KPANNAH VERA SARTEE
Albertville
Summary
To apply my skills and experience as a certified phlebotomist in a professional and friendly work environment
Experienced nurse aide and administrator with astute observation. I have Good interpersonal, excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, planning, analytical and technological skills. I possess the Ability to follow set rules and protocol, show empathy and compassion, patience, be flexible and detail oriented. I am also good at managing records, time management, working as a team player and a pace setter, and paying keen attention to my patients.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Legacy HealthCare
Golden Valley
01.2023 - Current
- Repositioning patients;
- Gathering medical supplies;
- Bathing, dressing and grooming patients;
- Feeding patients and documenting their food and liquid intake;
- Measuring vitals signs such as blood pressure and heart rate, oxygen level, weight and temperature;
- Answering patients call buttons and alerting nurses to emergency;
- Ensuring patient's comfort by changing bedding, filling water jugs and positioning items so they are in reach;
- Assisting patients move from a bed to chair or wheelchair and back;
- Assisting with lifting patients from their beds to examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Arden Homes
Brooklyn Park
07.2022 - Current
- Assisted residents with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and dignity.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Documented patient care information accurately in electronic health records.
- Collaborated with healthcare team to develop personalized care plans for residents.
Direct Support Professional
Arts and Humanities Research Council(AHRC)
New York
01.2023 - 08.2025
- Provide direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
- Perform personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks;
- Foster positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served;
- Ensure client safety and maintaining a safe environment;
- Remind and assist clients with self-administration of medications (with proper training);
- Encourage self-help activities;
- Report changes in clients conditions or family situation to administrators and supervisors;
- Document services provided;
- Perform home management functions such as: light housekeeping, laundry, bed making and cleaning;
- Plan meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food / meals, feeding and clean-up;
- Accompany clients to schedule appointment and transport client or running errands for client;
- Assist with toileting including: bedpans, urinals and commode chairs as necessary;
- Other duties as assigned.
CNA
Margaret Tietz
Jamaica
08.2023 - 10.2023
- Providing great patient care;
- Answering patient calls and determining how best to help them;
- Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing, or exercising;
- Turning and repositioning bedridden patients;
- Ensuring patients or residents receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences;
- Obtaining a wide range of information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient conditions, treatment plans, and suggested activities;
- Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff;
- Recording vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested.
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Carefree Living Silver Bay
Silver Bay
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Passing Medications both orally, topical, and insulin administration;
- Feeding patients and documenting their food and liquid intake;
- Measuring vitals signs such as blood pressure and heart rate, oxygen level, weight and temperature;
- Answering patients call buttons and alerting nurses to emergency;
- Ensuring patient's comfort by changing bedding, filling water jugs and positioning items so they are in reach;
- Providing services such as showering, dressing, incontinence care and repositioning;
- Passing trays and ensuring a clean atmosphere;
- Versatile as handling a thirty unit facility and only two staff being utilized.
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Benedictine Living Community Duluth Community
Duluth
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Responsible for providing assistance to the professional Staff;
- Delivered direct care for better hygiene to Patients such as: bathing, toileting, feeding, grooming, and as directed by RN or LPN;
- Monitored vitals and report patients wellbeing;
- Provided emotional support and helped with equipment and tools;
- Assisted with infection control;
- Ensured light housekeeping is done.
Volunteer Home Health Aide
Staten Island University Hospital
08.2020 - 02.2022
- Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks, and running errands;
- Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming. Helps patients care for themselves by teaching use of cane or walker, special utensils to eat, special techniques and equipment for personal hygiene;
- Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal and notifying the nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions;
- Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepsis standards and procedures, maintaining security precautions, and following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards;
- Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards, home care policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements;
- In getting my job done, I use my interpersonal skills, time management, adaptability, medical knowledge, organizational skills, technical skills, and physical stamina.
Home Helper Certified Home Health Aide
Stella Orton Home Care
Staten Island
07.2017 - 10.2017
- Provide health care services at patient's residences;
- Perform domestic and household tasks;
- Transport and accompany patients to doctors office or to hospital;
- Administer simple prescribed medications;
- Monitor patients (vital signs, temperature, respiration, etc.) and report on their condition;
- Maintain patients care records and document services provided;
- Assist patients with mobility and physical therapies/exercises;
- Provide companionship and basic emotional or psychological support;
- Assists patients by providing personal services, such as bathing, dressing and grooming;
- Supports patients by providing housekeeping, laundry services, shopping for food and other household requirements, preparing and serving meals and snacks.
Human Resources Assistant at the Records Management Section
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
Monrovia
07.2017 - 10.2017
- Received, sorted, and stocked records in compliance with the United Nations record management system;
- Managed classified records and retrieved documents upon request;
- Supervised daily activities of archive workers to ensure efficiency.
Administrative Assistant at the Security Sector & Support Unit
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
Monrovia
04.2016 - 06.2017
- Facilitated arrangements for training sessions, including making venue reservations, purchasing stationary and other supplies, arranging accommodation, and providing meals;
- Coordinated with partners, stakeholders, and government authorities to schedule meetings;
- Managed financial expenditures and prepared expense reports for workshops and conferences.
Administrative Assistant at the Capacity Building & Mentoring Sector
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
Monrovia
04.2015 - 03.2016
- Assisted in budget preparations, training programs, and manuals in support of internal and external training/mentoring and workshop activities;
- Liaised with national counterparts and facilitators to finalize and reproduce training manuals and arranged for disbursement of funds.;
- Applied for and ensured security clearance for vehicles to travel freely and arranged accommodation for facilitators, participants and other staff members.
Volunteer Nurse Aid
Liberia National Red Cross Society
Monrovia
10.1991 - 10.1994
- Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patients' conditions;
- Properly disposed of medical waste;
- Carefully treated patients' wounds and scheduled follow up appointments.
Education
Certificate - Phlebotomy
Institute of Career Continuity
New York, NYCertificate - NHA
Phoenix Nurse Aide Training Center
Bronx, NYCertificate & High School Diploma - West African Examination Council
Julie C. Emery Hall Bromley Mission High School
Some College (No Degree) - Nursing
North Hennepin Community College
Minneapolis, MNSkills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Continuous Learning
- Organizer
- Planner
- Team Worker
Accomplishments
- Certificate in Improving Interpersonal Relationships, Integrated Mission Training Unit, Monrovia, Liberia, 01/01/13
- Professional Administrators Diploma, 05/01/08 - 09/30/08
- Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, 06/01/08
- Nursing Assistant, TMU Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 09/30/22
- Phlebotomy Technician Certificate NHA, 60 hours, 08/01/21
Contact
(917) 566-5900, kpannahsartee@gmail.com, 14507 130th Ave, Queens, NY, 11436
Timeline
CNA
Margaret Tietz
08.2023 - 10.2023
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Legacy HealthCare
01.2023 - Current
Direct Support Professional
Arts and Humanities Research Council(AHRC)
01.2023 - 08.2025
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Carefree Living Silver Bay
01.2023 - 03.2023
Licensed Certified Nurse Aide
Benedictine Living Community Duluth Community
01.2023 - 03.2023
Certified Nursing Assistant
Arden Homes
07.2022 - Current
Volunteer Home Health Aide
Staten Island University Hospital
08.2020 - 02.2022
Home Helper Certified Home Health Aide
Stella Orton Home Care
07.2017 - 10.2017
Human Resources Assistant at the Records Management Section
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
07.2017 - 10.2017
Administrative Assistant at the Security Sector & Support Unit
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
04.2016 - 06.2017
Administrative Assistant at the Capacity Building & Mentoring Sector
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
04.2015 - 03.2016
Volunteer Nurse Aid
Liberia National Red Cross Society
10.1991 - 10.1994
Certificate - Phlebotomy
Institute of Career Continuity
Certificate - NHA
Phoenix Nurse Aide Training Center
Certificate & High School Diploma - West African Examination Council
Julie C. Emery Hall Bromley Mission High School
Some College (No Degree) - Nursing
North Hennepin Community College