Patient Care Emergency Department
Resume:
Tonya R. Atkins
Windsor Connecticut 06095
Work Experience:
**** - **** – Caregiver for terminal – ILL family members. Responsibility include scheduling medical appointments and in home hospice care, financial custodianship and estate legal coordination 2007 – 2008 – Emergency Department Technician/EKG Tech/Phlebotomist Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite, 1001 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
• Assists in the basic delivery of patient care as assigned by licensed professional personnel using age and developmentally appropriate standards – to include vital sign assessment and patient triage.
• Demonstrates competency in phlebotomy skills or proficiency within first six months of hire.
• Utilizes and maintains department and patient care equipment as assigned.
• Communicates information relating to patient care job activities, needs and responsibilities for the assigned shift to appropriate personnel.
• Utilizes effective organization and communication skills in prioritizing, delivering and documenting patient care, and documents the tasks/procedure/care that is provided.
• Initiates and participates in continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of care and services provided.
• Acts as a role model for organizational and developmental skills.
• Assists department leadership team in the development of other staff members.
• Accepts responsibility for own growth, development and professional conduct
• Assists with clinical staff and serve a specific patient population, they have the potential to care for patients within the age population range served at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
• Responsible for practicing proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system
• Responsible for reading the monitors for the unit 1998 – 2005 - Emergency Department Technician/Unit Secretary/EKG Tech/Phlebotomist
Atrium Health Cabarrus, 920 Church St. N, Concord, NC 28025
• Assists in the basic delivery of patient care as assigned by licensed professional personnel using age and developmentally appropriate standards – to include vital sign assessment and patient triage.
• Demonstrates competency in phlebotomy skills or proficiency within first six months of hire.
• Utilizes and maintains department and patient care equipment as assigned.
• Communicates information relating to patient care job activities, needs and responsibilities for the assigned shift to appropriate personnel.
• Utilizes effective organization and communication skills in prioritizing, delivering and documenting patient care, and documents the tasks/procedure/care that is provided.
• Initiates and participates in continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of care and services provided.
• Acts as a role model for organizational and developmental skills.
• Assists department leadership team in the development of other staff members.
• Accepts responsibility for own growth, development and professional conduct
• Assists with clinical staff and serve a specific patient population, they have the potential to care for patients within the age population range served at Atrium Health Cabarrus.
• Responsible for practicing proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.
• Assist registered nurse with S.A.N.E. patients
• Responsible for medical coding and transcribing for the unit
• Responsible for reading the monitors for the unit. 1997 – 1998 – Certified Nursing Assistant
Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 6001 Wilora Lake Rd., Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28212
• Responsible for performing various direct patient care activities under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Assist patients with living skills bathing, eating, hygiene, changing bed linens.
• Responsible for collection of non-invasive body fluids specimens, gathers vital signs
• Assist with aiding physicians and nursing staff members with procedures within the scope of the practice.
• Assist with providing general nursing care such as positioning patients, lifting and turning patients
• Assist with applying/utilizing special equipment.
• Assist in use of bedpan, urinal or commode
• Assist in ambulating the patient, pre-operative and post-operative care and application of appliances
• Responsible for taking blood pressure and TPR and documents appropriately.
• Responsible for monitoring heart rhythm patterns to detect, record and report normal and abnormal heart rhythm patterns and report alarms and any abnormal interval measurements.
1995 – 1997 – Certified Nursing Assistant
Interim Healthcare, Manchester, CT/Charlotte, NC
• Responsible for performing various direct patient care activities under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Assist patients with living skills bathing, eating, hygiene, changing bed linens.
• Responsible for collection of non-invasive body fluids specimens, gathers vital signs
• Assist with aiding physicians and nursing staff members with procedures within the scope of the practice.
• Assist with providing general nursing care such as positioning patients, lifting and turning patients
• Assist with applying/utilizing special equipment.
• Assist in use of bedpan, urinal or commode
• Assist in ambulating the patient, pre-operative and post-operative care and application of appliances
• Responsible for taking blood pressure and TPR and documents appropriately.
• Responsible for monitoring heart rhythm patterns to detect, record and report normal and abnormal heart rhythm patterns and report alarms and any abnormal interval measurements
Education
Carolina School of Phlebotomy 2021
Accelerated phlebotomy class
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) - Board Certificate in Phlebotomy 2002
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Concord NC
Phlebotomy Certificate in 1997
Greater Harford Community College, (currently Capitol Community College) Hartford, CT
September 1988 – May 1989
Major: C.N.A./EMT
Bulkeley High School
300 Wethersfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114
Graduated: June 1985
Skills
Secretary
Clerical
Data Entry
Billing and Coding
Customer Service
Leadership
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