April Stephens
Cincinnati
Summary
Compassionate Direct Caregiver with experience in providing personal care and emotional support to individuals across diverse age groups. Skilled in assisting clients with daily living activities, administering medication, and maintaining a safe environment. Strengths include strong communication abilities, patience, empathy, and problem-solving skills. Previous roles have resulted in improved client well-being through personalized care plans and consistent monitoring of health conditions.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Direct Care Giver
GMR Exceptional Care Inc
Cincinnati
10.2004 - Current
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills, as necessary.
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities.
- Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
- Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious or recreational events.
- Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing.
- Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information.
ED Tech
Mercy Health
10.2018 - 04.2020
- Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, and Blood sugars.
- Obtain labs through blood draws and specimen collection.
- Obtain EKg’s on patient’s adolescents to adults and present to Dr for signature and time stamp.
- Transport Patients to proper floor and assist patient and nurse in getting to bed safely.
- Assist in Emergency Code situation preforming Chest compressions.
- Assist in conscious Sedations, NG placements, and central line placements.
- Assist with the monitoring of Psych Patients, Altered Patients, SI/HI Patients, And Drug Over Dosed Patient from Adolescents to Adults.
- Stocking Carts continuously throughout each shift.
- Splinting patients from infants to adults.
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Perform nursing duties, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
Patient Care Assistant
The Christ Hospital
08.2014 - 08.2018
- Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Perform nursing duties, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Complete Health Unit Coordinator task such as answering telephone calls and call lights, put in consults or maintaining medical or facility information, calling for Maintenance, supply stocking, and making linen pick up calls.
Patient Care Assistant
UC Health
08.2011 - 05.2014
- Emergency Services Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
- Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas.
- Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
Education
High School Diploma -
Aiken High School
Cincinnati, OH05-1998
Skills
- Phlebotomy
- Patient Care
- Individual Care
- Patient Monitoring
- Environmental Cleanup
- Customer Service
Timeline
ED Tech
Mercy Health
10.2018 - 04.2020
Patient Care Assistant
The Christ Hospital
08.2014 - 08.2018
Patient Care Assistant
UC Health
08.2011 - 05.2014
Direct Care Giver
GMR Exceptional Care Inc
10.2004 - Current
High School Diploma -
Aiken High School