Medical Transcriptionist/Editor

Employment History

**/**-******* - ****-******** Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Editor.

Fully-equipped home office with secure, wireless high-speed internet,

multiple workstations, scan, copy, color printing, back-up USB

storage, and toll-free fax. Services include development and

production of transcription format, as required by client. I am

experienced with Microsoft Office, Olympus AS-2300 Digital Speech

System, and Amicore electronic medical record software suites .

10/04-07/06 Bienville Orthopaedic Specialist, Biloxi, MS. Medical

Assistant. Responsible for patient check-in and preparation for

physical examinations in an orthopedic practice treating more than 350

patients monthly. Responsibilities include vital signs, removing post-

operative dressings and/or sutures and staples. Primary contact with

patient regarding future diagnostic testing and follow-up

appointments. Part-time Medical Transcriptionist- Medical transcribing

within the Amicore program (electronic medical record) for one year

and seven months for a ten physician practice.

03/04-09/04: Home Instead Senior Care, Ocean Springs, MS.

Companion/Homemaker. Sitter and home-maker for elderly clients in

their homes. Light housekeeping, cooking and companionship.

08/01-08/03: Quiktrak, Lake Oswego OR. Independent Auditor. Self-

employed auditor conducting commercial floor-checks of big-ticket

retail items within a 100 mile radius of Gulfport MS. Audits are

conducted in support of, and reported to, major national finance

companies. Duties include establishment and maintenance of all

records in support of home-based business, inventory and financial

reconciliation for clients, and documentation to support compliance

with applicable corporate policies and legal requirements.

08/01-11/02: Lifeline Homecare, Gulfport MS. In-Home Aid. Public program

providing assistance to elderly and disabled clients in their homes.

Duties included scheduling of in-home visits, documentation of

activities and client conditions, performing shopping or light

housekeeping.

11/96-12/99: Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, Summervile SC. Medical

Assistant. Responsible for patient check-in and preparation for

examinations in a primary care physician practice treating more than

700 patients monthly. Responsibilities included a wide array of

clinical procedures. Primary contact with home health care agencies

for verbal orders, with pharmacies for new orders and refill

prescriptions, with insurance companies for referral approvals, with

patients for normal and abnormal lab results, initial screening for

patient complaints at call in, and telephone follow-ups.

02/93-02/96: Dr. Thomas Lampone, Baptist Medical Towers, Pensacola FL.

Medical Assistant. Responsible for patient check-in and preparation

for examination in an internal medicine practice treating more than

500 patients monthly. Primary contact with home-health agencies for

verbal orders, screening of abnormal labs, initial screening of

patient complaints at call-in, and telephone follow-ups (including

calling in prescriptions to pharmacies).

05/92-10/92: Primary Care Associates, PA, Gulfport MS; Dr. Richard Peden.

Medical Assistant. Responsible for all facets of patient care and

laboratory procedures in a family and internal medicine clinic.

Duties included phlebotomy, x-ray, immunizations and general treatment

of minor injuries.

08/91-12/91: Coast Cardiology Clinic, Gulfport, MS; Dr. Bharat Sangani.

Medical Assistant. Primary Phlebotomist; responsible for check-in and

preparation of patients for a variety of cardiac examinations and

treatments; maintenance of patient records; processing of

prescriptions and laboratory results; scheduling of appointments and

cardiac procedures at six local hospitals.

MILITARY SERVICE, UNITED STATES NAVY

Combined 20 years active and reserve service as a US Navy Hospital

Corpsman. A detailed listing of postings and duties is available upon

request.

EDUCATION

06/09: Associate of Arts in Health Care Administration-Medical Records,

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona (3.93 GPA)

07/99: Completed Field Medical Service School Course at Camp Pendleton

Marine Corps Training, San Diego, CA. Received Naval Certification to

become 8404 classified with United States Naval Reserve.

08/84: Completed Emergency Medical Technician Course at Naval Hospital,

Pensacola, FL. Received National Certification for EMT-A.

08/80: Completed Hospital Corpsman School at Naval Training Center, Great

Lakes, IL. Course material included: anatomy, physiology, patient care,

and maintenance of health records, basic laboratory techniques,

immunizations, and health care administration.

05/77: Graduated R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN. Majored in

secretarial sciences and business management.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Hospital Corpsman First Class, United States Naval Reserve. Qualifications

include: venipuncture; IV certified; BCLS certified; 12-lead EKG with KAPOC

operation; basic laboratory procedures; supervision of ten junior health

providers during clinical rotation and physical examinations.

Typing Tested at 120 WPM 02/11. Familiar with various copying, adding,

and facsimile machines. Experienced with IBM compatible PC, word

processing and medical transcription software (Amicore, Olympus DSS).

References available upon request.

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