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Sandra Briggs Edwards

Chester,PA

Summary

Dynamic Administrative Assistant with superior organizational skills, self-directed professional, liaison with extensive experience in fostering communication and building relationships. Skilled in team collaborating and adept at navigating changing needs to achieve results. Expertise in conflict resolution and successfully facilitated numerous cross-functional projects, ensuring seamless coordination and goal alignment and effective in the management of top organizational initiatives.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Administrative Ass./Act 153 Compliance Liaison

Swarthmore College
03.2015 - Current
  • Act 153 Processing Background checks of PA Criminal, PA Child Abuse Clearances & Fingerprinting on Staff & Volunteer Students in conjunction with Human Resource & Public Safety Departments.
  • Auditing I-9
  • Review and verification of forms in compliance with USCIS
  • Scan document from Fax machine to computer in pdf
  • FBI Cogent site, assist with fingerprinting
  • Performed administrative duties such as answering/re-directing phone calls and updating all pertaining information
  • Provide support to various Human Resource functional areas as assigned
  • Enter into Banner, Google and Nolij Web employees information
  • Public Safety – Communication Center –Answering all calls-directing information to Campus Police-Training Communication Officers
  • Scheduling Payment Codes to Volunteers for Fingerprinting on IdentoGO website
  • Run end of month reports in Excel

Certified Nursing Assistant

Advanced Nursing
08.2014 - 03.2015
  • Provide in-residence care for senior citizens and those needing additional personal assistance
  • Alzheimer/Dementia patients
  • Assist with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, eating, and using the toilet
  • Vital signs: Measure and record vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature
  • Patient needs: Monitor patients' nutritional and hydration needs, and report any changes in their condition to the care team
  • Patient concerns: Listen to and record patients' health concerns, and communicate them to nurse or doctor
  • Patient mobility: Help patients move between beds and wheelchairs, or turn or reposition them in bed
  • Patient comfort: Provide comfort and companionship for patients
  • Safety: Ensure that safety protocols and procedures are followed
  • Privacy: Follow patient privacy rules
  • Communication: Communicate with other members of the patient's healthcare team
  • Cleaning: Clean and sanitize patient areas, and clean medical supplies and equipment
  • Emergency situations: Perform immediate and temporary interventions in emergency situations


Primary Caregiver

Comfort Keepers Home Care
07.2014 - 08.2014
  • Provided in-residence care for senior citizens and those needing additional personal assistance
  • Assist with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, eating, and using the toilet
  • Vital signs: Measure and record vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature
  • Monitor patients' nutritional and hydration needs, and report any changes in their condition to the care team
  • Listen to and record patients' health concerns, and communicate them to nurses
  • Help patients move between beds and wheelchairs, or turn or reposition them in bed
  • Patient comfort: Provide comfort and companionship for patients
  • Ensure that safety protocols and procedures are followed
  • Communicate with other members of the patient's healthcare team
  • Clean and sanitize patient areas, and clean medical supplies and equipment


Administrative Secretary

Borough of West Chester, Public Works Department
02.2014 - 03.2014
  • Processed monthly payroll and time off reports for employees using FoxPro
  • Updated daily reports on Comp., Personal, Sick and Vacation Time for employees
  • Kept record of Snow Removal, Limb Removal, Recycling and Trash pickup for the Borough
  • Supported Director and other members of staff by updating office records for the department
  • Performed administrative duties such as answering and re-directing phone calls
  • Prepared borough construction work permits for distribution

Certified Nursing Assistant

Genesis Health Care-Chestnut Ridge
03.2012 - 01.2014
  • Provided personal assistance for 25 residents in the Dementia/ Alzheimer Unit
  • Documented incidents of injury and maintained patient confidentiality
  • Reported maintenance issues when observed throughout the building
  • Conducted inventory of Unit supplies and restocked when needed
  • Assist in Hospice care

Administrative Secretary

Crozer Chester Medical Center, Environmental Services
04.2006 - 12.2009
  • Managed inventory and expenses for the department
  • Purchased all Environmental Services’ cleaning products using Pathway ordering system
  • Compiled monthly reports of linen usage with Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Recorded all removal of hazardous and bio waste consistent with disposal regulations
  • Assigned duties to cleaning staff in the absence of managers when needed
  • Received, reviewed, and distributed mail for the department daily

Ticket Agent

Edens Corporation (SEPTA)
08.1996 - 08.2005
  • Provided customer service to Metro Line customers
  • Answered questions pertaining to SEPTA routes and sold tickets based on customer requests

Education

Computer Tech (Building Computer Keyboard) - Building Computer Keyboard

St. Catherine’s Girls High School
Trinidad & Tobago
02.1970

Skills

  • Excellent Organizational Skills
  • Strong Customer Relations Skills
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Data Entry
  • Correspondence/Dictation
  • Database Management
  • Manual Form Development
  • Time Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Word Perfect
  • Invision
  • McKesson/Pathway
  • Cogent Fingerprinting
  • Google-Banner/Excel
  • Understanding Alzheimer/Dementia
  • End of Life Care Training
  • Telephone Answering, 12-Line System
  • Word Processing and Typing
  • 10-Key Calculator
  • Filing
  • Accounting, Payroll, & Auditing
  • Typing 50 WPM
  • Establish and Rearrange Priorities
  • Excellent Oral & Written Communication
  • Lotus 1-2-3
  • DOS
  • Sprocket
  • HSS Horizon Supply/InfoPath
  • Auditing I-9 Forms
  • Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD)
  • Caring for the Elderly
  • Run Background Clearances
  • Secretarial/Receptionist
  • Human Resource
  • Resolving Conflicts

Certification

  • Public Safety Telecommunicator 1
  • Certified Nursing Assistant (Commonwealth of PA), 2012-Presently
  • First Aid CPR AED, American Heart Association, 2012-Presently
  • Certificate of Completion: Medical Coding, Chester Crozer Medical Center, 2009
  • Certificate of Completion: Medical Terminology and Coding, Neumann College, 2009
  • Management Training, Chester Crozer Medical Center, 2009
  • Certificate of Completion: Computer Literacy, Microsoft Word & Excel, Delaware County Literacy Council, 2003
  • Certificate of Completion: Lotus 1-2-3, John S. Donaldson Technical Institute
  • Certificate of Completion: Computer Database/Programming, School of Business & Computer Science
  • Basic Computer Programming Training, International Corresponding School
  • Certificate of Completion: Computer Literacy, Modern Business School
  • Certificate of Completion: Receptionist Training, Shirley Business Academy
  • National Nurse Aid Assessment Program (NNAAP) of Pennsylvania

Timeline

Administrative Ass./Act 153 Compliance Liaison

Swarthmore College
03.2015 - Current

Certified Nursing Assistant

Advanced Nursing
08.2014 - 03.2015

Primary Caregiver

Comfort Keepers Home Care
07.2014 - 08.2014

Administrative Secretary

Borough of West Chester, Public Works Department
02.2014 - 03.2014

Certified Nursing Assistant

Genesis Health Care-Chestnut Ridge
03.2012 - 01.2014

Administrative Secretary

Crozer Chester Medical Center, Environmental Services
04.2006 - 12.2009

Ticket Agent

Edens Corporation (SEPTA)
08.1996 - 08.2005

Computer Tech (Building Computer Keyboard) - Building Computer Keyboard

St. Catherine’s Girls High School

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