Melissa Young

abjbva@r.postjobfree.com

843-***-****

P.O. Box 12083

Florence, SC 29504

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Past and present experience working as a director and teacher in the education field.

• Energetic and accomplished certified surgical technician with experience in the operating room and the

endoscopy lab.

• High regard for confidentiality, dependable and personable.

• Flexibility to perform in both a self-directed environment and as a member of a team.

• Recognized for being outgoing and people-friendly. Organization is a natural skill improved with

experience.

KEY STRENGTHS

Public Speaking, Organization, Leading People, Teaching, Directing, Creating, Billing, Keyboarding,

Word Processing, Internet, E-Mail, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Olympus Computer Software

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

First Presbyterian Church, Florence, SC August 2007 to Present

Director of Mothers Morning Out

Plan peanut free diet for students and purchase. Minister to grieving when appropriate. Design and create

newsletter, bulletin boards, curriculum. Plan parties and menus. Interact with parents in varying situations.

Write monthly newsletters and take photos for newsletters. Design and creates crafts. Public speaking. Develop

presentations and present them to the First Presbyterian board members. Incorporate parents, children, and

teachers into special events. Organize committee to brain storm ideas for improvement of program. Attend staff

meetings. Billing and design present program. Handle all registration for school year and summer. Responsible

for time cards. Research and visit other programs on upgrading program. Take care of all injuries and accidents.

Interview and hire new employees. Send out tax forms at the end of the year.

Emmanuel Baptist Church, Hartsville, S.C. 2007

Director

Director of After School Care

Handled time cards. Planned activities for children. Organized teacher to child ratio. Attended staff meetings.

Counseled parents on student affairs. Interviewed and hired new employees.

Genesis Rehabilitation Services, Florence, S.C. 2005

Therapist Assistant

Worked in the rehabilitation department. Exercised patients limbs. Assisted patients with walkers, feeding, and

special equipment. Put braces on patients. Transported patients.

Consultants in Gastroenterology, Columbia, S.C. 2000-2003

Certified Surgical Technician/ Medical Assistant

Assisted the gastroenterologists with procedures. Entered biopsies in the computer. Called the patients with

results of their test. Assisted with administrative duties. Pulled patients charts up on the computer and retrieved

diagnoses for X-rays and labs. Filed insurance claims. Counseled patients. Traveled to different locations with

gastroenterology doctors. Set up procedures for patients. Assisted physicians in procedure rooms. Worked up

patients before office visits.

Handled billing.

Home Health Care Agency, Florence, S.C. 1999-2000

Health Care Worker

Cared for an inbound patient who had a stroke. Bathed, clothed, fed, exercised her limbs for strengthening.

Gave patient medication and took patient to physician visits. Monitored EKG rhythms and took results to

physician. Worked with a physician who had pancreatic cancer.

Same procedures were followed.

McLeod Health Care 1996-2000

Certified Surgical Technician

Worked with gastroenterologist in the endoscopy lab. Worked with pulmonologist and pediatric doctors.

Traveled in the medical units for emergency procedures. On call. Cleaned instruments using cydex and

autoclaves. Transported patients and help prepare them for medication.

Assisted at the front desk with the telephones. Used the olympus computer system in the laboratory. Set up

procedures

Florence Baptist Temple, Florence, S.C. 1991-1992

Teacher

Taught five year-old kindergarten and summer day camp. Prepared lessons and activities for children.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Coker College, Hartsville, SC

Bachelor of Arts in Education, May 2010

Florence Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC

Certified Surgical Technician, May 97

Florence Darlington Technical College, May 98

Classes taken in Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology for nursing

Francis Marion University, August 2006

Undergraduate evening classes taken

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Past member of the McLeod Ambassador Foundation

Participated in the Children's Miracle Network Telethon

Member of the May 2009 Cancer Relay for Life Team

Participated in the Nikki Golf Classic Tournament at the Country Club of South Carolina

Member of Southside Baptist Church

Member of the Certified Surgical Technician Association Present

Certificate awarded at Fort Jackson for excellent worker

Member into the teacher education program at Coker College August 2009

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