Claire Pederson
North Bergen, NJ 07047
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EDUCATION
North Bergen High School, North Bergen, NJ.
General Education course. 09/71 - 06/75.
US Navy Hospital Corps School, Waukegan, IL.
Nursing education. 08/75 - 02/76.
San Diego Business College, San Diego, CA.
Medical Secretary/transcriptionist course. 08/78 - 08/79.
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.
English major/secondary education minor. 08/80 - 05/82.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Moses Cone Medical Center.
Greensboro, NC
POSITION: Medical secretary for a busy radiology department
. Main desk duties including meeting and greeting patients, directing
patients as required, phone calls, scheduling.
. Transcribed all reports as dictated. Transcribed all letters, tests and
other documents as directed.
07/2007 - 03/2009.
Supervisor: Pat Crisp.
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA.
POSITION: Medical secretary/transcriptionist for a busy medical records
department.
. Secretarial duties as directed, including phone calls, scheduling,
filing, chart review, physician reports.
. Transcribed all reports as dictated in a timely fashion.
. Transcribed all letters, tests, and other documents as directed.
02/2005 - 06/2007
Supervisor: Lisa Patylpich.
The Heart Group
Lancaster, PA.
POSITION: Medical secretary/transcriptionist in a busy (20 physician)
cardiology practice.
. Secretarial duties as directed including phone calls, prescription refill
requests, keeping the calendar.
. Transcribed all dictation in a timely fashion.
. Responsible for bringing all cardiology testing transcription up to date
including Holters, EKG, ECG and nuclear.
. Transcribed all correspondence as directed.
10/2002 - 02/2005.
Supervisor: Sheena Reife.
Mission/St Joseph Memorial Hospital
Asheville, NC.
POSITION: Medical transcriptionist in a large level 1 medical records
department.
. Transcribed all reports for a large medical records department.
. Transcribed all correspondence, tests, and other documents as directed.
06/1998 - 10/2002
Supervisor: Nancy Rutkowski.
Lakeside General Hospital
Lakeport, CA.
POSITION: Administrative assistant to the Director of Quality Assurance
and the CEO.
. Assisted with preparing for JACHO; reviewing department protocols,
meeting minutes, etc.
. Scheduled, prepared and took the minutes for all meetings attended by CEO
and Quality Assurance Director.
. Assisted with contract negotiations for new physicians and renewal of
established physicians.
. Troubleshooter for patient complaints.
. Assisted marketing manager as directed.
. Kept the calendar for both CEO and Quality Assurance Director.
. Liaison between physician and CEO.
08/1996 - 06/1998
Supervisor: Elsie Cramer, RN, MSN; Gil Silbernagel, CEO.
University of Florida, Department of Neurology.
Gainesville, FL.
POSITION: Administrative assistant.
. Transcribed all neurology dictation including correspondence, testing,
clinic notes, etc.
. Examination preceptor for medical students and residents.
. Research protocol secretary.
. Clerical liason between Neurology and Neurosurgery for epileptologists.
06/1990 - 08/1996.
Supervisor: Denise Moss.
Career City College.
Gainesville, FL
POSITION: Part-time medical transcriptionist instructor.
09/92 - 05/95.
Supervisor: Ray Wegman.
Meadowlands Medical Center
Secaucus, NJ
POSITION: Radiology transcriptionst.
10/82 - 05/90.
US Navy.
POSITION: Hospital Corpsman.
08/75 - 08/79
REFERENCES:
Available upon request.