Kirsten Simpson
Carlisle,KY
Overview
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel CNA
Aya Healthcare - Montana State Hospital
Anaconda, MT
12.2025 - Current
- Forensic Mental Health Patients that are on a 90 Day court order Evaluation to fit to proceed.
- Provided compassionate patient care.
- Mental health
- CPI
- Psych
Travel CNA
Sunbelt Staffing- Montana State Hospital
Anaconda, MT
06.2025 - 12.2025
- Forensic mental health patients that are being held on a 90 day evaluation
- Mental Health
- Safety CPI
- Psych
Patient Care Coordinator
Porchlight Healthcare
Craig, CO
04.2025 - 06.2025
- Coordinated patient appointments and follow-ups to optimize care delivery.
- Managed patient records using electronic health record systems for accuracy.
- Facilitated communication between patients and healthcare providers to enhance satisfaction.
- Developed and implemented patient education programs to improve health outcomes.
- Oversaw administrative workflows, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.
- Trained new staff on patient coordination processes and software tools.
- Identified process inefficiencies and recommended solutions for improved operations.
- Led initiatives to streamline referral processes, reducing wait times for patients.
- Managed sensitive patient information with strict adherence to HIPAA guidelines, maintaining confidentiality and privacy at all times.
- Provided exceptional customer service by addressing concerns, answering questions, and ensuring patient satisfaction with their care experience at the clinic.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by efficiently scheduling appointments and managing patient flow.
Behavioral Health Technician, Psych
NRT Behavioral Health: Foundry Treatment Center
Steamboat Springs, CO
11.2024 - 06.2025
- Provides direct, compassionate care to individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses in a 24/7 residential treatment environment
- Supports clients through daily challenges by modeling healthy coping strategies and reinforcing treatment goals within a trauma-informed care framework
- Observes and documented changes in client mood, behavior and interactions, promptly communicating concerns to clinical staff to support individualized treatment planning
- Maintains a safe and supportive environment for clients navigating detox, stabilization, and early recovery, while adhering to facility protocols and HIPAA Guidelines.
- Facilitated crisis intervention and de-escalation through nonviolent communication and behavioral redirection techniques.
Home Health Aide, Home Health
Western Slope In-Home Care
Meeker, CO
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Provided 24-hour, live-in personal care and companionship to elderly and disabled clients in their homes, ensuring safety, comfort and dignity
- Assisted with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility support, while promoting client independence
- Prepared nutritious meals and assisted with feeding, adhering to specific dietary requirements and preferences
- Monitored clients’ health status continuously, reporting any changes or concerns promptly to healthcare providers and family members
Contract CNA, LTC
Artis Solutions: Pioneers Medical Center
Meeker, CO
02.2024 - 07.2024
- Critical Access Hospital
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:15
- 30 Beds
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia patients
- Provided hands on care to patients, assisting with ADLs such as bathing, dressing, feeding and mobility support
- Monitored and recorded vital signs, promptly reporting changes to nursing staff to support effective patient care
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Genie Healthcare – Valley View Center
Montrose, CO
09.2023 - 02.2024
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:10
- 101 Beds
- Lockdown Memory Care Unit – Alzheimer’s/Dementia patients
- Delivered compassionate personal care to long term and short-term rehabilitation residents, assisting with ADLs such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting
- Supported mobility and transfers safely, helping to prevent falls and maintain residents’ physical function
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Rock Medical Group – Casey’s Pond
Steamboat Springs, CO
04.2022 - 07.2023
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:10-20
- 66 Beds
- Lockdown Memory Care Unit – Alzheimer’s/Dementia patients
- Assistant residents with ADLs while promoting independence and dignity
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes promptly
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
GLC Pro Staffing: Prestige Care Center of Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:10-40
- 60 Beds
- Lockdown Memory Care Unit – Alzheimer’s/Dementia patients
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Contract CNA
Medical Edge Recruitment: Grant Healthcare and Rehab
Williamstown, KY
04.2021 - 08.2021
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:15-30
- 95 Beds
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Staff CNA, Long Term Care
Signature Healthcare of Georgetown
Georgetown, KY
04.2021 - 07.2021
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:30
- 65 Beds
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Staff CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Cedar Ridge Health Campus
Cynthiana, KY
02.2019 - 05.2020
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:15-20
- 53 Beds
- Lockdown Memory Care Unit – Alzheimer’s/Dementia patients
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
- Charting System: Point Click Care
Staff CNA, Assisted Living
Windsor Gardens of Georgetown
Georgetown, KY
07.2018 - 12.2018
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:15
- Beds
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
Staff SRNA, LTC
Robertson County Health Care Facility
Mount Olivet, KY
10.2017 - 08.2018
- Aide to Patient Ratio: 1:20
- 60 Beds
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, mobility, feeding, and toileting
Peer Tutor
High-school
Paris, KY
08.2012 - 05.2014
- Facilitated one-on-one tutoring sessions to enhance student comprehension in various subjects.
- Developed customized lesson plans tailored to individual learning styles and needs.
- Assisted students with homework assignments, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Created study guides and resources that improved academic performance across multiple subjects.
- Created a better learning environment for special needs kids.
Education
State Registered Nurse Aide - Nursing
Maysville Kentucky Technical College
Maysville, KYHigh School Diploma -
Bourbon County High School
Paris, KY05-2013
Skills
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- HIPAA compliance
- Compassionate care
- Reliable team player
- Basic life support
- Direct patient care
- Recording vital signs
- Patient-focused care
- Collecting vital signs
- Compassionate
- Dressing assistance
- Patient lifting
- Supporting personal needs
- Safety precautions
- Compassionate caregiver
- Adaptable
- Bedside manner
- Patient relationship building
- Patient assessments
- Electronic charting
- End-of-life care
- Documenting behaviors
- Feeding assistance
- Specimen collection
- Responding to emergencies
- Medical terminology
- Healthcare ethics
- Geriatric care
- Maintaining privacy
- Companionship and emotional support
- Valid state driver's license
- General housekeeping
- Patient management
- Transporting patients
- Activity planning
- Light housekeeping
- Complex Problem-solving
- Inpatient care
- Meal planning
- Mobility assistance
- Ambulation assistance
- Trustworthy companion
- Quality assurance
- Care plan implementation
- Patient relations
- Observing responses
- Tracheostomy care
- Condition monitoring
- Preparing meals
- Case management
- Reliable transportation
- Medical records management
- Activity coordination
- Outpatient care
- Database administration
- Feeding assistance expert
- Pediatric care
- EMR / EHR
- Medical office administration
- Quality assurance controls
- Indirect patient care
- Conducting intakes
- Chronic disease management
- Wound care specialist
- Shared governance
- DBMS
- Helping with medication
- Admitting support
- Toileting assistance
- Performing patient intakes
- Documentation expert
- Range of motion exercises
- Collecting specimens
- Calm and level-headed under duress
- Respiratory equipment training
- Vital sign recording
- Monitoring fluids
- Infection control procedures
- Catheter change and preparation
- G-tube care
- EHR management
- Interdisciplinary communication
- Intake recording
- Oxygen therapy
- Quick problem solver
- Family support and assistance
- Assisting with personal grooming
- Able to lift number pounds
- Willingness to learn
- Teamwork
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Vital signs
- Multitasking
- Multitasking Abilities
Certification
- Montana Certified Nursing Assistant License #415662
- Kentucky Certified Nursing Assistant License #50219871
- Utah Certified Nursing Assistant License #UTOKY142399901872
- Arizona Certified Nursing Assistant License #336642
- Colorado Certified Nursing Assistant License #00805904
- New Mexico Certified Nursing Assistant License #NM007704701213
- CPI
- AHA BLS
- QMap CO - 04702062025
Accomplishments
- I recieved an Eden Award at Caseys Pond in June 2022 at Caseys Pond working as a Traveler through Rock Medical Company.
- Evaluation from Montana State Hospital - During the eval my house supervisor let me know I was the only employee that she gave a 5 for documentation.
Timeline
Travel CNA
Aya Healthcare - Montana State Hospital
12.2025 - Current
Travel CNA
Sunbelt Staffing- Montana State Hospital
06.2025 - 12.2025
Patient Care Coordinator
Porchlight Healthcare
04.2025 - 06.2025
Behavioral Health Technician, Psych
NRT Behavioral Health: Foundry Treatment Center
11.2024 - 06.2025
Home Health Aide, Home Health
Western Slope In-Home Care
07.2024 - 12.2024
Contract CNA, LTC
Artis Solutions: Pioneers Medical Center
02.2024 - 07.2024
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Genie Healthcare – Valley View Center
09.2023 - 02.2024
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Rock Medical Group – Casey’s Pond
04.2022 - 07.2023
Contract CNA, LTC/Memory Care
GLC Pro Staffing: Prestige Care Center of Fort Collins
08.2021 - 04.2022
Contract CNA
Medical Edge Recruitment: Grant Healthcare and Rehab
04.2021 - 08.2021
Staff CNA, Long Term Care
Signature Healthcare of Georgetown
04.2021 - 07.2021
Staff CNA, LTC/Memory Care
Cedar Ridge Health Campus
02.2019 - 05.2020
Staff CNA, Assisted Living
Windsor Gardens of Georgetown
07.2018 - 12.2018
Staff SRNA, LTC
Robertson County Health Care Facility
10.2017 - 08.2018
Peer Tutor
High-school
08.2012 - 05.2014
State Registered Nurse Aide - Nursing
Maysville Kentucky Technical College
High School Diploma -
Bourbon County High School