Amaya Jackson
Louisville
Summary
Experienced with managing diverse tasks and supporting team initiatives. Utilizes organizational skills and attention to detail to enhance operational efficiency. Track record of effective collaboration and problem-solving in fast-paced settings. Committed to delivering safe, appropriate and quality patient care.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Grand Terrace Healthcare Facility (CNA)
- Monitors condition of patient while being moved and reports any manifest change in condition to a registered nurse or physician.
- Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration of patients, and reports adverse vital signs or observed abnormal stress or discomfort.
- Helps patients as may be required in all of the usual activities of daily living, such as eating, brushing teeth and dressing and undressing, and eliminating.
- Moves patients on beds or stretchers from one ward to another or to operating or examining rooms.
- Ensure accurate, timely flow of information by maintaining thorough body checks and updating RN on patient status
- Possess excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Grand Terrace Healthcare, Grand Terrace, CA
Recreational Associate
City of Carson
- Used computer knowledge to solve particular problems of media compatibility and software.
- Photographer of special events, employee-of-the-month recognition, and shoots for local print ads.
- Creating flyers, using Adobe Creative Suite, in compliance with MGMA branding guidelines.
- Provided resources and facilitated networking events that connected city residents with leaders whose goal was to help families reach their career goals.
- Followed all established city practices and procedures.
- Took initiative to find extra tasks when scheduled duties were completed Took necessary steps to meet park needs and effectively resolve public or service issues.
- Carson CA
Certified Nursing Assistant
Santa Fe Post Acute
2024.04 - 2024.10
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
- Monitored vital signs, documenting changes in health status for nursing staff review.
- Supported the implementation of care plans to enhance patient outcomes.
- Communicated effectively with patients and families, addressing concerns and providing emotional support.
Education
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, KY07.2026
Skills
- Electronic Medical Records
- Vital Signs & Patient Monitoring
- Empathy
- Listening
- Multitasking
- Organizational Skills
- Privacy / HIPAA Regulations
- Patient Advocacy and Support
- Patience
- Positive Attitude
- Prioritizing
- Customer service
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Workplace safety
- Customer interaction
Certification
- Nurse Assistant Certification Issued April 2023
- First Aid/BLS/CPR Certification, American Heart Association Issued February 2023 Expires February 2025
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Santa Fe Post Acute
2024.04 - 2024.10
Grand Terrace Healthcare Facility (CNA)
Recreational Associate
City of Carson
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Job Description
- Under direct supervision of the nurse manager, the incumbent will perform the following patient care responsibilities and safety measures:
- Assist patient with admission procedure;
- Assist patients during transfer procedure;
- Assist patients with discharge procedure; provide for patients' personal hygiene;
- Assist with patients' excretory needs;
- Assist patients with meals and nourishment; and
- Assist in providing for patient safety and comfort measures.
- Provide clerical support to the Administrative Nurse of the designated unit. Transcribe Doctor's orders; verify, record, post and file information materials via manual and/or automated systems; evaluate and report data pertinent to the functioning of the patient care unit; interpret and apply medical terminology; coordinate intra-departmental communications; foster public relations; participate in meetings and continuing education.
Job Qualifications
Ability to perform all physical requirements pertaining to delegated nursing, PT/OT, and RT assisted tasks. Certification of Nursing Assistant from a state approved program or demonstrated equivalency. Ability to speak clearly and distinctly using appropriate English vocabulary and grammar. Ability to understand oral and written English directives. Ability to read and write standard English text. Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations (add, subtract, multiply and divide). Ability to accurately complete assigned tasks. Ability to organize and prioritize work to complete assignments in a timely fashion. Understanding of basic medical terminology and abbreviations preferred. Recent ward clerk and/or appropriate clerical experience in an acute hospital environment. Skill in transcribing doctor's orders and medical information via manual or automated systems accurately, neatly and legibly. Skill in evaluating and reporting various kinds of emergent information pertinent to the functioning of an inpatient care unit. Ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis the duties of a ward secretary to float personnel and other staff members. Skill in responding to inquiries, imparting information and interpreting hospital policies and procedures to patients, public and staff in prompt and courteous manner, maintaining a professional manner. Ability to speak grammatically correct English clearly and distinctly to obtain and convey information to the public and hospital staff. Ability to read and write English to understand, interpret and record all ward clerk duties. Ability to perform with frequent interruption and distractions. Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are competing requirements and a heavy workload. Ability to pass an 8 hour computer data entry training course.
CNA QUALIFICATIONS
- Monitors condition of patient while being moved and reports any manifest change in condition to a registered nurse or physician.
- Takes and records temperature, pulse and respiration of patients, and reports adverse vital signs or observed abnormal stress or discomfort.
- Helps patients as may be required in all of the usual activities of daily living, such as eating, brushing teeth and dressing and undressing, and eliminating.
- Moves patients on beds or stretchers from one ward to another or to operating or examining rooms.
- Contributes to patient comfort and well-being by rearranging bedding and changing linen, serving and removing meal trays and responding to requests for personal services, such as filling water containers, making mechanical adjustments of bed, providing assistance in changing position in bed, furnishing bedpans and urinals, and giving shampoos and back rubs.
- Assists by positioning and holding patients for examination or treatment.
- Turns and positions patients and places supports to prevent pressure sores.
- Assures a safe and sanitary environment for the patient by cleaning up minor spills in kitchen and dining areas, by making beds, cribs and bassinets, and by maintaining ward, sleeping quarters and recreational areas in a clean and orderly condition.
- Encourages ambulatory patients to participate fully in their own dressing, feeding, and hygiene.