BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSOCIATE - SAN JOSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - SAN JOSE CA
(2024-01)
Certify the well-being of patient by continuously providing a positive, supportive, and governed environment by developing positive relationships with patient and co-worker.
- Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or in accordance with individualized supervisions guidelines as needed.
- Participate in the implementation plan by supplying genuine attentiveness to all patient, documenting patient behavior and practicing in de-escalation tactics to prevent potential aggression while establishing a sanctuary of healing.
- Frequently attain patient vital signs, archive medical record' and appropriate clinical information accurately to detect medical complications and ensure appropriate reimbursement.
- Assist in providing a safe, secure, and comfortable environment for patients' significant others and staff.
- Interact routinely with patients, observe behaviors and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.
- Oversee and assist patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration, and changing bed linens.
- Engage patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
- Ensuring and actively interacting with patient by listening to their medical needs and observing their behaviors to communicate significant finding with the nursing staff, therapist, psychiatric, and other specialized staff to ensure absolute efficiency and discuss positive reinforcement.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Care Associate - REDWOODS POST-ACUTE - SAN JOSE
(2023-12 - 2024-12)
Provides health care and support to patients in a medical facility. Their main duties include offering basic physical assistance to patients, feeding patients according to their dietary needs, and recording vital signs.
- Assist residents with their daily activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and eating
- Observe residents' condition and report any changes to the nursing staff
- Help residents with mobility by assisting with walking, transferring, and repositioning
- Take and record residents' vital signs, such as temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
- Respond promptly to call lights and aid as needed
- Maintain a clean and safe environment for residents, following infection control protocols
- Document and communicate residents' progress and any issues or concerns to the nursing staff
Care Associate - PLEASANTON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER - PLEASANTON
(2024-04 - 2024-07)
- Assist residents with their daily activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and eating
- Observe residents' condition and report any changes to the nursing staff
- Help residents with mobility by assisting with walking, transferring, and repositioning
- Take and record residents' vital signs, such as temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
- Respond promptly to call lights and aid as needed
- Maintain a clean and safe environment for residents, following infection control protocols
- Document and communicate residents' progress and any issues or concerns to the nursing staff
CARE ASSOCIATE - WATERMARK ROSEWOOD GARDEN
(2023-11 - 2024-07)
- Answered call lights and supported patient
- Assists with personal tasks such as dressing and bathing
- Prepares and serves food or feeds patients needing assistance and recorded food or liquid intake and output
- Provide a clean and safe home for patients.
- Assisted nursing staff with providing patient care as a CNA when needed.
- Took and recorded vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rate and blood sugar.
RESIDENT CARE ASSOCIATE - HEALTH CONNECT NURSING SERVICES, INC - PLEASANTON
(2022-01 - 2023-12)
- Conduct and facilitate PCA lead group activities as scheduled
- Perform patient care, to include ADL's and assistance with ambulation and activities in an Alzheimer's unit.
- Provide care and assistance with ADL's to the residents of the memory care and rehab units.
- Work with a team to care for 48 residents with individual, chart conditions, administer treatments
- Assist client with: elastic support hose, condom catheter, indwelling catheter, emptying collection bag, hygiene.
- Communicate medical concepts to patients using layman's terms to facilitate complete understanding.
- Ensure monitors are functioning properly, and ensure telemetry supplies are readily available.
- Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
- Assist nurses with resident's womb care, oxygen tanks, colostomy bags, and feeding tubes
- Provide Foley and colostomy care, ability to chart results efficiently.
