Miata Simmons
Chicago,IL
Summary
Experienced Healthcare Coordinator skilled in providing comprehensive patient care, including checkups, medication reminders, and lifestyle interviews. Proficient in documenting changes in patients' health and identifying concerning changes in their condition. Recognized as a detail-oriented team player with exceptional organizational skills. Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously with high accuracy. Seeking a full-time position that offers professional challenges and utilizes interpersonal skills, time management, and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgical Technologist
UI Health
Chicago, IL
09.2023 - 08.2024
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools
- Maintained high infection control standards
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines
Surgical Technologist Student
Clinicals
Chicago, IL
11.2022 - 08.2023
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons
- Handled and prepared specimens for laboratory analysis to provide surgeons with relevant information
- Positioned patients and set up drapes to create comfortable surgical environment for patients
- Maintained records to document patient medical history and surgical procedure notes
Surgical Technologist Student
Midwestern Career College
Chicago, IL
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons
- Handled and prepared specimens for laboratory analysis to provide surgeons with relevant information
- Positioned patients and set up drapes to create comfortable surgical environment for patients
- Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures
- Cleaned and maintained operating equipment to keep resources in good working condition and ready for use
- Prepared sterile solutions to support surgical processes and helped physicians scrub in for procedures
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction
- Reduced infection risks and protected patients by maintaining sterile fields during procedures
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools
Patient Transporter
Cook County Health & Hospitals System
Chicago, IL
05.2021 - 08.2023
- Assisting patients or lifting patients into wheelchairs or stretchers
- Transporting patients to various locations in the hospital for medical procedures
- Offering support, encouragement, and solace to patients
- Ensuring patients are comfortable and safe during transit
- Monitoring the scheduling system for transport requests and completing them promptly
- Delivering laboratory specimens, medical equipment, supplies, and mail
- Complying with health, safety, and sanitation regulations
- Maintaining accurate daily logs
- Providing information and directions to patients and visitors
Donor Center Technician
Grifols
Maywood, IL
08.2019 - 05.2021
- Conducts pre-donation medical screening in accordance with established guidelines
- Determines Hematocrit (HCT) and Protein via finger stick and use of the hematomas and refractometer
- Promotes customer satisfaction through appropriate interaction and responsiveness to customer needs
- Assesses donor suitability and engages in set-up, monitor, and disconnect procedures of the plasmapheresis machine and donors
- Provides appropriate feedback to ineligible donor candidates
- Ensures all donor screening information is complete and accurate prior to donation
- Ensures donor confidentiality
- Effectively communicates donor medical information to Medical Staff
Care Manager
Sunrise Senior Living
Chicago, IL
03.2018 - 09.2019
- Assist residents with AD'S, assist with breakfast and lunch, toilet and shower residents and also assists with doing residents laundry
- Provides services in the dining room, plating food and serving it and also serving drinks and picking up dishes when residents were done eating
Caregiver
Custom Home Care
Chicago, IL
04.2017 - 03.2018
- Goes into clients home and assisted them with different needs such as, cooking, cleaning and doing laundry
Caregiver
Autumn leaves assisted living
Arlington Heights, IL
09.2016 - 05.2017
- Assist residents with ADL'S, assist with breakfast and lunch, toilet and shower residents and also assists with doing residents laundry
Caregiver
Eve Assisted Living
Hinsdale, IL
02.2015 - 09.2016
- Assist residents with ADL'S, assist with breakfast and lunch, toilet and shower residents and also assists with doing residents laundry
- Kept the residents engaged with doing activities throughout the shift
Caregiver
Community care systems inc
Chicago, IL
06.2013 - 02.2015
- Went into clients home and assisted them with different needs such as, cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry
- Ran errands as needed
- Escorted to doctor appointment
Education
Associate Degree - Applied Science
Midwestern Career College
Chicago, IL08.2023
Farragut High School -
Farragut High School
Chicago, ILSkills
Senior care
- Cleaning
- Caregiving
- Heavy lifting
- Hospital experience
- Vital signs
- Patient care
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Medical office experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Budgeting
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Analysis skills
- Administrative experience
- Hospice care
- Care plans
- Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS)
- Health Information Systems
- Workflow Coordination
- Healthcare Software Knowledge
- Interdepartmental Coordination
- Patient Care Assessment
- Healthy meal preparation
- Care Delivery
- Patient Care Coordination
- Healthcare management
- Healthcare administration
- Electronic Health Records Management
- Health Education
Certification
- CPR Certification
- BLS Certification
- Driver's License
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
UI Health
09.2023 - 08.2024
Surgical Technologist Student
Clinicals
11.2022 - 08.2023
Surgical Technologist Student
Midwestern Career College
01.2022 - 08.2023
Patient Transporter
Cook County Health & Hospitals System
05.2021 - 08.2023
Donor Center Technician
Grifols
08.2019 - 05.2021
Care Manager
Sunrise Senior Living
03.2018 - 09.2019
Caregiver
Custom Home Care
04.2017 - 03.2018
Caregiver
Autumn leaves assisted living
09.2016 - 05.2017
Caregiver
Eve Assisted Living
02.2015 - 09.2016
Caregiver
Community care systems inc
06.2013 - 02.2015
Farragut High School -
Farragut High School
Associate Degree - Applied Science
Midwestern Career College