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Latoya Wieland

Medford,Oregon

Summary

To receive the opportunity to grow as well as succeed in life.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Caregiver

New Horizons In-Home Care
11.2023 - Current
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
  • Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
  • Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
  • Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
  • Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
  • Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
  • Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
  • Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
  • Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
  • Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
  • Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
  • Replaced bandages, dressings and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
  • Handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions.
  • Implemented physical therapy to support patient improvement in muscle tone, range of motion and injury recovery.
  • Liaised with key accounts to deliver targeted administrative household support.

Customer Service Specialist

The UPS Store
08.2020 - 03.2023
  • I packed and shipped items
  • I signed customers up for our mailbox services
  • I was responsible for mail distribution
  • In addition to that; I answered phones, executed faxing/scanning
  • I also resolved any problems that the customers had.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
  • Addressed customer complaints and mitigated dissatisfaction by employing timely and on-point solutions.

Assistant Store Manager

Fedex Office
05.2015 - 08.2019
  • I perform many duties as in management, there aren’t limitations
  • I am responsible for holding my team accountable, encouraged, and assisting in their time management
  • Part of my responsibility is to aid in the development of my co-workers
  • I make sure our store is on top of our sales goals, and customer experience
  • I have also been in charge of installing various equipment.
  • Managed opening and closing procedures and recommended changes to enhance efficiency of daily activities.
  • Rotated merchandise and displays to feature new products and promotions.
  • Walked through store areas to identify and proactively resolve issues negatively impacting operations.
  • Maintained positive customer relationships by responding quickly to customer service inquiries.
  • Supervised and evaluated staff to help improve skills, achieve daily objectives, and attain advancement.
  • Processed payments for credit and debit cards and returned proper change for cash transactions.
  • Responded to customer concerns, working with manager to significantly raise customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Created and maintained safe and secure work environments for employees.
  • Reconciled daily sales transactions to balance and log day-to-day revenue.
  • Interviewed, hired, and trained staff associates and equipped to comply with company policies and procedures.
  • Verified inventory counts remained within monthly tolerance levels and compiled financial data in compliance with budget.
  • Coached sales associates in product specifications, sales incentives, and selling techniques, significantly increasing customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Provided weekly work schedules to employees to accommodate business demands and vacation requests.
  • Analyzed customer feedback and implemented strategies to improve customer experience.
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with vendors to facilitate timely product delivery.
  • Trained new employees on proper protocols and customer service standards.
  • Monitored daily cash discrepancies, inventory shrinkage and drive-off.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
  • Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
  • Scheduled employees for shifts, taking into account customer traffic and employee strengths.
  • Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
  • Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
  • Supervised creation of exciting merchandise displays to catch attention of store customers.
  • Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
  • Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
  • Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills.
  • Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue and effectively targeting new markets.
  • Mitigated business risks by working closely with staff members and assessing performance.
  • Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
  • Updated and resolved incidents and managed accessorial charges objectively while maximizing profit.
  • Reduced financial inconsistencies while assessing and verifying billing invoices and expense reports.
  • Tracked trends and suggested enhancements to both challenge and refine company's product offerings.
  • Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.
  • Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
  • Negotiated price and service with customers and vendors to decrease expenses and increase profit.
  • Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.

Customer Service Representative

FTD
11.2013 - 01.2014
  • I answered phones, as well as completing phone orders
  • I had also dealt with conflict resolutions.

Customer Service Specialist

The UPS Store
03.2010 - 08.2010
  • I was responsible for; retail, packing and shipping items, mail distribution, answering phones, stocking, cleaning, as well as problem resolution.

Education

GED -

KALC
Klamath Falls, Oregon

CNA - Nursing Assistance

Pacific Healthcare Training
Central Point, OR
10.2023

Certificate, BCM program - Business Management

Fedex Office
Medford, Oregon
05.2016

Skills

  • I’m an energetic person who has amazing customer service skills I think I would be an asset to ANY company because of my need to continually grow With that being said, I am a very competitive team player I have a positive attitude, and strive to be the best at whatever I do I understand that it takes a group effort of hard work and working together to achieve amazing results
  • Documentation
  • Progress Documentation
  • Incident Reporting
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Behavioral Management
  • Mobility Assistance
  • Basic Housekeeping
  • Meal Preparation
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • Patient Companionship
  • ADL Assistance
  • Care Plan Adherence
  • Complex Problem-Solving

Timeline

Caregiver

New Horizons In-Home Care
11.2023 - Current

Customer Service Specialist

The UPS Store
08.2020 - 03.2023

Assistant Store Manager

Fedex Office
05.2015 - 08.2019

Customer Service Representative

FTD
11.2013 - 01.2014

Customer Service Specialist

The UPS Store
03.2010 - 08.2010

GED -

KALC

CNA - Nursing Assistance

Pacific Healthcare Training

Certificate, BCM program - Business Management

Fedex Office
Latoya Wieland