Coordinator Health Nursing Assistant
Resume:
Barbara Rodriguez Santiago
**** ******** ****. • ERIE, Pennsylvania 16505 • United States
484-***-**** • **************@*****.***
Skills
Bilingual (Spanish English)
Excellent Communications Skills
Leadership
Good Reasoning Skills
Time Management
Professional Experience
Healthy Families, 1700 Peach Street, Suite 200, Erie PA, 16501 United States, September 2020 – July 2021
Check schedules and organizing patient flow.
Accompany patients to exam/procedure room.
Assist patients as needed with walking, transfers, dressing, collecting specimens, preparing for exam, etc.
Collect patient information/history, taking vitals, performing screenings per provider guidelines.
Relay instructions to patients/families.
Send/receive patient medical records in accordance with Health Insurance. Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other state and federal regulations.
Prepare patient rooms, set up instruments and equipment according to department protocol.
Clean exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control.
Clean according to scheduled maintenance program and keeping appropriate records.
Manage inventory of supplies, restocking exam/procedure rooms.
Comply with requirements of appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e., OSHA, CLIA, PA Department of Health).
Maintain strict confidentiality related to medical records and other data.
Comply with all UPMC Health System policies and procedures.
Perform phlebotomy, EKGs, and level one labs.
Perform clinic procedures according to policy and procedure.
Assist physicians with procedures.
Document patient information into the medical record.
Answering calls and providing pertinent information including patient education as directed.
Obtain lab/x-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, etc.
Complete forms/requisitions as needed. Schedule appointments.
Verify insurance coverage and patient demographics.
Prepare and managing charts to ensure information completed and filed appropriately.
Other front office responsibilities, as required.
UPMC Hamot, 201 State Street, Operation Room, Erie PA, 16550 United States, September 2017 – September 2020
Patient Care Technician
Provides patient care including assisting with patient procedures and activities of daily living.
Assists with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.
Provides feedback to the RN regarding patient care and reports changes in patient status.
Performs the UPMC nursing core nursing assistant responsibilities (blood glucose, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collections and Foley care) AND at least four of the following BU identified tasks: phlebotomy, 12 lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, or IV catheter removal.
Assures equipment malfunctions are reported to the appropriate department.
Establishes appropriate and effective communication with other departments.
Establishes professional and respectful interpersonal relationships.
Contributes to the universal unit activities including, but not limited to, responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.
Constructively receives feedback and direction.
Identifies and communicates learning needs to the unit director.
Takes action to improve knowledge, skills, and performance.
Request’s assistance in planning and prioritizing activities as needed.
Participates in self-review as requested by the unit director.
Provides instruction to patients and their families under the direction of the RN.
May apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints as per physician or hospital protocol.
Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team.
Demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions.
Cares for patients and self by supporting safety in the workplace.
Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues.
Strictly adheres to all policies and procedures relative to patient care and hospital related information.
Complies with safety policies and procedures including standard precautions.
Suggests and supports changes within the department.
Assumes responsibility for assignment and views problems as challenges.
Demonstrates awareness of behavior on the efficient functioning of the department.
Supports department-based projects and quality initiatives.
Documents in the medical record according to established procedures.
Performs assigned work in a timely and productive manner.
Completes department clerical functions as needed.
Compassionate Homecare, 30 N Trooper Road, Audubon, PA 19403 United States, March 2017 – September 2017
Independent Contractor Nurse
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Provide first aid for the clients.
Provide health education to the clients.
Maintain direct communication with the health providers of the clients.
Administer the medicine to the clients.
Perform a daily report of events.
Perform report of an incident with the clients.
Bureau of the Court Administration Court of Arecibo, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Nurse, June 2004 – May 2013
Administrative position this involves making memos, purchase of materials, equipment, and drugs for the nursing office.
Weekly and monthly statistics
File, make cards, and attend the administrative office preparing reports.
Perform inventory of medicines, materials, and equipment.
Provide first aid to employees, visitors, and inmates.
Coordinate emergency medical assistance in cases where employees, visitors or inmates need to be taken to hospital.
Provide health education to employees.
Keep custody record individual patients treated at the infirmary.
Perform report on incidents involving employees, visitors, and inmates.
Testify in court, if necessary, on cases that the judge orders
Social Activities Coordinator at the Centre and Judicial Region
Coordinator of the Emergency Plan and the Judicial Center Judicial Region which consists of seven municipalities.
Coordinator Health Education, clinics of blood donors with Red Cross and cardiopulmonary resuscitation education
Health clinics: vaccination of Hepatitis B, Influenza, mammograms, and PSA
Assistant in doping tests
Training Coordinator in collaboration with the officers of agencies of Puerto Rico Police, Fire Department,
Department of Medical Emergencies
Maintain direct communication with the Department of Correction in the admission of new inmates.
Doctor's Center Hospital, Manati, Puerto Rico
Operation Room Nurse, September 2001 – June 2004
Operating room nurse
Receive the patient, verify the documents, and permits operation and anesthesia were duly signed.
Identify the patient.
Check that all materials to be used during the day available, in addition to attending anesthesiologist in moving the patient preoperative area to the operating room.
Prepare the patient for the procedure.
Nursing notes narratively
Transport the patient to the operating room to the recovery area.
Sterilize instruments.
Prepare instrument trays.
Perform terminal cleaning to rooms on weekends.
Fill the shelves of missing materials.
Knowledge of gynecology, urology, orthopedics, general surgery, arteriogram, angioplasty, eye surgery and ENT specialists and as plastic surgeons and general surgeries
Knowledge in the use of electronic equipment such as C-Arm, autoclave, laparoscopic equipment, and all necessary instrument for any surgery
Available to assist other departments (emergency room, gynecology, ICU)
Education
University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Nursing, August 1998 – June 2001
University of Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona
Master of Health Administration/Informatics in Informatics, June 2011 – January 2013
GPA 3.21
Northcentral University, California CA
Doctoral of Health Administration, start in September 2020 - current student.
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