Medical Assistant at Lantana Pediatrics (2024-06 – Present)
- Clinical support: Taking vital signs, preparing patients for exams, assisting with medical procedures, performing diagnostic tests, vaccine administration, phlebotomy and updating growth charts.
- Administrative support: Scheduling appointments, managing patient files, and handling insurance claims.
- Patient and family communication: Updating patient records, relaying instructions from the provider to families, and coordinating immunization records.
- Clinic operations: Preparing exam rooms, stocking medical supplies, and managing the flow of appointments.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain procedures and instructions to children and parents.
- Compassion, tact, and patience when interacting with young patients.
- Ability to work closely with physicians and nurses as part of a team.
Medical Assistant at Kid Care Pediatrics (2023-11 – 2024-03)
- Administered immunizations, Rocephin and Decadron. Worked closely with the primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and LVN's. Responsible for updating electronic medical records (EMR) with attention to detail, specifically operating systems for OP/EMMA/Allscripts.
- Prepare patients for exams, take vital signs, routine screenings, sick visits, sports physicals, and assisted in circumcisions.
- Manage and process lab requisitions and supports patients by providing information on procedures, medications, and follow-up care.
- Clean and organize exam rooms, prepare procedure trays, clean and autoclave instruments, and stock supplies.
Medical Assistant at McGuiness Dermatology and Plastic Surgery (2023-07 – 2023-10)
- Provided comprehensive patient care with a focus of evaluating skin conditions, as well as facilitating after care follow up consultation.
- Assisted physicians with excisions, biopsies, cryotherapy, skin checks and suture removals, set up sterile surgical instruments and sterilizing the clinical treatment suites.
- Document patient information with electronic health records, clinical data, accurately and timely while ensuring patient confidentiality.
- Demonstrated professional knowledge for practice guidelines, applicable regulations, and worked extensively as a team with physicians and administrative staff.
Medical Assistant/Patient Care Technician at Westwind Pediatric- East & West Clinic (2022-07 – 2023-03)
- Advanced to lead position overseeing medical assistants in both clinics by demonstrative strong leadership skills, accountability, and successfully collaborating with other team members.
- Assisted with well-care examinations, accurate patient care history, and administering vaccinations, including medical and prescription explanation to patients.
- Collaborated in delivering cross-functional department training and discrepancies resolution, scheduled appointments, confirmed medications with patients' pharmacy.
- Actively assisted the three physicians with circumcisions, venipuncture, phlebotomy, vital signs.
- Effectively prepared vaccinations for children, 2 yrs-18 yrs. old, by mouth and injection
- Proficiently managed 70 to 90 patients daily, full sterilization and set up in clinical rooms, and performing EKGs.
Direct Care Specialist at Boysville, Inc. (2020-06 – 2022-01)
- Supervised children, newborn to 17 years old, registered in the foster home system. Established individual meal plans based on child's diversity and recommendations pertinent to food allergies as needed.
- Provided support and direction to staff to ensure the systematic organization of policies to effectively maintain services offered by the foster home facility.
- Upheld all safety standards, including CPR certification, SAMA training, Sexual Harassment, Normalcy, Sex Trafficking and Cyber Security training.
Direct Care Staffing at Favorite Staffing (2018-09 – 2019-01)
- Utilized effective decision-making skills with authorized limits, policies and procedures that are solution oriented for both minor children and staff.
- Comprehensive care for unaccompanied minors from South America and Mexico, including facilitating the movement of minor children between housing and medical unit for medical treatment, or appointment was required for documentation of minor child.
- Responsible for troubleshooting, resolving issues, and execute daily development and operational activities mandated by the facility to create a functional learning environment for minor children.
