ESSENCE L. WASHINGTON
** *** *** ******• LILLINGTON, NC 25746
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HM 910-***-**** CELL PHONE: 803-***-****
BUSINESS/ FINANCE/ HEALTHCARE/ MANAGEMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE: NAC 1 INTERIM
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Strategic Planning Team Player Resource Allocation
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Multi-Task Computer/Filing skills Risk Management
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Safety & Quality Assurance Performance Tracking Budget Controls
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Policy Development Quality Control Organizational
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Interpersonal
Conflict Resolution Oral/Written Communication
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Asset Management Training & Development
Customer Support
Education and Credentials
University of Phoenix Online Phoenix, AZ
Masters of Business October 2010
Major: Business Administration/ Healthcare Management
G.P.A: 3.67
Western Illinois University Macomb, IL
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration December 2008
Major: Board of Trustees Minors: Management and Finance
Scott Community College Bettendorf, IA
Associate of Arts May 2006
Major: Liberal Arts
G.P.A: 3.60
Coursework
Management, Quantitative Reasoning for Business Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues in
Health Care, Human Resource Management, Human Capital Management, Economics, Finance,
Operations Management, Accounting, Applied Business Research & Statistics in Health Care,
Business Law, Organizational Leadership, Marketing, and Marketing Strategic Planning &
Implementation.
AWARDS
Cum Laude, Honor Student (2004-2006, 2008-2010), Combined Federal Campaign Award,
Dean’s List, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Club, Beta Club, Church Youth
Leader Assistant, Choir Director, Church and Community Volunteer, Business Society Club, and
Church Choir Member.
HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
2007 to 2010
Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, NC
Outpatient Medical Records Volunteer April 2010 – July 2010
Maintenance of medical records
Maintain patient information while taking orders from referral sources.
Verifies, prepares, maintains, and file more than 15,000 medical records monthly.
Reviews medical records for completeness and accuracy, assembles records into standard
order, and files records in designated areas according to applicable alphabetic and numeric
filing system.
Locates, signs out, and delivers medical records requested by hospital departments in a
timely manner.
Department Of Defense-TACOM/ Chemical Biological Defense Rock Island, IL
Senior General Clerk-Secretary June 2007- May 2008
Supervises and trains all new secretaries.
Maintain and organize confidential files, calendars, answer phones, and prepare executive
correspondence, and process paperwork.
Places work orders, drafts weekly team memos and reports, coordinate meetings, make
appointments, and take notes for weekly budget meetings.
Accomplish clerical functions: manage phone calls, email inquiries, mailing, purchase
orders, filing, payroll, travel arrangements, and accurate scheduling of staff and customer
appointments.
Requisitioning supplies, forms, mail distribution, maintaining office supplies and other
documentation control.
Train and assist employees with the DTS system
Reviews TDY requests and vouchers to assure agreement of budgetary account codes,
dollar amounts, and compliance with regulations and procedures.
Identify and analyze potential budgetary problems and recommend actions to ensure
resolution.
Ensure optimum customer flow through the office
Creates and implements an innovative office-training guide that is still in use.
Provides support, for special projects, to include internal technical, program projects,
external recreation, and public interest projects.
Responsible for administrative support and correspondence to senior executive and staff
Execute independent decisions within established guidelines and perform a full range of
administrative services, including maintaining the calendar and serving as point of contact
for the executive.
Prepares purchase orders, receiving reports, payment vouchers, requisitions for supplies,
and disposition vouchers and reports of survey.
Maintains and updates excel worksheets for supplies and travel arrangements.
Coordinates trips to receive, pick up and deliver mail, documents, and administrative
materials and supplies.
Processes, coordinates, validates, operations of civilian and military personnel programs
Responsible for the day-to-day operational functions of the Department/Clinic.
Receives telephone calls and visitors, refers to appropriate staff as necessary.
Receives and logs outgoing correspondence, reviewing it for correct format, punctuation,
spelling, grammatical accuracy, factual correctness, enclosures, dates, signatures, complete
addresses, and etc.
Responds, personally, to non-technical, but substantive, requests for information involving
directorate programs and functions, project assignments, internal procedures and
relationships, and current work status.
Gathers and analyzes data from a variety of sources for special projects.
Prepares correspondence covering subject of an administrative nature, both internal and
external.
Department Of Defense-TACOM/ Chemical Biological Defense Rock Island, IL
General Clerk-Surveillance Team Clerk Aug 2007- Dec 2007
Manages and consolidates more than 5,000 sales contracts and receipts for an upcoming
items management website.
Trains team members, informs the director and group leaders on sales receipts projects, and
assist several major IT and excel spreadsheet projects.
Administers effective technical computer support to an organization of more than 250
employees.
Organizes, facilitates, distributes, assembles, installs, and assigns computer inventory with
IT and Help Automation Support department for more than 400 employees.
Daily use of Facsimile machines; Adobe Connect, SharePoint 2007 (MOSS), Microsoft
Office and Server applications.