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Odessa Valencia

Chinle,Arizona

Summary

I have 35 years experience as a health technican

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Health Technician

CCHCF
Chinle, AZ
02.2009 - Current
  • Company Overview: This is a federal job
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks, I was reassigned in Respiratory outpatient clinic during the Pandemic for one year from March 2020 to May 2021. Duties: working closely with patient's with respiratory symptoms,, triaged, report to providers; patients with low oxygen, SOB, high temp, sore throat, Identify and gather the proper PPE to don, Perform hand hygiene using hand sanitizer, Put on isolation gown, assistance my be needed by other healthcare personnel, put on approved N95 facepiece or goggle, collected test sample for COVID-19, followed other measures, verify orders, print labels, transport patients, specimens to the lab, answer phone calls.
  • Just recently on March 14, 2021, I am reassigned back to outpatient clinic as a float technician, I started out in Specialty Clinic, triaging patient for surgery clinic, kidney clinic, fracture clinic appointments, mail letters, interpret, for health care providers, I also have a new supervisor.
  • This is a federal job

Health Technician

CCHCF
Chinle, AZ
12.2010 - Current
  • My duties as a health care technician in Family Practice, Internal Medicine: Provides basic care to patients with a variety of health conditions; assists with cleaning, irrigating and dressings changes, which includes dressing wounds, performs skin care measures, assist health care providers with explaining procedures; EKG, blood sugar check, throat swabs; Records follow visit for patients returning to the clinic with their primary care providers; record vital signs, temperature, pulse, respiration, 02 sat., blood pressure, and update patient's, employee immunizations. Interpret for non english speaking patient's, provide patient education, by giving VIS to all patients, insert catheters, draw up injectable medications, record patient visit into electronic health record, make appointment for patient's, employee nursing visit appointment, answer phone calls, transfer calls, call patients into rooms, wipe down equipments, desk, table, computer, chair, scales, weigh baby, infants, child, toddler, teens, and record into EHR, obtained accucheck, HgbAlc. went for supplies, restock, label and took specimens to the lab, etc. interprets, record tests into EHR. And maintains a professional manner.
  • I provide mask fits for employees and update employee immunizations, updates for mandatories are done by Nurse Educator and Health tech, when mask fits and ppd are updated. Employee health clinics are on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in Urgent Care clinic on Tuesday and Thursday Mornings from 8:15: am - 11:15 am 11:30 am. Attended in service and meetings. Greet patients and family members, clean restock rooms, wipe equipments, recorded immunizations and print immunization records for employee's. Other duties assigned.

Employee Health Technician

Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility
Chinle, AZ
08.2010 - Current
  • I am assisting in other clinic; pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Specialty clinics, Podiatry, Surgery, Nephrology. I assist with triaging patients vital signs, interpret, transport patients, clean rooms in between patient care, perform EKG's, accucheck, fingersticks, lead, Hgb, give injections to pediatric patients, vision screen.

Health Technician

Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility
Chinle, AZ
03.2020 - Current
  • Due to the pandemic that we are facing. I have been in the respiratory clinic since March 2020, my duties are saline specimen collection for COVID test and transport to the laboratory, screen patients, asking patients if they have any symptoms, take and record vital signs. When working with COVID patients this is an area where PPE is worn at all times.

RN

Chinle IHS
Chinle, AZ
08.1991 - 02.2025
  • I work as a float health technician; I am in women's health clinic and perform a variety of task, including, preparing patients for exams, monitoring vital signs and providing support; performs EKGs; clerical tasks. updating patient's record, scheduling appointments, and ensuring proper cleaning and disposal of medical waste and used equipment; conduct routine equipment checks and reporting any malfunctions.

Health Technician

CCHCF
Chinle, AZ
08.1991 - 02.2023
  • Emergency Room duties of a Health Technician, transport specimens to the lab, assist the health care providers with interpreting, wipe down the gurney's, equipment's, wheelchairs, tables, transfer patients to other departments, throat swabs, Abbott swabs, RSV swabs, and enter into EHR, apply 02 saturation and monitor patients with call lights, watch patients that are on suicide watch, do EKG's, restock supplies, needles, gloves, specimen containers.

Nursing Assistant

Pinon Health Center
Pinon, AZ
09.2006 - 02.2009
  • Provided nursing care to assigned patients under the direction of a registered nurse in accordance with established unit policy. Shared in the responsibility of maintenance of clinical records; recorded patient vital signs; blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature; document patient education; make appointments, and record blood glucose, Assist in screening and discharging patients, wipe down gurneys, instruments, blood pressure cuffs, exam tables, IV poles, etc. Transport patients to various clinic departments, laboratory, dental, eye clinic, pharmacy, and front lobby; Shared in the responsibility for reporting observations by observing the patient's condition and reactions. Provides comfort measures as necessary. Assist health providers in examination of patients by explaining procedures; positioning, draping and assembling instruments and supplies. Performs general maintenance duties including cleaning, arranging, and restocking supplies, and sorting supplies, instruments, and equipments; count podiatry instruments after each use; washed and wrapped and autoclaved all podiatry trays for pinon clinic, I kept all podiatry instruments in clinic, make sure all of them were there, I also put into the autoclave. Assists with collection and proper care of specimens, look up results in RPMS, print results and place in chart or notify provider, made appointments; call patients into rooms, waived testing on urinalysis, rapid testing; sets up and monitor unit specific equipment, EKG machine; assisted the provider with procedures such as placing patients on EKG's and print out results and place in patient charts for the providers. Participated in the performance improvement program.

Nursing Assistant

Tsaile Health Center
Tsaile, AZ
05.2004 - 09.2006
  • Prepared and set up exam rooms, assist with positioning of patients, respect cultural belief and practices, attend in-service, meetings, continuing educations, interpreted for non-english speaking patients, performed waived testing, retrieve patient data from the computer, wash instruments, restock, wipe down exam tables and equipments, furniture with cleaning solutions, performed venipuncture to obtain specimens, label and stamp specimens and took to the lab, reported and recorded changes in patients conditions by observation, performed medical procedures by placing 12 lead EKG for providers, pulse oximetry, spirometry, reminded patients of scheduled appointment according to established screening protocols, attended mandatory in-service, participated in performance improvement studies and staff meetings, shared in the responsibility of maintenance of clinical records, maintained a courteous and professional manner in contact with patients and employees, consult with physicians, nurses on type of lab, immunizations needed, answered telephone calls and relayed messages appropriately, retrieve patient data from computer in emergency situations, assisted patient with transfer, and discharge of patients. and other duties assigned.

Nursing Assistant

CCHCF
Chinle, AZ
08.1990 - 08.2001
  • Provided patient care. Collaborates with and assists members of the health care team in collecting data for care of patients, performed routine care procedures such as performing electrocardiograms, inhalation therapy, provided patient and family teaching regarding tests, procedures, and reinforces teaching of patient and/or significant other/performed by either the nurse or physician, performed on the job training as well as, presenting informal and formal in-services to the staff. provided orientation to newly assigned staff members, assist the physician in doing specialized procedures such as lumbar puncture, collecting specimens, while providing supportive nursing care to the patient, performed laboratory test such as checking blood glucose, urine for sugar, waive testing and stool for occult blood. maintained supplies and equipment by sorting and arranging supplies in prescribe ward, assures that equipment is in functional order by cleaning, assembling, and testing diagnostic equipment, suction and drainage equipment and returning it to appropriate storage area, maintains sterile supplies by checking outdated supplies and reordering as necessary. Accompanies patients to other areas of the hospital for laboratory test, radiological procedures. Accompanied patients on ambulance transports when directed by the supervisor, call patients into rooms, discharge patients, took and recorded vital signs, assisted the nursing and medical staff in the provision of a variety of technical support duties associated with diabetic patients, interpret to the nurse/ health care providers the health problems, needs, responses of the Navajo patient, and concepts of native cultural beliefs and practices, instructed patients/family in proper use of medication and discuss possible side effects, as directed by the nurse or other primary care provider, report and record observation and facts regarding patient treatment and progress. established appropriate documentation for patient teaching and patient compliance, obtains and record patient information as assigned per unit policy, performed advanced or specialized nursing care for patients with a variety of conditions, illnesses, and injuries and utilizing universal precautions and insures a safe and, clean and orderly environment conducive to the delivery of quality care. answers phone calls, other duties assigned.

Skills

duties included working in all outpatient department as a float health technician

Timeline

Health Technician

Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility
03.2020 - Current

Health Technician

CCHCF
12.2010 - Current

Employee Health Technician

Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility
08.2010 - Current

Health Technician

CCHCF
02.2009 - Current

Nursing Assistant

Pinon Health Center
09.2006 - 02.2009

Nursing Assistant

Tsaile Health Center
05.2004 - 09.2006

RN

Chinle IHS
08.1991 - 02.2025

Health Technician

CCHCF
08.1991 - 02.2023

Nursing Assistant

CCHCF
08.1990 - 08.2001

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