Sandra Sawyer

*** ****** ****

Poinciana, FL **759

Cell 321-***-****

e-mail

abqowl@r.postjobfree.com

Last Update 8/11

OBJECTIVE

An opportunity to bring an expansive range of technical and interpersonal

skills and valuable work experience to a position that provides me with a challenge.

Current Employer: Orlando Regional

Medical Center, Orlando, FL,

February 2008

to Present Clinical Trials: Research Project Coordinator

Involved in regulatory start up and maintainance for numerous sponsored and academic research studies. Assists the Director of Clinical Trials in a variety of tasks including grant writing/applications, budgets and contracts, authoring of SOPs and standard federal and state regulatory compliance and GCP for clinical trials. Act as liaison between institution and sponsors including all IRB submissions. Coordinates active clinical trials, implementing and overseeing all aspects of research protocols including seeing patients from enrollment through end of study.

January 2007

to Present Clinical Trials: Assistant to the Director of Clinical Trials Research.

Involved in regulatory start up for numerous research studies. Assist the Director of Clinical Trials in a variety of tasks including grant writing/applications, budgets and contracts, authoring of SOPs and standard federal and state regulatory compliance and GCP for clinical trials. Act as liaison between institution and sponsor including all IRB submissions.

October 2005

to January 2007 Trauma Administration: Trauma Registrar

Trauma Registrar for the Level I Trauma Center gathering data on all trauma patients for a national database registry including Abbreviated Injury Scaling and Injury Severity Scoring. This database is used for a variety of justifications including Level I status, research, funding and study of trauma.

April 2002

to October 2005 Emergency Department: Unit Secretary

Unit Secretary in the Level I Trauma Center and Emergency Department

implementing diagnosis and treatment as prescribed by a variety of physicians

including Trauma and Neuro Surgeons, Emergency, Hospitalist physicians

and other specialists. This includes entering all orders, scheduling

diagnostic testing, medications, initiating consults and equipment charging

and billing while in the Emergency Department. Also receiving and relaying

medical reports via radio from incoming Ambulance and Helicopter Emergency

Medical Personnel and management of a large multi-line phone system.

This position involves intensive relations with patients and family

as well as physicians and other departments and services throughout

the hospital as well as the medical community

April 2002

to October 2005

(Additional Work) Nursing Operations: Bed Control Coordinator

Bed Control Coordinator for the Nursing Administrative Offices coordinating

all facets of interhospital transfers and placement of newly admitted

patients from private physicians offices, extended care facilities,

Emergency and Trauma Centers as well as hospital to hospital transfers.

Past Employment History: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,

Pontiac, MI

March 1982

to June 2000

Radiology: Lead Tech, Special Procedures

Eighteen years experience as a CAT Technologist, 15 years experience as a

Special Procedures Technologist, eight years experience in Cardiac Catheterization,

two years experience as a Radiologic Technologist and nine years as Lead

Technologist, including hands on assisting of physicians during procedures.

Assisted Special Procedures Supervisor with day to day operations of

department. As Lead Technologist responsibilities included:

Administrative paperwork (Quality Assurance, budgets, equipment

justification and procurement)

CPT-4 coding and billing of procedures

Managing personnel and facility scheduling

Procurement of all supplies necessary for day to day operations

as well as special non-invasive procedures

Arranging for preventive maintenance, upgrades and emergency

repairs of equipment

Providing all training, including technical procedures, customer

service, computerized informational systems, quality control and continuing

education license requirements

Technical consultation during vendor meetings

Assisting with evaluations and with interview process of prospective

employees

Past Employment History:Oxford

Schools, Oxford MI

January 1978

to December 1980

Continuing Education Paraprofessional

Worked one on

one with:

Mentally and physically impaired

Geriatrics

Pregnant teen students

Infant through 4 year old children in child development

Education & Training:

2001 for certification in medical coding and billing

1992 to 2000

Attended for B.S. in Allied Health field at Oakland

University and Oakland

Community College

1980 to 1982 St. Joseph Mercy

Hospital School of Radiologic Technology (AMA accredited)

1976 to 1978,

major-International Relations, minor-German

Oct. 2006 Abbreviated Injury Scaling, 2 day Seminar, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

Consulting Credits:

Applications Training Consultant, working in conjunction

with General Electric Medical Equipment Corporation, for Henry Ford Hospital,

Dearborn, Michigan

Technical consultant for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac,

Michigan in reference to equipment selection and procurement

Authored Protocol/Procedure Manuals for CT and Special Procedures,

in use at St. Joseph Mercy and Henry Ford Hospitals, Pontiac and Detroit

Michigan

Certifications:

National Health Career

Assoc. certification for Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

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