Deanna Cornish
Centreville,MD
Summary
Compassionate and professional individual with extensive experience in various settings. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple cases while maintaining meticulous attention to detail and utilizing knowledge of local resources. Recognized for providing caring and comprehensive support to families and children. Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, a willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to take on new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Youth Care Professional
Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church
05.2024 - Current
- Document daily activities and happenings in the living unit
- Help implement each youth's treatment plan
- Coach kids on cleanliness and orderliness in their personal hygiene, living unit and the surrounding grounds
- Report any medical needs
- Support the youth in their day to day routine
- Provides safe transportation for scheduled appointments
- Conduct inventories for resident belongings upon admission, discharge, and on a quarterly basis
- They are all growing teens - you'll help them purchase new clothing once per quarter
- Engage the youth in whatever is on the living unit's schedule
- Play games, facilitate getting calls or video visits set up with their families or other stakeholders, etc
- Ensure the youth are dressed in weather and activity-appropriate clothing
- Prepare and enjoy meals together as a living unit
Patient Care Technician/Monitor Technician
Tidal Health
08.2023 - Current
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff, ensuring timely medical interventions when necessary.
- Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in the healthcare setting.
- Performed blood draws, EKGs, and other diagnostic tests accurately and efficiently for prompt analysis by healthcare professionals.
- Managed multiple telemetry systems simultaneously, maintaining attention to detail and high-quality care for all monitored patients.
- Troubleshot monitor equipment issues, ensuring uninterrupted surveillance of patients'' heart activity.
- Maintained updated knowledge on cardiac arrhythmias, contributing to better patient care and monitoring outcomes.
- Closely monitored patient condition during tests and alerted cardiac nurse if patient became stressed or conditioned worsened.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
- Monitored vital signs for early detection of medical issues, ensuring timely intervention.
Incident Command Specialist
St. Mary's Health Department
10.2019 - 04.2023
- Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician, noting changes from prior measurements
- Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs and offered qualified support
- Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Test for covid and treat and give vaccines
- Fix machine when displayed error
- Replace/Reboot Software when error is displayed
- Test specimens using GeneXpert
Lead Behavioral Health Technician
Walden
07.2017 - 09.2021
- Assist with intake process with new clients into program
- Communicates with BHT staff either verbally or in written communication logs
- Responsible for reviewing communication logs and passing important information onto the unit
- Listens to clients and BHT's concerning all areas of treatment
- Maintains a safe, orderly and therapeutic physical environment for clients including crisis intervention
- Follows objectives of treatment plans
- Assists with interventions with clients
- Attends shift change, Team meetings and Company meetings
- Responsible for conducting searches of clients when they return back to the facility
- Monitors treatment for necessary hygiene and medical needs
- Evaluates behavioral and emotional needs of clients and provides input
- Training new staff on unit, program, and milieu
- Coordinates and leads activities including lectures, recreation and meetings
- Assists clients with obtaining a sponsor
- Attends trainings as required and ensures BHT staff are also attending
- Helps with upkeep of the department
- Displays leadership and is a positive role model for BHT staff and clients
- Team builder and promoter of a positive work environment
- Assists BHT Supervisors when needed
- Report issues with coworkers or policy violations to the BHT supervisors
- Lead coworkers on daily scheduled shift to perform to expectation and potential other duties as assigned
- Technical Competencies: Capable of role modeling to the clients
- Helps to maintain a strong clinical program
IT Support Specialist
Toys"R"Us
02.2012 - 04.2017
- Used ticketing systems to manage and process support actions and requests.
- Managed high levels of call flow and responded to technical support needs.
- Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up work stations for employees.
- Diagnosed and troubleshot hardware, software and network issues.
- Responded to customer inquiries and provided technical assistance over phone and in person.
- Patched software and installed new versions to eliminate security problems and protect data.
- Removed malware, ransomware, and other threats from laptops and desktop systems.
- Generated reports to track performance and analyze trends.
- Assisted in development of system security protocols.
- Offered assistance in implementing and developing training programs.
- Helped streamline repair processes and update procedures for support action consistency.
Education
Associate of Science - Information Technology
Career Technical Institute
Washington, DC08.2022
Skills
- Positive Reinforcement
- Child development knowledge
- Mental Health Support
- Educational Support
- Youth Advocacy
- Program Evaluation
- Behavior Management
- Youth supervision
- Life Skills Instruction
- Records management
- Analytical thinking
- Conflict resolution
- Professionalism
Timeline
Youth Care Professional
Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church
05.2024 - Current
Patient Care Technician/Monitor Technician
Tidal Health
08.2023 - Current
Incident Command Specialist
St. Mary's Health Department
10.2019 - 04.2023
Lead Behavioral Health Technician
Walden
07.2017 - 09.2021
IT Support Specialist
Toys"R"Us
02.2012 - 04.2017
Associate of Science - Information Technology
Career Technical Institute
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