Provides and documents care to patients in the Emergency Department under the direction of the RN, to ensure a safe, comfortable and confidential environment. - Performs various duties with autonomy: physical assessment, vital signs, wound care, EKG, splinting, airway management, assisting in sterile procedures, and monitoring patients for life-threatening symptoms. - Participates as a team member to facilitate appropriate care to all patients. - Utilize Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) de-escalation techniques to calm patients, ensuring overall safety. - Proficient in role of Unit Secretary as needed, including physician paging, inter-facility transfers, Windows computer skills, and knowledge of various office duties.

Oversee daily operations of patient safety for the unit, minimizing risks and potential harm to all patients and staff. - Remove all potentially harmful objects from patient surroundings, providing patient care under nurse supervision. - Utilize Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) de-escalation techniques to calm patients, ensuring overall safety. - Therapeutic communication with psychiatric patients and prioritization of safety management, evaluating risks of self-harm and harm to others.

Provided sign language services and facilitated communication between deaf or hard clients with other people. - Interpreted messages into specified sign languages, ensuring message content, context, and style are preserved. - Maintained the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality handling sensitive subject matter and situations. - Followed ethical codes and guidelines established by the FCC, protecting clientele and maintaining integrity. - Experienced interpreting in various settings: education, medical, corporate, and legal.

Oversee daily operations of patient safety for the unit, minimizing risks and potential harm to all patients and staff. - Remove all potentially harmful objects from patient surroundings, providing patient care under nurse supervision. - Utilize Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) de-escalation techniques to calm patients, ensuring overall safety. - Therapeutic communication with psychiatric patients and prioritization of safety management, evaluating risks of self-harm and harm to others.

Assisted and worked with RN supervisor to arrange appropriate placement of patients for admission and discharge. - Directed calls to appropriate department personnel, utilizing multiple telephone lines, giving accurate information. - Collaborated with coworkers and management to ensure accuracy of patient records, maintaining confidentiality.

Spearheaded staffing of all nurse schedules in multi-facility organization, keeping great interpersonal relations with employees. - Worked with nursing management to ensure patient safety and maximum productivity, boosting development. - Managed up-to-date scheduling records to meet the staffing demands that vary with daily census fluctuation. - Developed cohesive relationships with all departments through clear communication, promoting productivity.

Cared for patients under the direction of RN in Cardiovascular Critical Care, Trauma ICU, Med/Surg, and psychiatric departments. - Accommodated and aided patients with activities of daily living, including feeding, bathing, and ambulating. - Assisted nursing team with direct patient care including taking vital signs and monitoring cardiac rhythms. - Ensured accurate electronic patient documentation, reviewing physician orders, and maintaining patient charts accordingly. - Worked under direction of Physician and RN to assist in sterile invasive procedure