Chana Himle
Lake City
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional prepared to contribute to patient care and support. Adept at maintaining high standards, ensuring patient comfort, and executing tasks efficiently. Strong focus on teamwork, adaptability, and achieving outcomes. Skilled in patient communication, basic medical procedures, and maintaining clean, safe environment. Reliable, flexible, and ready to meet changing needs.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CNA
Southern Loving Care
09.2020 - 12.2024
- Provided direct patient care, including assistance with daily living activities and mobility support.
- Administered medications and monitored vital signs to ensure patient safety and comfort.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to develop and implement personalized care plans for patients.
- Maintained accurate patient records and documentation in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and dignity.
- Advocated for patients' rights and preferences, ensuring a supportive environment for optimal recovery.
Correctional Officers and Jailers
Columbia Correctional Instn
07.2019 - 08.2020
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
- Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
- Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
- Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
CSR/Delivery Driver
Pizza Hut
12.2018 - 03.2019
- Answer phones
- Take customer orders
- Deliver customer orders in a timely, professional and friendly manner
- Clean building and order supplies in a timely fashion as needed
- Customer service in every aspect
CSR
Sitel Corp
09.2013 - 12.2016
- Answer the telephones
- Assist customers with their issues as needed in a professional manner.
- Help the customer to understand their accounts as needed or direct them to the proper department as needed.
- Help customers set up appointments for them to speak with their caseworkers or benefits specialist.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Hearthstone Place
08.2010 - 02.2011
- Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff.
- Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, range of motions as directed by a physician or nurse.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Heritage Healthcare
04.2009 - 09.2010
- Assist elderly with everyday living tasks.
- Chart input/output records along with all other activities through out the day.
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
Care giver/ nursing assistant
Wilbert Phelps
10.2005 - 03.2008
- Driver to and from appointments.
- Help with light housekeeping.
- Reminder for medications and any other everyday living tasks.
- Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
- Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
Correctional Officer
Florida Department of Corrections
10.2003 - 09.2004
- Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
- Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
- Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
- Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
CNA
Maxim Healthcare Services
05.2002 - 01.2003
- Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff.
- Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Bethany Good Samaritan Village
05.2002 - 10.2002
- Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff.
- Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.
Petroleum Supply Specialist
United States Army
08.1996 - 08.2000
- Monitor process indicators, instruments, gauges, and meters in order to detect and report any possible problems.
- Start pumps and open valves or use automated equipment to regulate the flow of oil in pipelines and into and out of tanks.
- Control or operate manifold and pumping systems to circulate liquids through a petroleum refinery.
- Operate control panels to coordinate and regulate process variables such as temperature and pressure, and to direct product flow rate, according to process schedules.
- Signal other workers by telephone or radio to operate pumps, open and close valves, and check temperatures.
- Verify that incoming and outgoing products are moving through the correct meters, and that meters are working properly.
- Read automatic gauges at specified intervals to determine the flow rate of oil into or from tanks, and the amount of oil in tanks.
- Operate auxiliary equipment and control multiple processing units during distilling or treating operations, moving controls that regulate valves, pumps, compressors, and auxiliary equipment.
- Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, utilizing knowledge of system interconnections and capacities.
- Read and analyze specifications, schedules, logs, test results, and laboratory recommendations to determine how to set equipment controls to produce the required qualities and quantities of products.
Education
Vocational School Certificate - Criminal Justice
Lake City Community College
Lake City, FLVocational School Certificate - Certified Nursing Assistant
Step One Health Agency
Columbus, GAVocational School Certificate - Phlebotomy
Step One Health Agency
Columbus, GAHigh School Diploma - General High School Curriculum
Hamilton County High School
Jasper, FLSkills
- Excels in Customer Service
- Able to problem solve and resolve issues as required for the situation
- Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, during work and/or recreational activities
- Follow established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence
- Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs
- Record and charting maintenance experience
- Great Time management skills
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients
- Answer patient call signals
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink
- Measure and record intakes an outputs
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Compassion and empathy
- HIPAA compliance
- Attention to detail
Certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant, Department of Health, Completion Date: 12/2014, Expiration Date: 05/2022
- Certified Nursing Assistant, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Completion Date: 07/2010, Expiration Date: 07/2013
- Unarmed professional security office, Department Of Agriculture, Completion Date: 06/2005
- Certified Correctional Officer, State of Florida, Dept. of Corrections, Completion Date: 01/2004, Expiration Date: 01/2008
- Real Estate Agent, National board of realtors, Completion Date: 08/2002
- Certified Phlebotomist, Georgia Dept. of Health, Completion Date: 12/2000
Additional Information
Available to start work immediately.
Timeline
CNA
Southern Loving Care
09.2020 - 12.2024
Correctional Officers and Jailers
Columbia Correctional Instn
07.2019 - 08.2020
CSR/Delivery Driver
Pizza Hut
12.2018 - 03.2019
CSR
Sitel Corp
09.2013 - 12.2016
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Hearthstone Place
08.2010 - 02.2011
Certified Nursing Assistant
Heritage Healthcare
04.2009 - 09.2010
Care giver/ nursing assistant
Wilbert Phelps
10.2005 - 03.2008
Correctional Officer
Florida Department of Corrections
10.2003 - 09.2004
CNA
Maxim Healthcare Services
05.2002 - 01.2003
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Bethany Good Samaritan Village
05.2002 - 10.2002
Petroleum Supply Specialist
United States Army
08.1996 - 08.2000
Vocational School Certificate - Certified Nursing Assistant
Step One Health Agency
Vocational School Certificate - Phlebotomy
Step One Health Agency
High School Diploma - General High School Curriculum
Hamilton County High School
Vocational School Certificate - Criminal Justice
Lake City Community College
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