Patricia Curboy
Brimfield
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with experience at Fallonhealth, skilled in vital signs monitoring and infection control. Proven ability to enhance patient independence and well-being through compassionate care and effective communication. Successfully reduced patient anxiety by 30% through active listening and rapport building. Reliable team player committed to delivering high-quality, patient-focused care.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Care Aide
Fallonhealth
Webster, MA
10.2018 - Current
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Implemented infection control practices to maintain a clean environment.
- Adapted quickly to changing situations in fast-paced healthcare settings.
- Assisted with daily living activities, promoting patient independence and overall wellbeing.
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Utilized problem-solving skills when faced with unexpected situations or emergencies within the healthcare setting.
- Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
- Reduced patient anxiety through effective communication and active listening skills.
- Ensured the safe transfer of patients using proper techniques to prevent injuries and falls.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
Job Coach
Center Of Hope Foundation
Southbridge, MA
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Monitored client progress, providing ongoing support and feedback to ensure successful employment outcomes.
- Provided coaching and mentoring to employees.
Home Health Aide
Home Staff/ Associated Home Care
Worcester, MA
05.2002 - 06.2017
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
- Provided companionship and emotional support, fostering positive client relationships.
- Advocated for client needs within interdisciplinary teams, improving overall care quality.
- Helped patients maintain personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance when necessary for dignity preservation.
- Maintained a clean and safe home environment for patients, reducing falls and accidents.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
- Performed light housekeeping duties including laundry linen changes sweeping vacuuming and mopping ensuring a clean and organized living space for patients.
- Performed laundry, grocery shopping and other light housekeeping duties as instructed by client.
- Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
- Improved patient well-being by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
- Completed entries in log books, journals, and care plans to accurately document and report patient progress.
- Traveled to clients' homes to complete healthcare services and promote continuity of care.
- Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
- Monitored client health by performing routine pulse, temperature and blood pressure checks.
- Adapted to ever-changing patient needs, consistently adjusting care plans and strategies in order to provide the highest quality of personalized assistance.
- Safely transferred patients using appropriate equipment such as Hoyer lifts or gait belts minimizing injury risks.
- Encouraged patients to participate in safe physical activity to help boost mood and improve overall wellness.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, promptly reporting any abnormalities or concerns to supervising nurse or physician.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult times, promoting a positive atmosphere conducive to healing.
- Prevented pressure ulcers through frequent repositioning and regular skin assessments, maintaining patient comfort while reducing complications.
- Monitored changes in clients' conditions to report concerns to supervisor.
- Provided direct personal care and administrative services to clients.
- Assisted with end-of-life care.
- Utilized universal precautions and infection control principles in all aspects of care.
- Documented vital statistics and coordinated with health care providers.
- Supported families through difficult times by offering emotional support and education on important care tasks.
Education
High School Diploma - Home Economics/ Agriculture
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School
Charlton, MA06.1983
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Infection control practices
- Patient assistance techniques
- Emergency response procedures
- Effective communication skills
- Personal care support
- Mobility assistance methods
- Emotional support provision
- Safe patient transfer techniques
- Light housekeeping duties
- Companionship and rapport building
- End-of-life care support
- Compassionate
- Reliable team player
- Patient care
- Supporting personal needs
- Companionship and emotional support
- Safety precautions
- Patient-focused care
- Feeding assistance
- Healthcare ethics
- Compassionate caregiver
- Mobility assistance
- Light housekeeping
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Preparing meals
- Patient lifting
- Recording vital signs
- Documenting behaviors
- Dressing assistance
- Trustworthy companion
- End-of-life care
- Maintaining privacy
- Quality assurance
- Meal planning
- Ambulation assistance
- Bedside manner
- Adaptable
- Reliable transportation
- Collecting vital signs
- HIPAA compliance
- Geriatric care
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Bathing assistance
- Positioning patients
- Transfer techniques
Certification
PCA
Homemaker
Health aide
Hospice Aide
Timeline
Health Care Aide
Fallonhealth
10.2018 - Current
Job Coach
Center Of Hope Foundation
07.2017 - 10.2018
Home Health Aide
Home Staff/ Associated Home Care
05.2002 - 06.2017
High School Diploma - Home Economics/ Agriculture
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School