Akilotoa Fifita
San Jose,CA
Summary
Compassionate caregiver with hands-on experience in patient care and support. Skilled in assisting with daily living needs, wound care, and medication reminders, as well as providing emotional support and companionship. Experienced in managing household tasks and ensuring patient safety and comfort. Committed to delivering high-quality care and maintaining a supportive environment for patients. Reliable and attentive, with a strong focus on enhancing the overall well-being and quality of life for those in my care.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Behavioral Technician
Amergis
08.2024 - Current
- Support classroom management for a positive learning environment.
- Monitor student progress to identify areas requiring extra support and implement action plans to meet needs.
- Supervise students during non-instructional times such as lunch breaks or recess periods, maintaining safety standards at all times.
- Provide support during classes, group lessons, and classroom activities.
- Provide one-on-one support to students with special needs, enabling them to succeed academically.
- Monitor student progress through ongoing assessments, adjusting instruction as needed for optimal growth.
- Implement behavior management techniques to maintain a positive and focused learning environment.
Assistant Caregiver
Private Client
12.2021 - Current
- Assisted a quadriplegic client in meeting daily living needs and enhancing overall quality of life.
- Provided compassionate personal care: Assisted with daily living tasks, including grooming, dressing, and mobility, ensuring dignity and comfort.
Fostered strong client relationships: Built trust-based rapport through empathetic communication and consistent support, enriching client well-being. - Managed household responsibilities: Efficiently ran errands, handled laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping to ensure the client’s home environment remained organized and functional.
- Wound care management: Monitored and treated pressure sores, performing dressing changes and cleaning procedures to prevent infection and promote healing.
- Engaged in therapeutic activities: Facilitated physical and mental engagement through meaningful conversation, recreational activities, and daily routines, promoting emotional health.
- Supported mobility and transportation: Safely transferred client from bed to wheelchair using Hoyer lift, ensuring comfort and stability during medical appointments and other necessary outings.
- Medication assistance: Supported the client in managing self-administered medications, ensuring accuracy and adherence to prescribed routines.
- Provided physical therapy support: Assisted with stretching exercises and other mobility support to help maintain or improve physical function and independence.
- Nutritional support: Prepared healthy meals tailored to the client’s dietary needs, promoting optimal nutrition and overall health.
- Health monitoring and documentation: Monitored client’s health status, recording vital signs, tracking medication use, and noting behavioral changes to report to healthcare supervisors, ensuring timely interventions.
- Emergency support: Administered suction and cough assist techniques as needed to maintain respiratory health and prevent complications.
Caregiver (Intern)
Joel Fukuta
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Assisted client with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Transported individual to events, activities, and medical appointments.
- Engaged patient in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Built strong relationships with client to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patient move around personal and public spaces.
- Guided patient to the restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Built and maintained rapport with client and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationships.
Campus Supervisor
San Jose Unified School District
11.2019 - 06.2021
- Provide appropriate supervision of students throughout, and immediately adjacent to, the campus.
- Greet and assist visitors, providing excellent customer service and maintaining the safety and security of the campus.
- Maintain visible presence, walking around the campus and acting in a respectful manner at all times.
- Build and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with those at the site and within the community.
- Apply sound judgment and ensure decisions are aligned with relevant policies and regulations.
- Discuss and reinforce behavior expectations with students, informally coaching as appropriate; may refer students as necessary according to established school procedures.
- Collaborate and communicate to maintain a clean, safe, and secure site. • Provide light clerical office support as needed. • Assist in accomplishing campus, department, and District goals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA05.2024
Skills
- Direct patient care
- Emotional Support
- Medication Administration
- First Aid and Safety
- Compassionate Communication
- Wound Care
- Hoyer Lift Operation
- Dementia Care
- Suction & Cough Assist
- CPR Certified
Certification
- BLS Provider - Basic Life Support
- Medication Technician
Languages
Tonga
Native or Bilingual
Academic Projects
- Edited and completed group work on time and communicated with teammates weekly to complete weekly milestones for the final project.
- Worked in a group to complete Community Service hours where we made posters to provide awareness on Behavioral Health.
- Worked with a group for a Policy course with the primary goal of advocating for an Active Shooter Safety Prevention Kit at San Jose State University to reduce the risk of harm to individuals during an active shooter situation. We created a petition to provide a show of support for our advocacy campaign and we even got to talk to the Vice President of the University about our advocacy.
- For my undergraduate capstone I conducted comprehensive research and developed a targeted health promotion program aimed at reducing obesity rates within the Tongan young adult population.
Timeline
Behavioral Technician
Amergis
08.2024 - Current
Caregiver (Intern)
Joel Fukuta
08.2023 - 11.2023
Assistant Caregiver
Private Client
12.2021 - Current
Campus Supervisor
San Jose Unified School District
11.2019 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
San Jose State University