TANAJA MITCHELL
Brockport,NY
Summary
Dedicated Resident Care Aide with a strong focus on compassionate caregiving, vital signs monitoring, and patient care. Committed to enhancing residents' emotional well-being while ensuring adherence to safety protocols.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Resident Care Aide
Pegasus Senior Living
Brockport, NY
08.2020 - Current
- Provided compassionate personal care to residents, ensuring comfort and dignity in daily activities.
- Assisted with medication administration, adhering to safety protocols and guidelines.
- Monitored residents' health status, reporting changes to nursing staff for timely interventions.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to create and implement individualized care plans.
- Developed strong relationships with residents, enhancing their emotional well-being and social interaction.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Monitored patient responses to medications, documenting observations for healthcare team review.
- Trained new staff on medication administration protocols and best practices for patient care.
- Monitored medication storage area to maintain medication security and control.
- Mentored new hires, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development within the team.
Caregiver
St Anns
WEBSTER NY
05.2018 - 09.2020
- Provided compassionate support to clients in daily living activities and personal care tasks.
- Assisted healthcare professionals in monitoring patient conditions and reporting changes effectively.
- Trained new staff on best practices for patient care and emergency response procedures.
- Streamlined documentation processes, ensuring accuracy in client records and compliance with regulations.
- Managed challenging behaviors effectively using de-escalation techniques, ensuring the safety of all parties involved.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Helped patients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, and automobiles.
- Maintained a clean and safe environment for patients by following infection control protocols and conducting regular safety checks.
- Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
Education
High School Diploma -
WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL
Rochester, NY06-2010
Skills
- Compassionate caregiving
- Bathing assistance
- Housekeeping tasks
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Dementia care
- Infection control
- Mobility assistance
- Memory care
- Patient assistance
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
- HHA - Home Health Aide
- CPCT/A - Patient Care Technician/Assistant
Timeline
Resident Care Aide
Pegasus Senior Living
08.2020 - Current
Caregiver
St Anns
05.2018 - 09.2020
High School Diploma -
WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL