
** ******** ****** *********,** 02860
401-***-**** / ************@*****.***
Administrative/Clinical Skills:
● Bilingual English/Spanish
● Certified Nursing Assistant- 6-week Internship Rhode Island Hospital/Jane Brown 1 North
● Venipuncture/Capillary sticks/Processing Specimens /Medical Front and Back office Proceedings/Surgical procedures/Data Entry
● ECG/Bladder scans/Cryostat procedures / Laboratory Safety and Regulatory Guidelines
● Assisted with Specialty Examination Procedures
MAS Medical Staffing 06-2023/
IntelyCare 03/2022~Present
Certified Nursing Assistant
● Patient showering, grooming, eating, laundry and assist with ADLs.
● Monitor patient behaviors and changes in health. Nightly checks and ended vitals.
● Bed and wheelchair transfers/tuning patients to avoid bed sore. Research Assistant Velocity Clinical Research
05/09/2022-12/28/2022
● Returning call backs from subject and documenting compliance and complaints about their medication and the study itself
● Data Entry CRFs
● Subject Vital signs, ECGs, Bladder scans.
● Venipunctures and Capillary sticks necessary for certain protocol labs needed
● Appointment and via telehealth scheduling.
● Ensured all consents were signed and Dated by Subjects. Unit Secretary 01/2022-5/2022
Rhode Island Hospital
● Cleared schedule of personnel not working on the present day
● Ordered needed material for my unit medical and clerical
● Answered and directed calls to specific personnel from patients or their family, or from other units and departments for example the Labs, Ultrasound, MRI, Doctors, Nurses and caseworkers etc..
● Direct Nurses and CNAs to serve the needs of call light patients
● Clerical duties; faxes, scanning medical records and documents, used multi-line phone and intercom.
● Prepared charts and files for patients transfers or discharges.
● Scheduled patient appointments and procedures.
● Prepared paperwork needed to run the unit in case of unexpected computer shutdowns. Certified Nursing Assistant • Rhode Island Hospital • 09/02/2019 - 05/06/2022
● Catering and grooming patients who have low mobility
● Preparing Patients’ rooms with proper necessities such as blankets, pillows, medical equipment, and bathroom essentials.
● Assisting patients with eating and taking their medications and ensuring regulated meal times
● Monitoring patients behavior and vitals and reporting back to the nursing and medical staff
● Being of assistance to low mobility patients such as transferring them from their chairs to their bed, turning and adjusting them to prevent discomfort and bedsores, and exercising patients by helping them walk.
PHLEBOTOMIST/MEDICAL ASSISTANT• OMEGA MEDICAL RESEARCH• 04/2012 – 06/2017
● Responsible for Venipunctures and processing samples on 30+ patients a day.
● Performed Urinalysis/Capillary Punctures
● Ordered Lab materials for different study protocols.
● Quality Control and Shipped specimens.
● Patient charting, Vital signs, ECGs, in addition to assisting physicians.
● Data Entry CRFS
● Appointment scheduling/prescription call-ins/filing. MOHS CRYOSTAT TECH/MEDICAL/SURGICAL ASSISTANT • ASPIRE DERMATOLOGY • 08/2011 – 03/2012
● Responsible for running MOHS cryostat, mounting, mapping, and staining specimens.
● Prepared patients for medical/surgical procedures such as skin biopsies and applying necessary local anesthesia.
● Cleaned and sterilized equipment and set up in exam rooms.
● Ensured all consents and forms are signed.
● Informing patients of cosmetic procedures available. PHLEBOTOMIST/MEDICAL ASSISTANT • OMEGA MEDICAL RESEARCH• 8/2007 – 08/2010
● Responsible for Venipunctures and processing samples on 30+ patients a day.
● Performed Urinalysis/Capillary Punctures
● Ordered Lab materials for different study protocols.
● Quality Control and Shipping specimens.
● Data Entry, Patient charting, Vital signs, ECGs, assisting physicians
● Reception Duties, Appointment scheduling/prescription call-ins/filing. Machine Operator/Assembly
North Safety Products 10/1999-05/2002
Practiced GMP on the glass Cazolli machines that made alcohol and mastisol ampules. Ran Machine that made plastic Cryovials for specimen collections. Experience with glass cutting machines and packaging. Perform Quality control of product output every 2 hours. Performed maintenance on Machines when scheduled, assembly of certain gas mask parts. Followed OSHA Regulations.
EDUCATION:
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT 2019 Workforce S.T.A.T. / LIFESPAN Program Certified Medical Assistant 2007 Florida Career College Pembroke Pines, FL. Cryostat Technician 2011 MOHS Training Society San Diego, CA