Tonoa F. Jackson
Stafford,VA
Summary
Motivated and reliable Certified Nursing Assistant with 20+ years of experience providing outstanding healthcare services. Conducts ongoing observations of physical and behavioral concerns. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, creative, seeking a role with increased responsibility. Continuing to prevent and/or control infections provides a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for patients. Possess Schedule 'A' letter. Empathetic and knowledgeable health technician with many years of experience using advanced interpersonal and technical skills. Enthusiastic team player, driven to achieve exceptional patient outcomes.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Health Technician
Childrens' National Hospital
04.2024 - Current
- Evaluate and attend to students visiting the health suite; provide emergency and routine health care and/or first aid, administer medications (through a needle, rectal, oral or topical routes) adhering to District procedures, and perform delegated medical procedures
- Contact parents and managers as needed
- Collaborate with school administration and nurses when calling 911
- Maintain health office records, and health certificates, immunizations, medications, vision and hearing results and referrals, health, accident and injury records
- Coordinate student health needs between teachers, nurses, and parents
- Maintain the health suite cleanliness, take inventory, and order health suite supplies, and equipment needed
- Prepare medications for all school trips
- Coordinate with AOM on time of administration
- Maintain health records, coordinate screenings, and provide health services to students as needed
- Gathering data, type reports, and letters (i.e immunizations, health certificates, oral certificates when records are missing
- Attend required training classes and Health Technician meetings
- Complete online professional development course work as required
- Conduct vision and hearing screening
- Assist with planning and preparation as well as participation, follow up on all referrals
- Assist in notifying parents of immunization and exemption requirements
- Collect immunizations records and enter into electronic records
- Perform other duties as required
Technician Assistant
Medical Imaging North Stafford
11.2020 - Current
- Ensures that prep rooms are clean and well stocked
- CT and MRI scanning rooms are stocked and clean
- Contrast warmer temperatures checked and recorded
- Istat refrigerator temperature checked and recorded
- Ensure rooms are stocked with linen and necessary supplies
- Identifies procedures to be performed, and understands patient history and its significance
- Verify the patient's age, name and date of birth
- Ensures MD's order, lab results, if needed are available
- Filling out CT and MRI information sheets with relevant clinical history using ICD-10 guidelines
- Utilization of Universal precautions
- Becoming proficient at starting IV's and choosing the right size angiocath for the CT or MRI exam
- Proficiency in performing Istat creatinine values
- Completing and getting Pregnancy forms signed for females 11-50 years
- Completing Metformin Hydrochloride Patient Discharge Instruction Sheet
- Getting signatures on Authorization to Release Confidential Medical Information for patients needing CD's and Reports
- Prepares CT and MRI scan table for appropriate procedure
- Check prescription for appropriateness, and prepare IV supplies for technologists
- Check for allergies to Iodine, Gadivast, and Clariscan contrast
- Position skills for placement on table correctly on examination table, so unwanted objects/parts from area of interest
- Advance table into the scanner
- Recognizes table weight limit
- Maintain confirmation calls 1 to 2 days in advance
- Ability to navigate Epic system when confirmation call screen document
- Explain procedure and prep for procedure, arrival time, and facility
- Access lab values EPIC, or Labcorp
- Recognize discrepancies in orders and makes queries from Technologist or Radiologist
- Call MD's office to get clarification when necessary and have orders modified if needed
Nurses' Assistant
Public Partnership LLC
Glen Allen, VA
10.2016 - 06.2019
- Administered prescription medication as directed by the physician
- Assist clients with medical and personal care
- Manage and schedule appointments for weekly physician appointments
- Prepare meals in accordance with dietary needs
- Assist with diabetic maintenance counseling
Church Clerk
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Stafford, VA
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Recorded and archived minutes of meetings & correspondence
- Recorded monetary donations and provide receipts to donors
- Picked-up and disseminated mail to appropriate ministries
- Update church documents
- Presented announcements and updates to the congregation each Sunday
- Placed articles/ announcement in local newspaper
Nurses Assistant
Sencura Home Health, LLC
04.2018 - 09.2018
- Administered oral prescription medication as directed by physician
- Assisted clients with medical and personal care
- Scheduled appointments
- Prepared daily meals in accordance with dietary needs
- Assisted with daily diabetic maintenance counseling
Certified Nurse's Assistant
Visiting Angels, Inc.
Fredericksburg, VA
05.2010 - 02.2016
- Provided patients with physical assistance and social and emotional support to ensure therapeutic healing
- Observed and documented patient physical and emotional symptoms as required per care plan
- Provided wound care with normal saline and apply ointment with gauze and wrapped with cling dressing/support bandage
- Followed-up with physical therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathologist and oral medications for residents
- Ensured that patient areas were clean and sanitized with disinfectant, ie Lysol/Clorox bleach
- This helped with control and prevention of infections
- Prepare/assist with 20 meals per week as needed
Unit Secretary and Nursing Care Partner
Sentará Northern Virginia Medical
06.2006 - 04.2012
- Company Overview: formerly Potomac Hospital
- Manage billing, medical coding, directing of phone calls to proper recipients'; and faxed documents in support of Infusion Center
- Created and managed filing system, assisting in files located in a timely manner
- Prepared routine correspondence in response to patient inquiries
- Entered physician orders and charges for provided, and reconciled supplies used for intravenous therapy into the computer system
- Data entry for billing for services rendered, in the computer through AS400 system
- Performed data entry using the Epic Electronic Health Record System
- Checked-in clients and visitors
- Maintained billing for accounts receivable, corrected discrepancies, obtained authorization for prepayment
- Updated medical record and retrieval system
- Coordinated with admitting/authorization staff in completion of pre-admission processing of patients
- Performed glucose testing, recorded the finding of blood glucose levels and electrocardiograms (EKG) as ordered by physician
- Monitored patients' blood pressure, pulse and temperature
- Ordered and maintained office supplies
- Formerly Potomac Hospital
Care Team Technician
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Fall Church, VA
12.2004 - 06.2006
- Provided assistance to radiologists in the Ultrasound and Invasive Department
- Prepared exam room for procedures: cyst aspiration, liver, renal and thyroid biopsies, paracentesis and thoracentesis
- Data entry of physicians' orders into the IDX computer system of INOVA Health Care System
- Sterile trays setup, ultrasound machine, vital sign machine, and laboratory vials needed for pathology prior to invasive procedures
- Monitor patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse during procedures
- Coordinate procedures with the Anesthesia and Transplant and pediatric radiology teams, for any invasive procedures done by ultrasound
- Received training for the placement of intravenous catheters and Foley Catheters
- Assisted support with physicians while performing patient allergy testing in the exam room
- Administered allergy injections to each of patients
- Answered routine phone calls and scheduled appointments
- Verified payments with insurance carriers for claims to be paid
- Prepared statements for the current billing cycle
- Made daily bank deposits
Education
Business Administration -
Northern Community College
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- Nurse's assistant
- Medication Administration
- CPR
- Intravenous and Foley catheterization training
- Electronic health records
- Health screenings
- Medication administration
- Health record management
- Patient assessment
- Data entry
- Customer service
- Clinical documentation
- Therapy documentation
References
References upon Request
Timeline
Student Health Technician
Childrens' National Hospital
04.2024 - Current
Technician Assistant
Medical Imaging North Stafford
11.2020 - Current
Nurses Assistant
Sencura Home Health, LLC
04.2018 - 09.2018
Nurses' Assistant
Public Partnership LLC
10.2016 - 06.2019
Church Clerk
Oak Grove Baptist Church
01.2013 - 01.2019
Certified Nurse's Assistant
Visiting Angels, Inc.
05.2010 - 02.2016
Unit Secretary and Nursing Care Partner
Sentará Northern Virginia Medical
06.2006 - 04.2012
Care Team Technician
Inova Fairfax Hospital
12.2004 - 06.2006
Business Administration -
Northern Community College
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