Yahaira Castro
Naugatuck
Summary
Compassionate healthcare professional with a focus on patient care, highly productive in fast-paced environments and proficient at completing tasks efficiently. Specialized skills include vital signs monitoring, patient hygiene assistance, and assisting with medication if needed. Excel in communication, empathy, and teamwork, ensuring optimal patient comfort and support.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
River Glen Health Care Center
Southbury
05.2025 - Current
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal hygiene.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff.
- Provided emotional support and companionship to residents.
- Documented patient care activities in electronic health records.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety of resident living areas.
- Assisted in mobility and transportation of residents within the facility.
- Answered call lights promptly and responded to patient needs accordingly.
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, and dressing.
- Observed and reported unusual symptoms and changes to charge nurse.
- Served meals to patients in their rooms and assisted with feeding when needed.
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing, and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.
- Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers.
- Assisted with ambulation of patients utilizing appropriate equipment safely.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Margaret Newell
Naugatuck
10.2024 - Current
- Work more as a private Home Health Aide.
- Start morning routine.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety of resident living areas.
- Provided emotional support and companionship to residents.
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal hygiene.
- Assisted in mobility with her walker and transportation to appointments, food shopping, beauty salon etc.
- Distributed drinking water and nourishment to residents.
- Performed housekeeping duties such as changing linens and cleaning bathrooms when necessary.
- Supported non-ambulatory residents in range of motion exercises.
CNA
Complete Care @ Glendale
Naugatuck
11.2023 - 10.2024
- Ensured residents overall appearance reflects good personal hygiene and appropriate dress.
- Ensured the residents living environment is neat, clean, and well- organized.
- Ensured optimal nutrition and hydration of the resident by assisting in feeding as per care plan.
- Accurately documented residents Height/Weights, Vital signs and important data as directed by unit routine.
- Report changes in resident’s status to staff nurse or nurse manager.
- Accurately identified resident/environmental/ personal belongings.
- Initiate the admissions process by greeting the residents and family members, oriented to the room and assist with vital signs, weight, making them feel comfortable and get their toiletries in room.
Receptionist
Patel, Brimal, B, MD
Naugatuck
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Answered multi- phone lines while registering patient to be seen at office.
- Calling patients to schedule and remind them of their Appts.
- Taking patients to assigned room and taking vital signs and height/weights, and going over medication list is up to date.
- Calling Medicare patients for Health Eval.
- Send, Receive and Organized faxes and mails.
Temp Call Center Operator
Companion and Homemakers
Farmington
12.2021 - 12.2022
- Answer phones and make appts to multiple clinics and urgent cares.
- Helping patient by assigning them where to get best care.
- Making sure patients demographics and insurances are correct and active before appts were made and confirmed.
Patient Access Representative
Union Community Health Center
Bronx
02.2016 - 04.2020
- Prioritize, Organized, Multi- Task, and possess routine office skills suck=h as copier/fax use, web-based verification tools.
- Registration and financially related data collection when a patient arrives at the facility.
- Maintain a thorough knowledge of all insurance requirements.
- Ensures each patient completes HIPAA acknowledgements and offer Financial Assistance information.
- Assures clinic compliance with Medicare Secondary Payor (MSP), HIPAA privacy Standards, Patient Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, Consent to Treat.
Education
CNA Certification and License -
Northeast Medical Institute
Middlebury, CTG.E.D -
Drake Business School of Astoria
Skills
- Nursing Assistant
- Patient Care and Safety
- Medical Terminology
- Vital Signs
- Patient Monitoring
- Home Health Aide
- Maintaining Clean and well-organized environment
- Grooming
- Feeding
- Companionship
References
Available Upon Request
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
River Glen Health Care Center
05.2025 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Margaret Newell
10.2024 - Current
CNA
Complete Care @ Glendale
11.2023 - 10.2024
Temp Call Center Operator
Companion and Homemakers
12.2021 - 12.2022
Receptionist
Patel, Brimal, B, MD
02.2021 - 06.2023
Patient Access Representative
Union Community Health Center
02.2016 - 04.2020
CNA Certification and License -
Northeast Medical Institute
G.E.D -
Drake Business School of Astoria