Tanya Lynn Terrell
Levittown,PA
Summary
Personal Care Aide experienced in assisting clients with mental impairments or physical limitations to manage everyday tasks. Skilled in geriatric care and providing companionship and direct assistance to cognitively impaired clients. Offering 11 years of expertise providing in-home care. Complete domestic duties, help patients with self-care and hygiene and provide companionship. Experienced working with children and elderly, with skill anticipating and proactively addressing client needs. Friendly and engaging with strong attention to detail. Knowledgeable about safe patient ambulation, personal grooming assistance and housekeeping. Devoted to patient physical comfort and emotional support.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Care Aide
Statesman Health & Rehab Center
Levittown, PA
03.2022 - Current
- Maintained clean, safe and well-organized patient environment.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing and toileting patients.
- Cleaned rooms, ran errands, and managed laundry.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care .
- Developed rapport to create safe and trusting environment for care.
- Accompanied clients to medical appointments.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
- Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
Home Care Aide
HOLY REDEEMER HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA, PA
07.2011 - Current
- Services
- Provide private duty care in home, hospice and in a healthcare environment with daily written reports
- Promote client health and safety while assisting with daily living activities
- Assist with personal, physical, emotional and financial care
- Correspondence, scheduling appointments and flight arrangements
- Transport to appointments, shopping, dining out and visiting
- Provide nurturing support and assistance for client and client’s family
- Offer companionship and socialization for home-bound clients
Crossing Guard
City Of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
08.2019 - 03.2022
- Instructed children to safely cross streets using crosswalk and watching traffic lights.
- Discouraged children from behaving unsafely near traffic to reduce injuries and accidents.
- Used signs, hand signals and flags to control car and foot traffic conditions.
- Withstood adverse environmental conditions.
- Interrupted traffic to allow students, parents and other pedestrians to safely cross streets.
- Assisted people with special needs to cross street safely.
- Directed traffic to stop so pedestrians could walk across street.
- Developed key relationships with both adults and children through effective communication and purposeful engagement.
- Instructed student and pedestrians about crossing and traffic rules.
Executive Church Secretary/Administrator
SECOND PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
PHILADELPHIA, PA
03.2003 - 09.2010
- Execute daily operations of Church
- Schedule ministers for worship services
- Implement forms, policies and procedures
- Maintain weekly contribution computer program
- Create and print weekly Worship Guides, programs, brochures, flyers, business cards, newsletters, banners, posters, tickets, media covers, etc
- Provide clerical support to SPBC ministries, liaison between Church and Head Start Program, and other church ministries and organizations
- Developed 2005 Website
- Order office/church supplies and maintenance equipment
- Correspondence: send and receive
- Other skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher
Receptionist/Secretary
BETTY THE CATERER
PHILADELPHIA, PA
08.2002 - 01.2004
- Answer telephones
- Complete initial order intake sheet
- Compile and copy week order packets for staff and kitchen
- Type contracts, proposals, and weekly correspondence
- Prepare perspective client packages
- Liaison between wait supervisor, owner and wait staff
- Take and database bulk holiday orders
- Correspondence: compile and mail
- Errands: post office, banking, etc.
International Marketing Mail Clerk
ELSEVIER SCIENCE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
05.2002 - 06.2003
- Compile and distribute internationally and locally medical marketing materials: books, newsletters, direct mail pieces, marketing pieces (i.e
- Posters), etc
- Provide needed materials for book expos, grand openings such as posters, tabletop pieces, shelf hangers, additional flyers and books
- Maintain database of mail distributions and companies
- Act as liaison between Philadelphia office and international bookstore, universities, and individuals.
Administrative Assistant II, Receptionist
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Temple University
PHILADELPHIA, PA
03.1986 - 04.2002
- Temple Children’s Medical Center, Departments, and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Department:
- IDX Billing and Scheduling
- Supervise
- Schedule inpatients and newborns
- Schedule office appointments initial and follow-up visits
- Schedule surgical procedures, initial appointments, follow-up and post-operative visits
- Assist with budget preparation and completion
- Established and maintain patient files format and storage procedures
- Correspondence – medical reports, memos, letters, etc
- Fax, copy, dictation
Education
Disaster Relief Chaplaincy Training -
Southern Baptist/North American Missions Board
Business Administration
Temple University
High School Diploma - Printing, Technical Typing I
Murrell Dobbins A.V.T.S
Home Health Aide Certificate
Holy Redeemer Support Service
Philadelphia, PA06.2011
Associates Degree - Criminal Justice
Katharine Gibbs School
11.2005
Skills
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Liaison between other departments, agencies, doctor’s office, insurance companies and patients
- Managed hearing aid program: ordering, cataloging, accounting, stock additional sales supplies, correspondence, shipping and handing
- Attentive to People
- Service Documentation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Needs Assessment
Timeline
Personal Care Aide
Statesman Health & Rehab Center
03.2022 - Current
Crossing Guard
City Of Philadelphia
08.2019 - 03.2022
Home Care Aide
HOLY REDEEMER HOSPITAL
07.2011 - Current
Executive Church Secretary/Administrator
SECOND PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
03.2003 - 09.2010
Receptionist/Secretary
BETTY THE CATERER
08.2002 - 01.2004
International Marketing Mail Clerk
ELSEVIER SCIENCE
05.2002 - 06.2003
Administrative Assistant II, Receptionist
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Temple University
03.1986 - 04.2002
Disaster Relief Chaplaincy Training -
Southern Baptist/North American Missions Board
Business Administration
Temple University
High School Diploma - Printing, Technical Typing I
Murrell Dobbins A.V.T.S
Home Health Aide Certificate
Holy Redeemer Support Service
Associates Degree - Criminal Justice
Katharine Gibbs School
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