Irene Valdez-Novella
Healdsburg, Ca. *****
ad4mh1@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Profile
I have worked as a Certified Medical Asst., I, ll, and III position. I have 20+ years experience. I have had the privilege to work in a Clinic base and Pre-School to High School based setting. I am skilled in Family Practice, Pediatrics, OB GYN, Internal Med, CAIR, Immunizations, Work Comp, Ortho., as well as an audiometrist. Community Action Partnerships, Santa Rosa, Ca. 08/14/18 - 11/2/22 Comunity School Health Asst./Diabetic Asst.
I maintain the care/service of all school site children.
● Diabetic management, seizure management, asthmatic and anaphylactic management, for 6 school sites within Roseland School District. Ages range from 3 yrs of age to 18 yrs of age.
● Dispense, monitored and gave treatment of medications as well as inventory of all medications coming in and out of the school sites.
● I track and serviced over 1000 cases throughout the school year.
● Documented/updated school site medical records as well as medical charts.
● Reviewed physicals, hearing, and vision screenings, for new/recurring medical conditions.
● Certified in first aid as this requires me to assist in helping all students with injuries that consist of concussions, sprained/fractures.
● Skilled in immunization requirements for school based environments.
● Grade level services were provided to Pre-K, TK to 12th grade with IEPs, Health Alerts, and Emergency health Alerts, referrals outside of school.
● Assessed and provided school health screens for: dental, vision and hearing for state reporting.
● Attend field trips with Diabetic/Health alert students that required a Nurse Asst., to attend.
● Helped Train: Incoming School Nurse Assistants, Medical Asst., and District Nurse.
● Helped create policy and procedures for our department/ job description.
● Certifications: CPR/AED Infant/Adult, with a bloodborne pathogens certification, Audiometrist certified as Collection Sites LLC. / Medivolve LLC. 12/2019-10/2021 Lead Lab Technician
● Oversee hiring and training of a team of 16 Phlebotomist/Medical Asst.
● We as a team performed 500-900 patient tests per day.
● Rapid Antigen, PCR nasal swab, and Antibody capillary test were performed.
● Report on all inventory, patient test counts each day and night, tech support, customers tech. support as well as insurance billing questions
● Inventory shipping and receiving
Aurora Medical Hospital Santa Rosa, Ca. 04/18 - 05/18 NOC Shift Mental Health Worker
Held a position as an MHW
● Managed 15 to 20 Mental health patients on a NOC shift with two to three others MHW, one RN and one charge nurse.
● Maintained patient safety threw out the night with 15 min checks, safety checks, line of sight, one on one, and suicide watch.
● Documented in patients medical cum throughout the morning and day shift.
● Tracked sleep times, vital signs and eating habits. Food Service Asst.
Healdsburg Unified School District, Healdsburg, Ca. 09/15 - 05/16
● Prepped all produce orders for sale.
● Salad bar prep for 350 plus students.
● Purchased orders for produce orders, meal orders weekly.
● I Help train food service students
● Balance out the cash drawer, maintain inventory of food and produce on a daily and monthly basis. Healdsburg Senior Living Center Healdsburg, Ca. 12/15-01/16 Worked the NOC Shift in Memory 1, 2, and Assistance living.
● My duties were to take care of Alzheimer and Dementia Patients. I also would float through the three centers and relieve others for their nighty breaks.
UCDMG Davis, Ca. 04/04 - 05/07 Medical Asst. Two.
● Maintained Patient Care in a pod of three Med Assistants and three doctors, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, and OB GYN/Pediatrics.
● Promoted to Medical Asst., III in August of 2004. Duties as followed: recorded all vital signs into the EMR computer system.
● Skilled in injections, tracked and maintained medications, flu clinic, patient messages, MRI, CT, holter Monitored results into EMR.
● Scheduled appointments perform EKGs for peds to adults. Physical screenings, well women checks, reported all patients’ labs and prepared rooms for all minor surgeries.
● Performed casting as needed.
(CHW) Catholic Healthcare West Davis, Ca. 12/03 – 06/05 Medical Asst. Urgent Care I maintained patient care for an Urgent Care Clinic.
● Record all patients’ vital signs and test results.
● Prepared all patients for procedures that consist of sutures, suture removal, casting, injections, urine dips, EKGs, urine drug screening DOT and Non-DOT.
● Blood Draws, DMV physical, audio testing and vision testing, Spirometry testing.
● Dispense controlled drugs and charted in data base. UCDMG Rancho Cordova, Ca. 08/02 - 06/03 Medical Asst., Internal Med., Family Practice/ Pediatrics Maintained patient care for a
● Physical Dept., prepared all charts for the physical dept., for patient testing.
● Non-Dot/Dot companies that needed Physicals, stress testing, spirometry testing, EKG, blood draws. Test was provided to CHP, Fire Departments, FBI and all Transportation Ports. Other Experience
Independent Consultant: Pampered Chef (2006/2015)
HealthSouth / US Healthworks Work Comp: Lead Receptionists/Ortho. Surgery Coordinator/Medical Asst. (West Sacramento, Roseville and Rancho Cordova, Ca.)
Unilab: Lead Phlebotomy Tec. (Davis, Ca.)
Lab One: Lead Phlebotomy Tec. (Salinas, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa, Ca.) Retail/ Experience 1993-1998
Marshalls: Sales Floor (San Juan, Ca.)
Contempo/ Wet Seal: Asst. Manager (San Juan, Ca.)
Petite Sophistic: Sales Floor (San Juan, Ca. - Lincoln, Ne.) Big Dog SportsWear: Asst. Manager (Gilroy, Ca.)
Rave: Manager (Salinas, Ca. – San Jose, Ca.)
Volunteer Work
Redwood Empire Food Bank 3/1/2019-6/1/21
Healdsburg Jr. High Wrestling Team Mom, I run all fundraisers, silent auctions, snack shacks for all tournaments and dual meets for our wrestling season.
Scholastic Book Fairs Chairperson: Set up and tear down book fairs, work registers, and distribute funds. Girl Scouts craft coordinator
Education:
King City High School King City, Ca. High School Diploma 1989-1992 ConCord Career Inst., San Jose, Ca. Medical Asst. II Cert. in Front and Back office as well as a venipuncture certification. Certification: March of 1997
California State University, San Bernardino, Ca. Certified Audiometrist August 16,2022 References:
Erika Jones LVN: 707-***-**** UCDMG
Millie Whitehead LVN: 916-***-**** Supervisor for UCDMG Krystal Balestier: 559-***-**** Regional Manager CollectionSites/Lab Recruiters LLC. Alicia Villagomez Med., Asst.,: 707-***-**** past Co-worker Andrea Neace Med., Asst.,: 707-***-**** Co-worker/friend
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