Zechariah Manning
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Motivated, personable professional with college degree and a successful
eleven-year record of high-paced clerical duties in a ER and inpatient
hospital setting. Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-
professionals at all levels. Accustomed to handling sensitive, confidential
records and information. Demonstrated history of worker/co-worker and
worker/client relationships. Poised and competent with demonstrated
ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Thrives in deadline-
driven environments. Excellent team skills.
Experienced in multi-tasking while communicating and coordinating directly
with healthcare providers and other associated professionals.
Versatile - able to execute non job-related assignments and tasks with
minimal training. Talent for quickly mastering technology - specifically
computer software and hardware.
Four years experience in the web design industry and related software.
Abilities include:
. Customer Service . Appointment Scheduling . Administrative
Duties
. Team Coordination . Electronic Medical Records (EMR) . Front-
Office Operations
. Task Prioritization . Strict HIPAA Compliance . Computer Savvy
. Time Management . General Office Skills . Web Design
Applications
. Interdepartmental Coordination . Phone/Faxing Skills . Small
Business Owner
. Medical Terminology . Med. Admin. Rec. Sheets (MARS)
COMPUTER SKILLS
General Publishing Databases Other
Photoshop SQL Outlook
Paintshop Pro phpMyAdmin Lotus Notes
Dreamweaver PuttySSH Building Computers
Word Joomla! CMS Installing/Configuring Hardware/Software
Publisher Wordpress CMS Hard Drive Partitioning
PowerPoint Mango CMS Basic Network Setup/Configuration
Excel RegPlus FTP Applications
CISProb Video Conversion
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA- Dec 1997 - Jun 2009 (resigned to pursue
other career endeavors)
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, founded in
1945. As of 2006, Kaiser Permanente operates in nine states and the
District of Columbia, and is the largest managed care organization (HMO) in
the United States. Their mission is to "provide quality care for our
members and their families, and to contribute to the well-being of our
communities."
Emergency Room Patient Transporter, December 1997 - February 2000
. Engaged and greeted patients and visitors
. Carried and answered hospital-network phone (Spectralink)
. Transferred patients into wheelchairs, gurneys and hospital beds
. Transported patients to radiology and diagnostic-associated
departments via wheelchair and gurney
. Transported, admitted and transferred patients from emergency room
to inpatient services
. Interdepartmentally handled and transferred confidential patient
medical charts, requisitions and records
. Transported sensitive lab specimens to laboratory and other
diagnostic departments
. Retrieved medications from inpatient and outpatient pharmacies
. Worked directly with patient medical equipment including IV pumps
and attaching heart monitors
. Facilitated processes for patient admits and discharges
. Assisted patients to and from their vehicles
Emergency Room Front Desk Receptionist, February 2000 - June 2002
. Engaged and greeted patients and visitors
. Handled and routed phone calls to appropriate departments
. Initiated ER patient admit process via front desk and ambulance
entrance
. Retrieved and recorded confidential information including
identification, demographics, insurance and acute symptoms
. Accepted, handled and recorded patient copayments in the form of
cash and check and credit card
. Balanced and reconciled cash drawer
. Worked directly with triage nurses and doctors communicating
symptoms and complaints of patients
. Created and compiled patient charts and requisitions
. Served as a barrier and buffer between patients, visitors and
providers to diffuse and calm high-stress situations
. Labored to reassure disgruntled patients that their concerns and
issues were high priority despite their triage acuity
. Mastered multiple data entry, billing and appointment scheduling
applications such as RegPlus, CISProb and Tracker
Emergency Room Unit Assistant, June 2002 - August 2006
. Was solely responsible for the informational and procedural
collaboration, coordination and communication amongst a
team of doctors, nurses and technicians
. Received admits, processed and created charts, and tracked
patients' procedural progress throughout their stay in the ER
. Directly transcribed doctors' orders
. Generated requisitions and facilitated appointment creation for
diagnostic procedures such as X-Ray, MRI, MRA, CAT
scan, PET scan, echocardiogram, endoscopy, ultrasound, nuclear
medicine, bone scan, angiogram and others.
. Generated requisitions and initiated laboratory coordination for
procedures such as blood draws, and other specimen
collection
. Received and routed all phone calls and faxes for the entire unit
. Delegated procedures and services to appropriate personnel such as
Patient Transporters and lab technicians
. Coordinated directly with consulting HBS doctors (Hospital Based
Specialists) in assigning them to evaluate patients
. Received and processed direct admits and transfers via private
ambulance and fire department
. Operated and maintained an industrial Xerox copy machine
. Tested and assessed the functioning of patient resuscitation
equipment such as heart monitors and defibrillators
. Tested and assessed the calibration of patient diagnostic equipment
such as blood glucose meters
. Solely initiated, facilitated and coordinated patient transfers to
other hospital facilities, including scheduling appropriate
ambulance levels, communicating with receiving hospital doctors
and nurses and finalizing paperwork upon patient
pickup and discharge
. Initiated code blue and other hospital-wide emergency codes
Med/Surg Inpatient Unit Assistant, August 2006 - June 2009
. Executed same duties as the Emergency Room Unit Assistant position
above, with the addition of the following duties:
. Coordinated with physical therapists and discharge coordinators in
patient transfers to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
. Prepared and copied all appropriate charts and records for SNF
transfers
. Accessed security-coded patient medication and narcotic rooms in
order to verify and update Medication
Administration Record Sheets (MARS) in relation to current doctor
orders.
. Ordered special patient equipment such as air beds and wound
vacuums from third-party vendors
. Mastered Health Connect, Kaiser Permanente's official Electronic
Medical Records System (EMR), introduced in 2007
. Tracked patient progress and status by keeping unit whiteboard
current
. Coordinated and scheduled nurses' lunch and break times
. Facilitated the scheduling of monthly Unit Assistant meetings
Turning Point Web Designz, www.tpwebz.com, San Francisco, CA
Full-service website design, hosting and maintenance company- Providing
personalized, custom web design services, 24 x 7 personal customer support
and commitment to artistic and functional excellence. Their mission is to
"give you the very best product, service and support at the most
competitive prices."
Owner/Operator, August 2006 - Present
. Designing, developing and maintaining client websites
. Designing and developing logos, graphics and images pertaining to
client websites
. Experience in working with computer languages such as HTML, XHTML,
CSS, PHP, JavaScript and others
. Experience in working with database-driven web applications, plug-
ins and extensions pertaining to
Joomla!, WordPress, MySQL and phpMyAdmin
. Experience in working with design applications such as Photoshop,
Paintshop Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash and others
. Experience in building computers, installing and configuring
hardware/software and setting up basic networks
. Handling public relations, marketing and media activities including
graphic design and email marketing
. Extensive customer service
EDUCATION
Diablo Valley College
Associates Degree, Journalism
Santa Rosa Junior College
Working towards multiple certificates in Web Design
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
. Offered two years of service as Personal Assistant to the President of
father's non-profit
CONTACT
. Phone- 707-***-****
. E-Mail- abjo0q@r.postjobfree.com
References available upon request