Special Education Nursing Assistant
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Vertis Gray
Gardendale, AL *****
***********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Proactive and reliable multitasker with excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize patient needs and coordinate daily basic care needs
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
CNA
Elite Nursing and Rehabilitation-Birmingham, AL
February 2025 to Present
• Assisting with personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Assisting with mobility, including transferring patients between beds and wheelchairs.
• Providing emotional support and comfort to patients and their families.
• Administering medications as directed by the supervising nurse
• Taking and recording vital signs (e.g., temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration rate).
• Observing and reporting any changes in patient condition or behavior to nursing staff.
• Measuring and documenting intake and output (e.g., food and liquid intake, urine output). Special Education Paraprofessional
Leeds Elementary School-Leeds, AL
August 2024 to Present
• work with students who have individualized education programs (IEPs) or 504 plans, providing specialized support tailored to their individual need provides support to teachers and students in a school setting. They work under the supervision of licensed teachers, assisting with a variety of tasks both inside and outside the classroom.
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Brookdale Senior Living-Birmingham, AL
July 2022 to December 2024
• Personal care: Assisting with bathing, grooming, and oral hygiene
• Mobility: Helping patients get in and out of bed, repositioning immobile patients, and performing basic movement exercises
• Feeding: Serving meals and documenting food and liquid intake
• Vital signs: Checking blood pressure, heart rate, and other vital statistics, and reporting any changes
• Medication: Administering medication
• Supplies: Gathering medical supplies and stocking them
• Information: Logging patient information
• Companionship: Building rapport with patients and their families Home Manager/ Teacher Aide
The Arc of Central-Birmingham, AL
August 2019 to March 2023
• Supervises direct care staff as delegated by manager/supervisor.
• Ensures associate schedules are communicated/distributed to all associates a minimum of one week in advance (or longer as required by your individual agency).
• Effectively manages and communicates all changes in resident/client needs to associates as updates are made to the contract and plan of care.
• Manages on-call/after-hours business needs as assigned.
• Effectively communicates all staffing shortages and additional staffing needs to supervisor.
• Effectively operates and maintains corporate scheduling and billing computer system according to company guidelines and best practices
Special Education Paraprofessional/Home Manager
ResCare Community Living-Birmingham, AL
January 2016 to February 2019
• Personal care: Helping clients with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Health care: Providing basic health services, such as administering medication, injections, and intravenous therapy
• Housekeeping: Doing light housekeeping, such as laundry, washing dishes, and vacuuming
• Client care: Conducting bed checks, monitoring vital signs, and managing mail
• Client activities: Planning activities and reviewing medical regimens
• Client behavior: Evaluating behavior and resolving disputes
• Maintenance: Overseeing maintenance tasks and ensuring cleanliness Clinical Assistant
Children's hospital-Birmingham, AL
January 2013 to August 2017
• Patient care: Monitoring vital signs, administering medications, changing bandages, and collecting samples for testing
• Patient comfort: Keeping rooms clean and orderly, changing linens, adjusting bed settings, and repositioning patients
• Activities of daily living: Assisting patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, using the restroom, and ambulating
• Emotional support: Providing emotional support before and after treatments
• Documentation: Recording patient activities and updating patient records, and documenting information in daily logs and equipment record books
• Safety: Maintaining the safety of patients at risk for injury
• Other duties: Collaborating with nurses to develop care plans, performing receptionist duties, and contributing to department operations and communications Education
High School Diploma
Gardendale High School-Gardendale, AL
August 2005 to May 2009
Skills
• Care plans
• Supervising experience
• Senior care
• Certified Nursing Assistant from June 2017 to current.
• Recruiting
• Phlebotomy
• Patient Care
• Epic
• HIPAA
• Memory care
• Word processing
• Assisted living
• Alzheimer's care
• Insurance Verification
• Office management
• Clerical Experience
• Nursing home experience
• Developmental disabilities experience
• Dementia care
• Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Medical Imaging
• Resident's rights
• Intake
• Load & Unload
• Teaching
• Medical Office Experience
• Daycare
• Microsoft Office
• Critical Care Experience
• Vital Signs
• Customer Service
• English
• Experience with Children
• Classroom Experience
• Leadership
• Specimen collection / processing
• EMR Systems
• Home Care
• Microsoft Word
• Laundry
• Medication administration
• HR sourcing
• Computer literacy
• Laboratory Experience
• ATS
• Employment & labor law
• Customer service
• Caregiving
• Personal Assistant Experience
• Medical Terminology
• Social work
• Hospital Experience
• Clinic
• Classroom Management
• Laboratory Procedures
• Experience Administering Injections
• Medical Records
• Nursing
• ICU Experience
• Data entry
• Communication skills
• Childcare
• Special Education
• Triage
Certifications and Licenses
Professional In Human Resources
CPI Certification
BLS Certification
CNA
AED Certification
First Aid Certification
CPR Certification
State Tested Nursing Assistant
SHRM Certified Professional
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