Physician Assistant - Carousel Pediatrics/ CommUnity Care Health Centers - Austin, TX
(2023-07)
Primary care provider in a busy pediatric clinic, serving primarily indigent and non-English speaking patients from infancy up to 18 years of age.
- Responsible for 23 patient visits per day on average, about 70% of which are well-child exams, consulting with supervising physician on less than 1% of cases.
- Involved in all aspects of patient care, including: history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribing medications, vaccine counseling, and patient education. Performed minor procedures, including incision and drainage, cerumen removal, and foreign body removal.
- Utilized Epic EMR software for documenting all patient encounters.
Physician Assistant - Brave Care (Pediatric Clinic) - Austin, TX
(2022-11 - 2023-05)
Provided care for patients in a hybrid urgent care and primary care pediatric start-up clinic, serving patients from infancy up to 21 years of age.
- Involved in all aspects of patient care, including: history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting laboratory and imaging tests, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribing medications, and patient education.
- Performed procedures including wound closure, incision and drainage of abscesses, foreign body removal, and ear irrigation/cerumen removal.
- Utilized Kareo EMR software for documenting all patient encounters and responsible for fully coding all aspects of each patient visit, including immunizations, administration codes, in-house procedures, and standardized patient/parent questionnaires.
Physician Assistant - Texas Pediatric Clinic/ Dr. Eliza Trevino-Beene, MD - Houston, TX
(2012-09 - 2022-10)
Primary care provider in a busy pediatric clinic, serving patients from infancy up to 18 years of age.
- Responsible for 25 patient visits per day on average, consulting with supervising physician on less than 2% of cases.
- Involved in all aspects of patient care, including: history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribing medications, and patient education. Performed minor procedures, including incision and drainage, cerumen removal, and foreign body removal.
- Many patients here were asthmatic, and I managed these patients by developing effective treatment and follow-up plans to improve quality of life and prevent adverse outcomes.
- More than 60% of the patients/parents here spoke Spanish and little to no English, yet with my limited knowledge of basic medical Spanish I was able to effectively record history of present illness for many common pediatric ailments.
- Utilized eClinicalWorks EMR software for documenting all patient encounters.
Physician Assistant - RediClinic - Tomball, TX
(2008-09 - 2009-09)
Provided care for walk-in patients in a convenient-care setting, treating minor illnesses for patients aged 2 years and up.
- Responsible for gathering detailed patient histories, performing physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, developing diagnoses, prescribing medications, venipuncture, and administering vaccinations.
- Utilized Athena EMR software for documenting all patient encounters.
Physician Assistant (Pediatrics) - Emerald Pediatric Clinic/ Dr. Hai K. Nguyen, MD - Houston, TX
(2003-11 - 2012-09)
Primary care provider in a very high-volume pediatric clinic, serving patients from infancy up to 21 years of age.
- Responsible for an average of 45-50 patient visits per day in the early years while paper charting was still being utilized, and 35 to 40 patient visits per day once Practice Fusion EMR was implemented, consulting with supervising physician on less than 2% of cases.
- Involved in all aspects of patient care, including: history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting laboratory and imaging tests, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribing medications, suturing, incision and drainage, and patient education.
- Gained a limited knowledge of medical Spanish while employed here, as more than 40% of parents/patients spoke Spanish exclusively.
- Personally created multiple pediatric-focused templates on Practice Fusion, in advance of the clinic's transition to electronic medical records. The templates were used by all physicians, nurses, and medical assistants on staff.
