Adolfo Valdez
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Coordinator
The Ridges at Peoria/Senita Ridge Memory Care/The Goodman Group
Peoria, AZ
04.2020 - Current
- Assist with new hire and termination paperwork
- Collaborate with HR team and department heads
- Conduct searches to verify information on new employees, including past work history
- Resolve conflicts among employees and/or management quickly and efficiently
- Update database of potential and current employees on a regular basis
- Implemented aide shift schedule, ensuring that all shifts were covered 24 hours per day to meet patient needs
- Maintained nursing inventory management and organization system
- Assist with paperwork for patient discharges or transfers
- Update patient charts with most current information on medication, symptoms, and mental status
- Ensure high-quality patient care by performing rounds to observe nursing staff and speaking directly with patients and their families to gather feedback
Assisted Living Director
Bella Vista Assisted Living
Mesa, AZ
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Developed and implemented individualized care plans for residents, ensuring that their personal needs were met.
- Provided leadership to the staff, creating a positive work environment and promoting team building activities.
- Ensured compliance with state regulations concerning safety, health, fire prevention and sanitation standards.
- Supervised the admission process of new residents, including assessments, paperwork and orientation.
- Monitored daily operations of the assisted living facility to ensure quality standards are maintained.
- Collaborated with external organizations such as hospices, home health agencies and other healthcare providers in order to provide comprehensive services to residents.
- Recruited, hired and trained new medical and facility staff.
- Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking workload, space and equipment availability into consideration.
- Conducted apt/room tours to potential clients and answered their questions.
- Provided client with information on prices, availability, and features..
Resident Care Coordinator
Emerald Springs Assisted Living/The Goodman Group
Yuma, AZ
11.2018 - 04.2020
- Update patient charts with most current information on medication, symptoms, and mental status
- Assist with paperwork for patient discharges or transfers
- Ensure high-quality patient care by performing rounds to observe nursing staff and speaking directly with patients and their families to gather feedback
- Implemented aide shift schedule, ensuring that all shifts were covered 24 hours per day to meet patient needs
- Maintained nursing inventory management and organization system
- Resolve conflicts among employees and/or management quickly and efficiently
- Update database of potential and current employees on a regular basis
- Conduct searches to verify information on new employees, including past work history
- Conducted apt/room tours to potential residents and answered their questions.
- Provided client with information on prices, availability, and features.
Medication Tech
Emerald Springs Assisted Living/The Goodman Group
Yuma, AZ
12.2012 - 11.2018
- Administer basic medications in accordance with doctor's treatment plan
- Communicate patient information and symptoms with physicians
- Establish and manage professional working relationships with patients and physicians
- Interact effectively and positively with all office staff, physicians, and patients
- Communicated clearly with patients to avoid panic
- Fill out required paperwork daily
- Observe, chart, and report patient health concerns and developments
- Reported any new symptoms or patient concerns to physicians
Caregiver/House Manager
Paradise Cove Inc.
Yuma, AZ
10.2011 - 07.2015
- Administer basic medications in accordance with doctor's treatment plan
- Assist in meal preparing and grocery shopping
- Attend to client needs
- Coordinate all communications between patients and doctor offices
- Document patient behaviors and report abnormalities to supervisor
- Initiate strong, positive working relationships with employees and management team
Cashier, Sales/Produce dept/Meat dept/Dairy dept
Del Sol Market
Yuma, AZ
04.2006 - 07.2008
- Answer customer questions about products
- Build loyal clientele through high-level of customer satisfaction
- Count cash drawer at the beginning and end of each shift
- Developed positive relations with customers
- Greet all customers with warm, friendly welcome
- Greet customers and resolve customer inquiries
- Greet customers upon arrival
- Handle cash and card operations
- Handle register during high pressure
- Maintain knowledge of current promotions and all store policies
- Built rapport with customers by offering friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive customer service
Education
General Studies - Social Work
Arizona Western College
Yuma, AZ12.2019
Certified Nursing Assistant -
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon, WA12.2010
High school -
Kofa High School
Yuma, AZ05.2007
Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZSkills
- CPR
- Computers
- Filing
- Medical Terminology
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Phone Skills
- Scheduling
- Typing
- Vital Signs
- CNA
- Patient Care
- Bilingual
- Customer Service
- Management
- Sales
- Customer Satisfaction
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Training and Development
- Relationship Building
Certification
- AZ CNA, #248928, 11/30/24
- Certified Dementia Practitioner
- Current Fingerprint Clearance Card
- Current CPR/First Aide
- Current TB Screening
- AZ Caregiver Certified
- Medication Aide Certificate
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Assisted Living Director
Bella Vista Assisted Living
03.2022 - 07.2022
Quality Coordinator
The Ridges at Peoria/Senita Ridge Memory Care/The Goodman Group
04.2020 - Current
Resident Care Coordinator
Emerald Springs Assisted Living/The Goodman Group
11.2018 - 04.2020
Medication Tech
Emerald Springs Assisted Living/The Goodman Group
12.2012 - 11.2018
Caregiver/House Manager
Paradise Cove Inc.
10.2011 - 07.2015
Cashier, Sales/Produce dept/Meat dept/Dairy dept
Del Sol Market
04.2006 - 07.2008
General Studies - Social Work
Arizona Western College
Certified Nursing Assistant -
Skagit Valley College
High school -
Kofa High School
Nursing
Grand Canyon University
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