Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experience
Affiliations
Certification
Honorsandawards
Timeline
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JAMIA PEGUES

Alexandria

Summary

Successful in assisting with purchasing and receiving. Organized and detail-oriented while fielding customer inquiries and locating items. Resourceful Extern known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient care, medical record accuracy, and clinical procedures. Excel at communication, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring seamless integration into fast-paced healthcare environments. Committed to leveraging skills to provide exceptional care and support. Responsible and motivated student ready to apply education in the workplace. Offers excellent technical abilities with software and applications, ability to handle challenging work, and excellent time management skills.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Respiratory Therapy Extern 2

Fairfax Inova Hospital
08.2024 - Current
  • Assisted in setting up ventilator equipment.
  • Clean, sterilize, and maintain respiratory equipment to ensure its functioning properly and meeting infection control standards
  • Assist in stocking respiratory therapy supplies, ensuring equipment is available and ready for use.
  • Assist in transporting patients to and from diagnostic tests.
  • Performs arterial blood gas (ABGs), ensuring accurate sample collection, processing and documentation.
  • Assist in manual ventilation of patients during code blue situations, providing ventilation support with a bag-valve-mask to maintain adequate oxygenation and prevent hypoxia.

Ticket Intern-Paid Intern

Radford Athletics
10.2021 - Current
  • Assisting with gameday responsibilities of running the ticket office for the men's and women's basketball games

Respiratory Therapist Assistant

Fairfax Inova Hospital
12.2023 - 08.2024
  • Assisted in setting up ventilator equipment.
  • Clean, sterilize, and maintain respiratory equipment to ensure its functioning properly and meeting infection control standards
  • Assist in stocking respiratory therapy supplies, ensuring equipment is available and ready for use.
  • Assist in transporting patients to and from diagnostic tests.

Recreation Leader I

Patrick Henry Recreation Center
07.2022 - 08.2023
  • Working with kids from the ages 5-17 doing things like arts and crafts, games, activities, and sports activities
  • Assisted with the planning, organizing, and supervision of recreation activities for children.
  • Instructed participants on proper techniques for participating in activities.
  • Monitored participants during recreational activities to ensure safety guidelines were followed.
  • Ensured facility rules and regulations were enforced throughout all programs and activities.
  • Developed a variety of recreational activities that met the needs of different age groups.
  • Maintained records such as attendance logs, incident reports, evaluations, and other documents pertaining to program operations.
  • Assisted with smooth and efficient transitions between arrival, room periods, activities, field trips, snacks and departures.
  • Performed basic maintenance tasks such as cleaning equipment or setting up fields for play.

Cashier

Food Lion
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Greeting customers
  • Managing transactions
  • Collecting payments
  • Scanning goods
  • Great customer service

Sales Associate

Goodwill of Greater Washington
12.2020 - 07.2021
  • Performing specific tasks around the store, primarily focusing on customer service
  • Organized stockroom shelves according to size, color, or style.
  • Restocked shelves as needed to ensure sufficient inventory levels.
  • Performed cashier duties such as accepting payments, issuing receipts, and counting money back change.
  • Greeted customers and provided exceptional customer service.
  • Provided accurate information about products, prices, and services.

Host + Curbside To Go

Applebee's Grill + Bar
07.2020 - 12.2020
  • Curbside to go includes; suggestive selling, ensuring orders are packaged accurately, receiving payment, accurately counting back change
  • Hosting includes; meeting, greeting, seating guests, taking and making reservations, answering questions about menu items, and other general inquiries
  • Maintained cleanliness of the lobby area, including wiping down tables and chairs.
  • Provided customers with accurate wait times and monitored waiting list.

Junior Counselor in training

Teenswork
06.2019 - 07.2019
  • 6-week summer work experience
  • Working with kids from the ages 5-17 doing things like arts and crafts, games, activities, and sports activities
  • Maintained a safe environment for all campers by enforcing safety rules and regulations.
  • Encouraged positive interpersonal relationships among campers through conflict resolution strategies.
  • Assisted with mealtime supervision and clean-up duties.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Respiratory Therapy

Radford University
05-2025

High School Diploma -

T.C. Williams High School

Skills

  • Communication
  • Cash register systems
  • Cash management
  • Credit card processing
  • Point-of-sale system operation
  • Customer service excellence
  • Safety Awareness
  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Instructional coordination
  • Activity planning
  • Age-appropriate activities
  • CPR certification
  • Teamwork
  • Critical thinking
  • Equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
  • Respiratory equipment setup

Volunteer Experience

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria Call Night

Volunteered for the SFA Call night twice and during the hours that I was there I was calling people to ask them if they wanted to donate money for Scholarships for seniors that are accepted, to help them pay for college., 6

Track & Field

Run for T.C. Williams High School Track and Field JV Sprinters team.

Avid Ambassador

An Avid Ambassador in my Avid 10 class, we hold meetings at least once a month after school from 3:15-4:30. As an Avid Ambassador when the teacher has a substitute Teacher, we are supposed to make sure everyone is doing what they need to be doing. We are there if the teacher needs us in the classroom to go around and pass out papers or if a tutor is not there for the day, the Avid Ambassador has to run the tutorial group.

Black Student Union

As Part of the Fundraiser part of the club, we did things like Bake Sales to raise money for the club to be able to do things like go on College trips.

Bell Ringer, Lap Recorder, and Clock Starter at T.C Williams Track & Field Invitational

Ran the clock for all the races so that the runner could see their times, I rang the bell every time they were on the last lap on the long distance races, and for the long distance races I put on the board how many laps they had left.

Emergency Department Volunteer

Volunteered at Alexandria INOVA Hospital on Mondays and Wednesdays. I helped with Restock linen bins, blanket warmer and other supplies. Help visitors/support persons who are dealing with the unfamiliar setting by assisting with information and help finding rooms in the Emergency Room. I also assisted with cleaning the rooms after each patient was discharged from the Emergency Room.

Affiliations

  • American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
  • American College of Respiratory Therapy Education (ACRTE)

Certification

BLS (CPR AND AED) Certificate

Honorsandawards

  • Athletic Award, 2019-2020, JV indoor Track & Field Participation Award
  • Athletic Award, 2018-2019, JV outdoor Track & Field Participation Award

Timeline

Respiratory Therapy Extern 2

Fairfax Inova Hospital
08.2024 - Current

Respiratory Therapist Assistant

Fairfax Inova Hospital
12.2023 - 08.2024

Recreation Leader I

Patrick Henry Recreation Center
07.2022 - 08.2023

Cashier

Food Lion
04.2022 - 05.2023

Ticket Intern-Paid Intern

Radford Athletics
10.2021 - Current

Sales Associate

Goodwill of Greater Washington
12.2020 - 07.2021

Host + Curbside To Go

Applebee's Grill + Bar
07.2020 - 12.2020

Junior Counselor in training

Teenswork
06.2019 - 07.2019

High School Diploma -

T.C. Williams High School

Bachelor of Science - Respiratory Therapy

Radford University
JAMIA PEGUES