Rebecca Cardenas
SAN ANTONIO,TX
Summary
Compassionate caregiver and healthcare coordinator with experience in patient support, medication and supply coordination, and accounts payable. Skilled in providing hands-on care, coordinating with healthcare providers, processing invoices, data entry, and account reconciliation. Reliable, organized, and detail-oriented with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Assistant / Caregiver / Patient Sitter
Self-Employed
San Antonio, Texas
03.2013 - Current
- Provide comprehensive personal care and daily support to a medically complex client, ensuring comfort, safety, hygiene, and overall well-being.
- Advocate for the client's comfort, safety, dignity, and daily needs while providing compassionate one-on-one care.
- Monitor the client's condition and communicate changes or concerns to hospice and appropriate caregivers.
- Monitor and report concerns involving medical equipment, including the Hoyer lift and BIPAP machine, and communicate with hospice regarding equipment issues and changes in the client's needs.
- Ensured safe transportation of the client to the dining room for meals by collaborating with facility caregivers.
- Provide hands-on feeding assistance and individualized support during meals.
- Provide personal grooming, including shaving, haircuts, and general hygiene care.
- Coordinate and order prescribed medications and essential medical and personal-care supplies.
Caregiver
Home Instead Senior Care
San Antonio, Texas
03.2013 - 11.2014
- Delivered personal care assistance, ensuring clients' dignity and comfort during bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, shaving, eating, and mobility.
- Assisted elderly clients with activities of daily living, providing compassionate and individualized support.
- Assisted clients with safe transfers and mobility, including moving between beds, baths, wheelchairs, and vehicles.
- Provided companionship and participated in activities with clients to promote social engagement and emotional well-being.
- Prepared nutritious meals and snacks according to client's needs and preference.
- Ensured clean, safe, and comfortable environment for clients, fostering a sense of security and well-being.
- Managed light housekeeping and sanitation of clients' rooms, bathrooms, and common areas, contributing to overall cleanliness and hygiene.
- Performed household tasks including laundry, changing bed linens, cleaning, shopping, errands, and transportation.
- Followed and supported individualized client care plans while addressing each client's daily needs.
Accounts Payable Clerk
HVHC (VISIONWORKS)
San Antonio, Texas
09.2006 - 04.2012
- Resolved vendor inquiries on accounts payable and payment-related issues to ensure timely payments.
- Coded invoices and obtained and verified required departmental approvals.
- Entered invoices accurately into the accounting system.
- Assisted in preparing monthly accruals and reconciling accounts to maintain accurate financial records.
- Matched and released domestic and import freight invoices.
- Processed daily incoming mail, date-stamped documents, and organized invoices for processing.
- Prepared import frames and wire transfers for approval.
- Reclassified wire transactions and accurately recorded entries.
Education
High School Diploma -
Blessed Sacrament Academy
San Antonio, TX01-1994
Skills
- Patient care support
- Patient advocacy
- Communication
- Organization
- Time Management
- Medical Equipment Coordination
- Medication & Supply Coordination
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Data entry
- Accounts Payable
- Account reconciliation
Timeline
Personal Assistant / Caregiver / Patient Sitter
Self-Employed
03.2013 - Current
Caregiver
Home Instead Senior Care
03.2013 - 11.2014
Accounts Payable Clerk
HVHC (VISIONWORKS)
09.2006 - 04.2012
High School Diploma -
Blessed Sacrament Academy