Amanda Grimes
Charleroi, PA *****
******@**************.***
Professional Summary
COVID /Health and safety lead for film and tv industry. Dedicated, Team leader service-focused professional. Seeking healthcare as a certified nursing assistant, COVID specialist/ collector, and vaccinator. Travel lab tech .
• Highly motivated to launch a new career.I am A team leader and de-escalates when situations occur .
• Reliable worker with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and skills.
• Backed by a solid work history, reputation as a team player and passion for helping others.
• Background includes experience caring for the terminally ill.
• Phlebotomy
• Current on all immunizations (including tuberculosis and hepatitis B). COVID 19 vaccine
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Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Work Experience
Office manager
Dynasty Energy Services-Saxonburg, PA
August 2025 to Present
• Oversee and manage Pennsylvania location company employees across departments and field operations.
• Direct the full employee lifecycle: sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, training, performance management, and terminations when necessary.
• Build a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, safety, and teamwork. Operational Systems & Process Development
• Design and implement scalable workflows, SOPs, and reporting structures to support company expansion.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and introduce automation, technology, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Human Resources Oversight
• Lead the HR function, including compliance, compensation strategy, benefits administration, and employee relations.
• Develop policies supporting workforce stability and retention. Financial & Budget Management
• Collaborate with leadership to build and manage budgets, cost-control measures. Business Development Support
• Partner with sales and leadership teams to identify growth opportunities, improve service delivery, and expand market presence.
Founder and CEO
COVICINE Shores LLC-Pittsburgh, PA
August 2023 to Present
Health and Safety management of every site location . We are Diagnostic testing company . We specialize in respiratory, Urinalysis, and wound cultures.
Production Assistant/Runner
Live Nation-Pittsburgh, PA
May 2023 to Present
A Live Nation Production Assistant/Runner is responsible for providing general assistance to tour and venue production staff, including running errands, transportation, and light administrative tasks. They may also assist with backstage duties, deliver items, and ensure a smooth production flow. Running Errands: This includes tasks like shopping for hospitality riders, making coffee runs, and retrieving items from various locations.
Transportation: Providing transportation for crew members, often using personal vehicles or rental vans. Backstage Assistance: Helping with set-up, break-down of backstage areas, and generally supporting production staff during shows.
Courier Services: Delivering and retrieving items from local stores, hotels, and vendors. Light Administrative Tasks: This may involve office maintenance, cash reconciliation, or other administrative duties.
Communication: Maintaining clear communication with touring and venue personnel. Local Knowledge: Possessing knowledge of the local area, including restaurants, stores, and attractions. Flexibility: Being available for long shifts, including nights and weekends. Non-Profit Organization
Brookes fighting Journey-Charleroi, PA
April 2020 to Present
We are a non- profit organization that connects amazing people that want to give the gift of life . We currently have saved 3 lives with a liver and kidney transplants. CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Healthcare@home AHN Forbes Hospice
January 2003 to Present
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Provides skilled and compassionate nursing and personal care to hospice patients in the patients home or inpatient unit. Provided documents for direct patient care and activities, such as activities of daily living, vital signs, specimen collection, assistance with exams, treatments and procedures and patient focused testing. Reported any changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions, as well as any issues or concerns identified by family, to nursing manager. Also controlled extensive wound care.
• Monitored vital signs
• Provided patients/residents with care and companionship Wound Care Specialist
Derma Vivere-Wexford, PA
December 2024 to April 2025
Wound care healing, assistant. I worked under a physician, a physician assistant in a nurse practitioner. CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Genesis Healthcare-Bridgeville, PA
August 2023 to December 2024
Occupational and physical rehabilitation unit .
Wound care
Jp drains
Hospice
Health and Safety Specialist
Kameo Health-Pittsburgh, PA
June 2022 to January 2024
Health and safety management with added respiratory testing on Film sets . Testing Specialist
Kameo Health-Pittsburgh, PA
June 2022 to June 2023
COVID testing on movie sets .
COVID Tester/health and Safety
Axiom Medical-The Woodlands, TX
March 2021 to August 2022
I am on a travel COVID team. I have worked Ivy League colleges and movie productions. COVID-19 Tester
Waverly genomics
March 2020 to August 2022
Coved screener
Substitute teacher/Paraprofessional/Teacher's Aid
Mon Valley Career &Technical Center-Charleroi, PA
August 2019 to August 2022
Currently working in Healthcare Occupations class, with 10th, 11th and 12 grades students. Seniors will graduate with their PCT, patient care tech certification. We get them ready for the beginning of their health care careers.
Med Lab Tech
Axiom Medical-New York, NY
August 2021 to December 2021
These where contract jobs, for film productions. I ran a mobile rapid COVID 19 lab as well and regular PCR TEST.
Postman
Usps-Elizabeth, PA
January 2018 to May 2021
Uber Driver
Uber-Pittsburgh, PA
January 2019 to April 2021
Nasal swabbing for covid 19 and antibodies. Making sure specimens are labeled a d taken to the laboratory for processing.
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Healthcare@home AHN Forbes Hospice
January 2003 to August 2018
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Provides skilled and compassionate nursing and personal care to hospice patients in the patients home or inpatient unit. Provided documents for direct patient care and activities, such as activities of daily living, vital signs, specimen collection, assistance with exams, treatments and procedures and patient focused testing. Reported any changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions, as well as any issues or concerns identified by family, to nursing manager. Also controlled extensive wound care.
• Monitored vital signs
• Provided patients/residents with care and companionship Secretary/Receptionist
Chrysler and Ford-Pleasant Hills, PA
January 2000 to December 2002
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Jefferson hills manor-Jefferson Hills, PA
January 1998 to January 1998
Skilled nursing Facility, Occupational and Physcial Therapy provided as well as long and short term stay. Also provided ADLS with all patients day and evening care. Also assisted with activities for Rehab purposes.
Waitress
94/2002 Denny's restaurant
• Received "exemplary" and "exceeds expectations" ratings on all performance reviews. Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability.
• Demonstrated the ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Transformed "difficult" customers into loyal, repeat guests by leveraging strengths in premium service delivery and ability to find win-win resolutions.
• Commended for multitasking abilities; frequently assigned the largest section of restaurant during peak dining hours.
• Recognized for superior performance and dedicated service commitment through four-time awards as
"Employee of the Month."
Primary Care Provider Home Healthcare Nursing Assistant AHN Healthcare@home
January 1996 to January 1996
• Shared joint responsibility (along with mother) for the care of terminally ill grandparent suffering from cancer.
• Learned the basics of assessing patient vital signs under the tutelage of home healthcare nurse.
• Assisted home nurse and hospice staff with all aspects of daily care, including bathing, feeding and dressing.
• Helped to ensure grandparent's last year was as comfortable, dignified and enriching as possible. Education
Associate's degree
Trade school
Nursing assistant phlebotomists (Associate)
Ccac
Skills
• Event planning
• Assisted living
• Hospital Experience
• Medical billing
• Lead generation
• Medical referrals
• Workers' compensation law
• Full cycle recruiting
• Mobile testing
• Emergency room experience
• Disaster recovery
• Healthcare staff management
• Emergency medicine
• Microsoft Excel
• OSHA
• Data entry
• Training & development
• Medical Office Experience
• Inside sales
• Staff scheduling
• Computer operation
• Profit and loss analysis
• Patient interaction
• Writing skills
• CPT coding
• Epic
• Medication Administration
• Organizational management
• Communication skills
• Hoyer lift
• Retail sales
• Account management
• Human resources
• Experience with individuals with cognitive disabilities
• B2B
• ADP
• Mobile devices
• Accounting systems
• Medical coding
• Team management
• Hospice
• Orthopedics
• Negotiation
• MS Outlook (Less than 1 year)
• Store management
• Outside sales
• Google Drive
• EMR Systems
• Vital Signs
• Inpatient
• Telehealth experience
• Teaching
• Geriatrics
• Infection Control Training
• Telecommunication
• MS Excel
• Event marketing
• Experience Administering Injections
• Travel nursing
• Community outreach
• Safety regulations
• Working with people with autism
• Databases
• MS Outlook
• OSHA (regulatory compliance area)
• Fundraising
• First aid and CPR
• Time management
• Data analytics
• Direct marketing
• Analysis skills
• Healthcare compliance
• Sales management
• Mentoring
• Technical sales
• Managed care
• Serving
• MS Word
• Endowment development fundraising for social programs
• Anatomy Knowledge
• Employee relationship building
• Managing budgets in a finance role
• Accounts payable
• Active Directory
• Training delivery
• Accreditation standards (regulatory compliance area)
• MS Excel (Less than 1 year)
• Group home experience
• Social media strategy
• Public relations
• Capillary specimen collection
• Client services
• Employee evaluation
• English
• Post-crisis recovery (Crisis management methodologies)
• Nutrition
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Program management
• Product management
• PCR
• Blood sample handling
• Rehabilitation center experience (5 years)
• Van driving
• Music therapy
• Personal care home
• Quality control
• Home & community care
• Business development
• Delivery driver experience
• Executive administrative support
• Profit & Loss statement
• Wound care
• Operations manager experience
• Google Calendar
• PCA
• Staff development
• Operations management
• Working with people with disabilities
• Donor relationship building
• Program development
• Project leadership
• Contracts
• Applied behavior analysis
• Logistics
• Crisis intervention
• Patient Care
• Territory management
• Bartending
• Service technician experience
• Women's health and reproductive patient care
• Facilities management
• Nursing
• Microsoft Access
• Sales strategy
• EMT experience
• Key Performance Indicators
• Computer networking
• Box truck
• Delivery driving
• Community engagement
• Data collection
• Talent management
• Outdoor work
• Supervising experience
• Workers' compensation
• Behavioral health
• Accounting and finance experience
• Continuous improvement
• Data-driven decision making
• Professional networking
• Recreational therapy
• Manufacturing
• Sterile laboratory techniques
• Mobility assistance (10+ years)
• Clinical laboratory experience
• Google Docs
• Clinical research
• Utilization management
• Payroll processing
• Teamwork
• General ledger maintenance
• Sales experience within healthcare
• Case management
• CRM system proficiency
• Senior leadership
• Hospitality
• Working with geriatric patients
• Social media management
• Nursing home experience
• Word processing
• Insurance verification
• Events management
• Medical terminology
• Special education
• Accounting
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals
• Computer skills
• Caregiving
• Memory care
• Research laboratory experience
• Skilled nursing facility
• Medicare
• Commercial driving
• Technical Proficiency
• Substance abuse
• Team leadership
• Maintaining patient confidentiality
• Regulatory Compliance (system development)
• Policy & process development
• Calendar management
• Sales
• Package delivery
• Health insurance authorizations
• Discharge planning
• Health clinics
• Hospice care
• Urology
• SharePoint
• Risk management
• Triage
• Critical thinking
• Limousine
• State healthcare regulations
• Research participation
• Infection control
• Marketing
• Multitasking
• Home health agency experience
• Customer service
• Documentation review
• FMLA
• Sales support
• ICU Experience
• Multichannel marketing
• Strategic management
• Sales technology adoption
• Driving
• Leadership
• Blood Sampling
• Long term care experience
• Occupational health
• Outpatient
• Infectious disease care
• Launching community engagement initiatives
• Budgeting
• Cash handling
• B2C
• Trauma-informed care
• Medical sales
• Computer literacy
• Conflict management
• Infant care
• Patient monitoring
• Data interpretation
• Managing occupational health & safety teams
• Phlebotomy
• Home Care
• Pallet jack
• Basic math
• ICD-10
• Achieving HIPAA compliance
• Primary Care Experience
• Attention to detail
• Medical Records
• Personal assistant experience
• Lesson planning
• Interpersonal communication
• Infants (10+ years)
• Windows
• Aging issues counseling
• Critical Care Experience
• Google Sheets
• Marketing management
• Venipuncture
• Team development
• FDA regulations
• Clinic experience
• Dementia care
• Laboratory Experience
• Salesforce
• Presentation skills
• Microsoft Word
• Project management
• Experience with individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Relationship management
• Personal vehicle (delivery method)
• Recruiting
• Community relations
• Management
• Office management
• Budget management in healthcare
• Crisis management
• Payroll
• Managed Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) (8 years)
• Business development practices
• Oil & gas
• HR department experience
• Productivity software
• Healthcare management
• Business operations
• Customer support
• Self-direction
Languages
• English
Certifications and Licenses
BLS Certification
Non-CDL Class C
Infection Control Certification
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
AED Certification
Driver's License
TESOL Certification
Certification in Infection Prevention & Control
CPR Certification
First Aid Certification
CNA
State Tested Nursing Assistant
PALS Certification
Geriatric Nursing Assistant
CNA II
Certified Home Health Aide
ACLS Certification