Arnell Horshaw
Private Duty In-home care/Patient Advocate/Radiology tech/Evaluator/Facilitator/Test
Administrator/Data Collection
Glenwood, IL 60425
********@*****.***
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
CNA/Home Health Aide
George Schaaf-Frankfort, IL
September 2022 to June 2025
Provide private duty overall ADL care and clinical care as needed. I assist client with bathing, dressing, feedings, medication reminders and adjustments, companionship, meal preps, wound care, catheter care, oxygen therapy, Cpap/Bipap therapy, ambulation assist, doctor appts, patient advocate, hospital stays, traveling, etc..
Salary: $35 hourly
Test Administrator
US Army Meps Command Center-Chicago, IL
August 2012 to March 2025
Supervisor: Gsgt Jaime Castrejon 773-***-****
Duties: This is a field position where I can travel up to 100 miles to various schools and Met test sites to administer testing to individuals whom wish to go into any branch of service. I instruct, monitor, inventory and unofficially grade each perspective applicant's test for eligibility. I am responsible for the handling of classified material and am to ensure delivery of all materials to headquarters for official processing. Salary:$18.10 hr + travel reimbursement
Covid-19 Tester/swabber
LIFESCAN LABS OF ILLINOIS LLC-Skokie, IL
November 2022 to October 2023
Supervisor: Jason
I'm assigned to go into various medical and nursing home facilities and administer the Covid19 test to all patients and residents. Sometimes traveling to multiple facilities. Responsible for safeguarding all samples and delivering them to Lifescan Labs. Salary: $30.00 hourly + travel reimbursement
Data Collection Specialist
RTI International-North Carolina
July 2022 to December 2022
Supervisor: Mona Meacham
I travel to conduct Data collection on various government funded projects. Salary: $28.24 hourly +travel reimbursement
Evaluator/Facilitator
Ergoscience-Markham, IL
February 2021 to August 2022
Supervisor: Sally Wesley
Evaluate the performance of Physical Capacity Testing for applicants potential hire or "return to work" status with US Express. This is to ensure applicants are proficient and can perform the duties set forth in a safe manner using proper lifting techniques and body mechanics. Salary: $25.00 hourly
Confined space rescuer
Job Site Safety-Michigan City, IN
October 2019 to December 2020
Rope training and various system setup to extract personnel from confined space in case of an emergency. Perform hourly checks of air levels to ensure proper ventilation is present. Log personnel in/ out of space for accountability. CPR/AED certified. OSHA 30 training certified.
Have received 40hrs of confined space rescue training. Salary: $17.50 hourly
CNA/Child careworker
The Children's Place Association-Chicago, IL
August 2012 to June 2020
Supervisor: Daphne Bobo 815-***-****
Duties: I am a certified nursing assistant also operating in the capacity of a childcare worker with 1 on- duty nurse. We provide overall ADL care and maternal support to infants and children, ages ranging from newborn to 16. It is a 10 bed medical facility that house mentally impaired, behaviorally challenged and medically afflicted children awaiting foster care placement. An important part of my duties is to stimulate the children's cognitive skills, growth and development with indoor/outdoor activities. Salary: $17 hr
Reason for leaving: Hospital closed their doors permanently due to Covid19. Radiology Technologist
St James Hospital-Chicago, IL
June 2016 to May 2018
Skilled to perform various diagnostic studies with regards to adults and pediatrics. Trained in radiology, fluoroscopy and trauma/emergency room. My overall duties are assigned to the ER department where I worked the night shift. I provided radiology service to the entire hospital with focus in the ER. I assist with the care of outpatients, inpatients and trauma patients. I am also experienced and efficient in general patient care as a CNA since 2004 with a specialty in Geriatric, Alzheimer, Pediatric and special needs patients.
I prefer to work nights.
Salary: 27.30 hr
IEMA State Licensed (RT)
ARRT eligible
Reason for leaving: Hospital closed permanently and was torn down in July 2018. CNA/Nursing Support Asst
University of Chicago Hospital-Chicago, IL
August 2004 to August 2010
Supervisor: Diane White
Duties: Monitor and record vitals, perform glucose checks. Set up seizure and suction precaution safety equipment, perform dressing changes, assist with wound care, trachea and colostomy care, give enemas, bed baths, assist with feedings, report altered mental status changes to medical staff. Conduct administrative duties as well. Answering phones, sending faxes, making copies, scheduling appointments, auditing medical records for accuracy. Request missing records from other medical facilities. Break down patients charts upon discharge or death and deliver to hospital's medical record department.
Reason for leaving: Started school full time and employer could not support my school schedule. Salary: $16.44 hr
State of Illinois Registry
Reason for leaving: Employer couldn't support my school schedule for entering a Radiography program Radiomen/Intel communication specialist
United States Navy-San Diego, CA
September 1985 to November 1998
Duties: To oversee the accountability, protection and handling of classified TTY/voice message traffic. To properly process and distribute to multiple commands in precedence order incoming and outgoing messages that were time sensitive. Hold communication control for other ships in the fleet during training ops, real time and wartime. To draft operational summary reports and other outgoing message traffic for transmittal. Set up land and voice communication circuits. Troubleshoot and conduct quality control monitoring checks of telecommunication voice circuits, teletype circuits and switchboards. Perform duties as an in port and underway watch supervisor of 30+ personnel. I performed extra departmental duties and performed training awareness as Safety petty officer for the Operations Dept giving emphasis to the policies and procedures set forth for MSDS, HAZMAT and OSHA protocol. Responsible for the daily inventory, change out and destruction of classified /cryptographic material. I provided customer service to various ship's departments, making overseas deployments in support of US Navy mission.
Served 2 tours in Operation Desert Storm.
Honorable Discharge
Salary: 37,000+ allowances yearly
Reason for leaving: Enlistment ended
Education
Rescue Safety/Extraction (Certification)
Job Site Safety-Michigan City, IN
October 2019 to October 2019
Applied Science (AS of Applied Science in Radiology Program) South Suburban College-South Holland, IL
2014 to 2016
Nursing support (Certification in Nursing Assistant) Prairie State College-Chicago Heights, IL
October 2002 to February 2003
Cryptographic Intel Comms (Certification)
RM/C7 QCMS SurfCommSysOps-San Diego, CA
1990 to 1992
Firefighting training (Certification)
US Navy Firefighting School-Treasure Island, CA
December 1986 to January 1987
Skills
• nursing assistant (10+ years)
• Certification in BLS/AED First-Aid 2020 to 2022
• Military Experience (10+ years)
• Analysis skills (10+ years)
• EMR Systems
• Sales Support (4 years)
• Medical Records (3 years)
• Shuttle driving (2 years)
• Data entry (3 years)
• Intelligence Experience (10+ years)
• 40hr Confined space rescuer trained (Less than 1 year)
• Senior care (10+ years)
• Supervising Experience (10+ years)
• Communications/ troubleshooting (10+ years)
• Patient Care (10+ years)
• Telecommunication (10+ years)
• Caregiving (10+ years)
• Employee Evaluation (2 years)
• Hospice care (5 years)
• 45 wpm typing, Microsoft word, outlook, Epic, PACS, (5 years)
• Cab Driving Experience 2013-2016
• Computer skills (10+ years)
• Quality Assurance (10+ years)
• Critical Care Experience (10+ years)
• English (10+ years)
• Communication skills (10+ years)
• Driving Experience (10+ years)
• Medication Administration (7 years)
• Basic Math (10+ years)
• Hospital Experience (10+ years)
• Babysitting (10+ years)
• Occupational health
• Typing (10+ years)
• Medical Terminology (10+ years)
• Infant Care (10+ years)
• Van Driver (8 years)
• Patient observation (10+ years)
• Patient monitoring (10+ years)
• Vital Signs (10+ years)
• Computer Operation (10+ years)
• Telecommunication (10+ years)
• Home Care (5 years)
• Medical Imaging (3 years)
• Office experience (10+ years)
• Infant Care (10+ years)
• Triage (3 years)
• Customer Service (10+ years)
• Nannying
• Childcare (10+ years)
• Radiology (3 years)
• Nursing home experience (6 years)
• Driving (10+ years)
• ICU Experience (10+ years)
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• Data collection (2 years)
Military Service
Branch: United States Navy
Service Country: United States
Rank: E5
September 1985 to November 1998
Surface Communications Systems Operations cert.
Radiomen 2321 "A" school cert.
Quality Control Monitoring Systems cert.
Safety petty officer for Ops Dept.
Firefighting training at NAS Treasure Island
Certifications and Licenses
TCI/CPI
Present
State Tested Nursing Assistant
CNA II
CNA
CPR Certification
Certified Home Health Aide
First Aid Certification
BLS Certification
Driver's License
Top Secret Clearance
AED Certification
TS/SCI (INACTIVE)
OSHA 30
Additional Information
I have also received a certificate of training and completion in Non-Violent Crime prevention, TCI, OSHA 30, Safety, MSDS and Hazmat training. I hold a TS SBI/Inactiv clearance and active Confidential clearance.
Interpersonal Skills: Evaluator, confined space rescuer, Radiology, Nursing Assistant, Test Administrator and Telecommunication skills.
Enjoy working with and learning from others. I work well with diverse groups. I am honest, dependable and a team player.
Commendations: Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), Good Conduct Award (3), Navy "E" Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2), Kuwait Liberation Medal (SA). Served 2 tours in Operation Desert Storm War.