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Michael Chamness

Canistota

Summary

Offering strong foundation of empathy and commitment to patient care, eager to learn and grow in healthcare setting. Brings understanding of patient care guidelines and basic healthcare procedures, combined with skills in communication and teamwork. Ready to use and develop patient care and clinical assistance skills in Medication Assistant - Day shift role.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Traveler CNA / CMA

Interim HealthCare
10.2022 - Current
  • To manage travel contracts and meet facilities needs based on the contract taken - I mostly stuck with MA and overnight contracts.
  • Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to nurse.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, and ambulation.
  • Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared living areas, and nursing stations.
  • Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous, efficient facetime, calls, and window visits.
  • Passed medication during specified times and monitored different intakes.
  • Educated patients about medications, procedures, and physician's instructions.

Course Manager

Hunters Pointe Shooting Complex
05.2010 - Current
  • Perform sales floor work, such as greeting or assisting customers, stocking facilities, machines, or taking inventory.
  • Manage the movement of goods into and out of trucks and warehouses.
  • Managing safety and being RSO on different ranges.
  • Organizing corporate events and working with different groups for catering and seating required for events.
  • Checking out customers and up-selling memberships.
  • Helping customers with problems and malfunctions to improve overall customer experience.
  • Keeping the grounds and facilities clean and picked up for good customer impressions and experiences.
  • Maintenance and support of website and Facebook community outlook.
  • Facilitated seamless transitions between seasons by overseeing the timely running of the website, bookings, and hunts.

CNA Float Pool

Avantara
04.2022 - 10.2022

Overnight Float Pool Traveler 1830 - 0630


  • Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to nurse.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, and ambulation.
  • Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared living areas, and nursing stations.
  • Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous, efficient facetime, calls, and window visits.


Weekend Overnight CNA

Good Samaritan Society
05.2021 - 03.2022

Overnight CNA duties from 1715 to 0630.


  • Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to care team.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, and ambulation.
  • Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared living areas, and nursing stations.

CMA

Avera Prince Of Peace
01.2021 - 07.2021

Overnight CNA and CMA job duties from 7:30 pm to 7:30 am.


  • Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to nurse.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, and ambulation.
  • Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared living areas, and nursing stations. Completed laundry and other cleaning duties during the night.
  • Passed medication during specified times and monitored different intakes. Educated patients about medications, procedures, and physician's instructions. Took blood sugars after meals and right in the mornings.

CNA / CMA

Good Samaritan Society
10.2019 - 01.2021
  • Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to care team.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, and ambulation.
  • Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared living areas, and nursing stations.
  • Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous, efficient facetime, calls, and window visits.
  • Passed medication during specified times and monitored different intakes.
  • Educated patients about medications, procedures, and physician's instructions.

Regional Director

Learn Create Build Academy
08.2015 - 05.2017
  • Use computers for various applications for the Monday - Friday workday and setting up 90 computers for kids for weekend camps for the programs that would be used.
  • Perform payroll functions, such as maintaining time keeping information and processing and submitting payroll for employees and any reimbursement.
  • Call different colleges throughout South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and North Dakota to reserve classrooms and make sure proper setups would be in the classrooms.
  • Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as attendance records, correspondence, or other material for employees and any curriculum used at the camp.
  • Scheduling and filling all shifts and adjustments needed for sick or employees that had a last-minute scheduling problem.
  • Traveling to different locations and hosting camps for kids.
    Compose, type, and distribute meeting notes, routine correspondence, or reports, such as presentations or expense, statistical, or monthly reports from camps and employees
    suggestions.
  • Arrange conference, meeting, or travel reservations for different teachers at different locations.
  • Provide services to customers, such as order placement or account information.
  • Order and dispense supplies as needed
  • Train and assist staff with computer programs and the different curriculum that would be used at camps.

Customer Support Manager

STEM Fuse
02.2013 - 08.2015
  • Confer with customers by telephone or in-person to provide information about products or services, take or enter orders, cancel accounts, or obtain details of complaints.
  • Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions are taken.
  • Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.
  • Contact customers to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments.
  • Run all customer support and customer interactions and direct the problems to different departments if fixes were needed.

Education

No Degree - Education

Dakota State University
Madison

High School Diploma -

Roosevelt High School
Sioux Falls, SD
05.2012

Skills

  • Time management
  • Medication administration
  • Patient care
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Electronic charting

Certification

  • BLS National CPR Foundation Expires 10/07/2026
  • CNA License A050669 Renews 11/27/2025
  • CMA License M009469 Renews 06/04/2026

Timeline

Traveler CNA / CMA

Interim HealthCare
10.2022 - Current

CNA Float Pool

Avantara
04.2022 - 10.2022

Weekend Overnight CNA

Good Samaritan Society
05.2021 - 03.2022

CMA

Avera Prince Of Peace
01.2021 - 07.2021

CNA / CMA

Good Samaritan Society
10.2019 - 01.2021

Regional Director

Learn Create Build Academy
08.2015 - 05.2017

Customer Support Manager

STEM Fuse
02.2013 - 08.2015

Course Manager

Hunters Pointe Shooting Complex
05.2010 - Current

No Degree - Education

Dakota State University

High School Diploma -

Roosevelt High School
  • BLS National CPR Foundation Expires 10/07/2026
  • CNA License A050669 Renews 11/27/2025
  • CMA License M009469 Renews 06/04/2026
Michael Chamness