Louis Akinsooto
Morristown,NJ
Summary
Diligent and a key strategic team player committed to optimizing available resources to providing best care to residents and patients.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Technician/CNA
Morristown Medical Center
12.2022 - Current
- Provides patient care, educates patients and/or health team members about various health conditions, provides advice, and may also provide emotional support to patients and family members
- Assist with setting up of patient room pre- and post-procedure
- Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide patient care services that are safe, effective and financially responsible
- Assisting patients with daily activities
- Measuring and recording vital signs
- Administering basic treatments
- Helping to ensure a safe care environment
- Continuous rounding throughout shift to ensure patient and family needs are met
- Ensuring patients and families have a positive patient experience by exhibiting PRIDE behaviors, rounding, collaboration, teamwork and a positive attitude
- Perform EKG test on patients as required
- Patient blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature check and documentation as required
- Medical equipment cleaning, maintenance and storing
- Glucometer QC
- Clean and stow away equipment not in use
- Obtain and document dosing and admission weight
Computer Specialist
OTI
04.2018 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Saint Clare’s Hospital
05.2022 - 10.2022
- Help patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, grooming, toileting, eating, and moving
- As a restorative aid, assist with ambulation and exercises
- Serve meals and help patients eat ensuring that patients receive appropriate portion
- Lifting and moving patients safely into beds and wheelchairs and onto exam tables when they cannot do so on their own
- Turning or and repositioning of bedridden patients for comfort and to prevention bedsores
- Taking vital signs - measure of patient’s blood pressure, pulse, and temperature, and then record in Epic and report them to nurse to determine whether action is necessary
- Report changes in resident’s post-surgical recovery such as physical condition, vital signs, and behavior to the nursing staff
Senior Engineer
Presidio Inc
01.2016 - 09.2021
Unified Collaboration Engineer
Alliant Technologies
04.2015 - 11.2016
Certify Nursing Assistance
Holy Name Friary
05.2013 - 04.2016
- Helping patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as bathing, grooming, toileting, eating, and moving
- As a restorative aid assist with ambulation and exercises
- Serving meals and helping patients eat Ensuring that patients receive appropriate nutrition can include shopping for groceries, preparing meals, and, depending on the circumstances, assisting with eating
- Lifting and moving patients safely into beds and wheelchairs and onto exam tables when they cannot do so on their own
- Turning or and repositioning of bedridden patients for comfort and to prevention bedsores
- Taking vital signs - measure of patient’s blood pressure, pulse, and temperature, and then record their findings and report them to a supervisor to determine whether action is necessary
- Report changes in resident’s post-surgical recovery such as physical condition, vital signs, and behavior to the nursing staff
- Maintaining a clean and sanitized environment which involve changing soiled sheets, cleaning up spills, changing bedpans, setting up equipment, and reducing the spread of germs and infection in the patient’s living area
- Facilitating patient care by identifying bruises, blood in urine, and other injuries and report them to medical staff who can initiate care
- Communicating with healthcare team and family members as channel between patients and nurses and physicians so that all patient issues are communicated promptly and appropriately
- Providing companionship and friendship to patient and compassion and comfort to those who are lonely, frustrated, or scared
Unified Collaboration Engineer
Alphaserve Technologies
04.2013 - 04.2015
Restorative Aide
Healthcare Center at Bloomingdale
11.2010 - 05.2013
- Restorative functions: - Maintains a clean and orderly environment, clean and disinfects equipment, maintain linen supply and obtains stock supplies, maintains safety checks of all restorative and clinic equipment, reports any and possible restorative department or resident care to the supervising Restorative nurse and physical therapist
- Personnel functions: - Maintain ongoing communication with facility supervising restorative nurse and physical therapist, assist therapist and restorative nurse with the performance of routine senior’s quality
- Administrative functions: - Adheres and follows departmental policies and procedures to establish rapport with facility department, represent the facility as directed by the supervising restorative nurse
Network Engineer
iPartners Limited
08.2011 - 03.2013
Presale Engineer
DML Internetworks
08.2008 - 07.2011
Certified Nurse Aide
Healthcare Center at Bloomingdale
01.2009 - 11.2010
- Provide intimate, hands-on healthcare activities of daily living to patients and resident including helping with bathing and dressing
- Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals
- Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor
- Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records
- Maintain work operations by following policies and procedures
- Protect organization's value by keeping patient information confidential
Education
Pure and Applied Physics
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
NigeriaBergen Community College
Paramus, NJSome College (No Degree) -
Marian College
Indianapolis, INSome College (No Degree) -
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
San Diego, CASkills
- Communication
- Operational Excellence
- Patient-centered Care
- Quality and Safety
- Medical Equipment Familiarity
Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Coreskills
Uses a wide variety of communication skills in all areas of practice., Effectively communicates information and ideas in writing., Verbally expresses ideas clearly and concisely and inspires others., Accurately and timely documents patient care., Effectively and thoroughly communicates patient status., Communicates and documents specific recommendations to health team., Possesses knowledge and understanding of assigned duties, technical skills, policies, procedures and compliance requirements to perform the essential responsibilities of the position., Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide patient care services that are safe, effective and financially responsible., Safeguards resources and adheres to all internal control procedures., Responsibly accounts for the use of resources, weighing alternatives and their benefits., Monitors resource usage and seeks ways to reduce costs and/or waste., Provides patient care, educates patients and/or health team members about various health conditions, provides advice, and may also provide emotional support to patients and family members., Demonstrates knowledge base on the health status of patients using evidence-based practices / clinical guidelines., Performs appropriate assessment techniques., Administers medications and other health therapeutics in a safe and timely manner., Effectively collaborates with other members of the health team., Influences behavior of others to facilitate the establishment and achievement of shared goals., Practices ethically and with integrity, including honesty, responsibility, credibility and the ability to use ethical considerations to guide decisions and actions; reports unethical and immoral incidents to proper authorities., Maintains privacy and confidentiality., Uses data and established quality indicators to monitor outcomes of care processes and strives to continuously improve the quality and safety of care., Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner., Provides exemplary care and shows awareness of diverse populations., Demonstrates ability to provide high quality of care to produce high quality patient outcomes., Promotes safety in the workplace and adheres to all safety laws, regulations, standards and practices., Bladder Scanner, Vital Sign machine, Commodes, Defibrillators, Feeding pump, IV Poles, Lead Aprons, Ophthalmoscopes, Oxygen Tank, Pulse Oximeters, Slide Boards, Stethoscope, Stretchers and Mattresses, Telemetry Cables/Leads, Telemetry Pack, Therapy Devices (e.g. Walkers), Vocera Devices, Wheelchairs, Glucometer, BP Cuff, EKG Machine
Timeline
Patient Technician/CNA
Morristown Medical Center
12.2022 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Saint Clare’s Hospital
05.2022 - 10.2022
Computer Specialist
OTI
04.2018 - Current
Senior Engineer
Presidio Inc
01.2016 - 09.2021
Unified Collaboration Engineer
Alliant Technologies
04.2015 - 11.2016
Certify Nursing Assistance
Holy Name Friary
05.2013 - 04.2016
Unified Collaboration Engineer
Alphaserve Technologies
04.2013 - 04.2015
Network Engineer
iPartners Limited
08.2011 - 03.2013
Restorative Aide
Healthcare Center at Bloomingdale
11.2010 - 05.2013
Certified Nurse Aide
Healthcare Center at Bloomingdale
01.2009 - 11.2010
Presale Engineer
DML Internetworks
08.2008 - 07.2011
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Pure and Applied Physics
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Bergen Community College
Some College (No Degree) -
Marian College
Some College (No Degree) -
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
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