Administrative Assistant - Clinical (Healthcare) / Nursing Unit Clerk

Carol A. Blodgett

***** ****** **** **** ******, TX 77388 Cell: 518-***-**** or **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

*/**** – 10/2011 Cobleskill Regional Hospital 178 Grandview Drive, Cobleskill, NY 12043

Inpatient Nursing Unit Clerk (Per Diem Full Time)

- Telemetry Setup, Monitoring and Audits

- Initiate Cardiac and Respiratory Arrest Calls

- Admissions, Discharges, Transfers, Deaths

- Advanced Directives, Informed Consent, HIPAA Compliance

- Assembling / disassembling, keeping and QA charts

- Order tests, consults, follow-up care

- Communications with physicians, staff, patients, visitors

- Report lab results to Physician and /or RN

- Maintain / Order Supplies (Clerical, patient care and equipment)

- Maintain Staffing, Census and Acuity Logs and MSDS Binder

- Compliance with all manner of regulatory agency guidelines and regulations

- Enter Patient Charges

11/2000 – 2/2010 Bassett Healthcare 121 Legion Drive, Cobleskill, NY 12043

Administrative Assistant I

- All clerical duties for 3 providers (…one being the Medical Director of Bassett Healthcare) in a very busy office.

- Customer Service

- Medical Records

- JCAHO and HIPAA Regulations

- Referrals for specialty and testing appointments

- Prior authorizations for prescriptions, procedures and testing

- Medical insurance, Medicare, Medicaid Extensive experience dealing with all aspects of private insurance companies and governmental agencies.

- No-Fault, disability and workers compensation documentation

- Created and implemented organizational policies and procedures and new forms to improve office workflow

- Office emergencies (Ambulance calls, direct admits, consults)

- Trained new Administrative Assistants

- Administer informed consent & onsite interviews with parents of children being recruited for a study at Bassett Medical Research

- Research study data entry

SPECIALIZED TRAINING and PROFICIENCIES:

• Telemetry Set Up and Monitoring – 8 hour course at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY (Course Grade: 100)

• Protecting Human Subjects: Principles and Practice (Online Course)

• IDX, Meditec, EMR, HPF, Word and all manner of telecommunications.

EDUCATION:

1974 – 1978 Cobleskill Central High School, Cobleskill, NY 12043

College Entry Track – Science and Math with Accounting

School and Regents Diploma

1982 – 1983 State University of New York @ Cobleskill

Accounting Course (2 semesters)

COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER SERVICE:

• 4-H, Little League, Children’s Community Softball and Football

• Iroquois Indian Museum – taught children Iroquois crafts

• Homeschooled 3 children 1991 – 2000 (K through 9) in NYS (known as the most difficult state to home school in due to very strict and harsh regulations.) Personally responsible for understanding and adhering to NYS laws and regulations.

REFERENCES:

• Paige Petersen, RN Bassett Healthcare 518-***-****

• Patricia Kelly, LPN Cobleskill Regional Hospital 518-***-****

• Joyce R. Burton, DO Bassett Healthcare (Delanson, NY) 518-***-****

• Cindy Soto, BS, HT(ASCP)Project Manager MD Anderson Ext: 713-***-****

• Linda Quinn, RN Cobleskill Regional Hospital 518-***-****

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