Heather Salazar

• Helped patients maintain personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance when necessary for dignity preservation.
• Maintained a clean and safe home environment for patients, reducing falls and accidents.
• Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
• Performed light housekeeping duties including laundry linen changes sweeping vacuuming and mopping ensuring a clean and organized living space for patients.
• Performed laundry, grocery shopping and other light housekeeping duties as instructed by client.
• Improved patient well-being by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
• Hours worked per week:30

• Provided physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management to home health patients.
• Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients
• Introduced changes to patient care plans based on regular evaluations and patient changes.
• Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Using EMR ,evaluated patient histories complaints and current symptoms.
• Assess patients’ condition during every visit and chart observations.
• Perform evaluation tasks, including vital signs and medication review
• Administer medication as prescribed by the patient’s Physician
• Dress or redress open wounds and assess progress of healing
• Educate patients and their families on proper home health care strategies and procedures
• Coordinate with Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Physicians and anyone else involved in the patient’s care plan
• Provide palliative care as needed to keep the patient comfortable
• Listen to the patient and respond to concerns or requests patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.
• Helps patients care for themselves by teaching use of cane or walker.
• Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient; advising on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
• Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal; notifying nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepses standards and procedures; maintaining security precautions; following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards; job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities. the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Travel to different location in surrounding areas.
  Hours worked per week: 40

Provider

• Cooked tasty, nourishing meals for patients to promote better nutrition.
• Completed household management tasks for clients within private home settings.
• Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs
• Facilitated calls to and from field staff to resolve issues and address concerns.
• Provided assistance to clients by handling household cleaning duties, managing schedules and running errands.

Hours worked per week: 30+

Work schedule: 7 days a week

• Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
• Cared for each patient according to care plan and physicians' instructions.
• Completed medical facility experience while under supervision of qualified staff.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
• Administered close patient care, checked vital signs and monitored telemetry.
• Monitored each patient to meet appropriate care and document status changes.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Delivered exceptional care to patients by helping with mobility and daily living requirements.
• Changed out and monitored bandages, catheters and IVs.
• Coordinated meal and snack deliveries, assisted with feeding and charted intake for review.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Researched different diagnoses to become familiar with presentation and treatment protocols.

• Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
• Cared for each patient according to care plan and physicians' instructions.
• Completed medical facility experience while under supervision of qualified staff.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
• Administered close patient care, checked vital signs
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Delivered exceptional care to patients by helping with mobility and daily living requirements.
• Coordinated meal and snack deliveries, assisted with feeding and charted intake for review.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Researched different diagnoses to become familiar with presentation and treatment protocols.

Medical Assistant

• Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
• Promoted office efficiency, EMR computer charting, completing insurance forms and helping patients with diverse needs.
• Administer injections
• Prepared patients for X-rays, electrocardiograms, suture removal and dressing changes.
• Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
• Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
• Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
• Tested and recorded blood glucose levels.
• Obtained all prescribed laboratory testing.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
• Taught patients about medications, procedures and care plan instructions.
  Hours worked per week: 40

Resident Assistant

• Aided residents in completing daily routines of care and activities.
• Contributed to staff meetings, sharing progress reports and providing suggestions on potential operational improvements.
• Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions.
• Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor.