Chelsea Dodd
Colden,NY
Summary
Experienced customer service professional with a 15-year background and a passion for providing exceptional care. Seeking a nursing career to combine my love for care-taking and compassion for others. Committed to delivering the highest level of patient care and continuously expanding knowledge and skills in the field. Dedicated to lifelong learning and staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in healthcare.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse / Director of Cosmetics
Buffalo Plastic Surgery
Buffalo, NY
04.2023 - Current
- Creating and managing nurse schedule
- Coordinating patient care procedures
- Supervising staff to ensure adequate care
- Monitoring and maintaining patient records
- Assisting during surgical procedures
- Surgical preparation for patients including reviewing all instructions and medications prior to surgery with the patient
- Communicating with the doctor
- Maintaining medical supply inventories along with cosmetic inventories
- Ordering medical supplies and cosmetic skin care, fillers and Botox
- Performing low invasive cosmetic procedures
- Upselling skin care products and monitoring revenue.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Orchard Park Dermatology
Orchard Park, NY
10.2015 - 04.2023
- Delivering skilled and practical nursing care in routine/stressful periods at the highest standard of excellence
- Triage patients and ensure proper care is provided to them
- Read and explain biopsy result to patients and discuss further steps to be taken
- Schedule surgeries in accordance with practice guidelines, review surgical instructions with patients
- Document provided nursing care for billing and clinic's records
- Assist during biopsies and surgical procedures including excisions, skin grafts, skin flaps and punch biopsies.
- Obtain vital signs including blood pressure, SPO2, heart rate, temperature, weight, height, etc
- Sterilize equipment and supplies using sterilizer and autoclaves
- Dress wounds following procedures attentively
- Perform Photodynamic Therapy treatments and follow up care for these treatments
- Stand by nurse supervisor, monitor other nurses, make nurse schedules
- Obtain patients medical history
- Write and transcribe orders given by the physician
- Prepare folders, files and data of treatment given
- Providing patient's cosmetic skin care consults and performing cosmetic procedures under the supervision of a doctor such as microdermabrasion, microneedling and chemical peels.
- Ensured quality care was provided in accordance with policies to all patients.
Waitress
Pizza Hut
03.2008 - 11.2016
- Maintaining the cleanliness of the restaurant, up selling of products, providing exceptional customer service.
Shift Manager
Tantalize Tan
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Handling all customer complaints/employee issues, Maintaining cleanliness of the store and equipment, provided exceptional customer service.
Education
Associate Of General Studies -
Erie Community College
Buffalo, NYNursing Pre Requisites
Trocaire College
Buffalo, NYLicensed Practical Nursing -
Erie 1 BOCES
Buffalo, NY04.2015
Skills
- 1100 hrs of clinical skills
- Efficient in EMR(Medent)
- Multi-Tasker
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Quick Learner
- Exceptional Time Management
- Superb Vocal and Written Skills
- Very Flexible and Reliable
- Microdermabrasion, microneedling, chemical peels
- Skin care consults
- Transcription
- Triage
- Nursing
- Medication Administration
- Experience Administering Injections
- Upselling
- Medical Office Experience
- Anatomy Knowledge
- ICD-10
- Case Management
- Vital Signs
- Office Management
- Botox/Filler product knowledge
- Laboratory Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Employee Orientation
- Retail Sales
- ICD coding
Certification
- CPR certified (04/01/23 - 04/01/25)
- Microsoft Certified
- LPN
Additional Information
Can provide references upon request
Personal Information
- Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
- Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Charge Nurse / Director of Cosmetics
Buffalo Plastic Surgery
04.2023 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Orchard Park Dermatology
10.2015 - 04.2023
Shift Manager
Tantalize Tan
01.2010 - 01.2012
Waitress
Pizza Hut
03.2008 - 11.2016
Associate Of General Studies -
Erie Community College
Nursing Pre Requisites
Trocaire College
Licensed Practical Nursing -
Erie 1 BOCES