Essence Buffong

Understand the patient's needs and evaluate treatment options Develop treatment plans and goals, and monitor progress Facilitate interdisciplinary approaches and schedule treatment or recovery

Case Manager at Postgraduate Center of Mental Health (2024-01 – Present)

• Understand the patient's needs and evaluate treatment options
• Develop treatment plans and goals, and monitor progress
• Facilitate interdisciplinary approaches and schedule treatment or recovery
• Support clients and their systems, and ensure they have access to the resources they need

Transit Based Outreach Specialist at BRC (2022-02 – Present)

• Outreach to the homeless within the NYC subway system on moving trains at the end of the stations and on joint outreach with MTAPD or NYPD
• Count inventory, set up equipment for staff field use, submit a night overview report to management
• Support the outreach teams in the field with background checks from our client in carers, awards and street smarts

Home Health Aide at Royal Care (2020-10 – Present)

• Help patients with personal hygiene, dressing, bathing and other daily task
• Perform basic health care services for patients including checking vital signs or administering prescription medication
• Help with general light housekeeping
• Make transportation arrangements as needed

Senior Medical Assistant at Internal Medicine of Throggs Neck (2019-01 – 2023-03)

• Schedule patient appointments and provide referrals
• Monitor and record vital signs, perform EKGs and phlebotomy
• Collect and prepare specimens for laboratory
• Assist the other Medical Assistants

Home Health Aide at Archcare (2018-06 – 2020-08)

• Help patients with personal hygiene, dressing, bathing and other daily tasks
• Perform basic health care services for patients including checking vital signs or administering prescription medication
• Help with general light housekeeping
• Make transportation arrangements as needed

Medical Assistant Extern at Medical Associate of Wall Street (2018-05 – 2018-07)

• Monitored and recorded patients' vital signs
• Drew patient's blood and performed hearing, vision, PFT and fitness test
• Prepared specimen for laboratory pick-up
• Conducted electrocardiogram
• Performed administrative duties such as faxing, photocopying and answering phones
• Cleaned up the rooms and restocked items as needed

Bachelor of Business Administration in Healthcare Systems Management – Metropolitan College, New York, NY

A.O.S. in Medical Assisting – Mandl School, the College for Allied Health, New York, NY