Patient Care Assistant/Unit Admin Asstistant

• Jan 2021 - Present

Patient Care Assistant II - ICU

• Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

• Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff. • Monitors and records vital signs. Obtains and records daily weight. • Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs. • Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter. • Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process. • Acts as a runner/transporter. • Acts as receptionist for Intensive Care Unit. Updates assigned bed status. • Answers call lights and telephone. • Keeps patient environment clean, performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions. • Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner. • Performs sterile procedures including urinary catheterizations as delegated by a RN. • Performs Phlebotomy duties such as venipuncture and capillary puncture, blood collection, and medical records review. • Performs and review 12 lead EKG's. Show less

Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor

• Apr 2016 - Nov 2016

• Maintain continuous surveillance of people in a body of water such as swimming pool. • Call out warnings to people who may have ventured too far or are in imminent danger. • Supervise swimmers to ensure that they are swimming within the safety protocols. • Perform rescues in the event of drowning or swimming accidents. • Perform first aid and CPR according to the demands of adverse situations. • Maintain continuous surveillance of people in a body of water such as swimming pool. • Call out warnings to people who may have ventured too far or are in imminent danger. • Supervise swimmers to ensure that they are swimming within the safety protocols. • Perform rescues in the event of drowning or swimming accidents. • Perform first aid and CPR according to the demands of adverse situations.