Medical Assistant

Alexa Shea Taylor

Cell: 615-***-**** • ********@***.***

Education

Kaplan Career Institute Nashville, TN Graduated October 2012

Medical Assistant Program, GPA 3.90

Awards and Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS with CPR & AED)

HIPAA Trained

OSHA Trained

Dean’s List

Perfect Attendance

Excellent Attendance

Advance Care (Home Health) Hermitage, TN June 2016- Present

Medical Assistant/ Care Giver

Aid patients with all medical needs

Bathe patients

Assist patients with walking

Helping patients to the restroom

Take patients to their Doctor’s appointments or anywhere they need to go

Assist with any daily required necessities

Light housework

Cooks Market Mt. Juliet, TN May 2016- Present

Customer Service/ Cashier

Customer Service

Daily Accounting

Stocking and Inventory control

Accounts Payable and Receivable

Pay vendors for merchandise delivered

Responsible for collecting outstanding debts

Responsible for all money received and paid out during shift.

Home Medical Assistant Mt. Juliet, TN December 2016- Present

Skilled Care Giver

Aid with all Medical needs

Aid patient to the bathroom

Stay close to patient due to falls

Assist patient with walking especially with stairs

Aid in maintaining medications and keeping them filled

Clean Wounds

Make sure patient eats

Test patients memory

Give B-12 Injections

Checked Blood Pressure Manually

Checked Pulse Manually

Aid in changing clothes

Home Medical Assistant Mt. Juliet, TN January 2014- Present Skilled Care Giver

Aid in getting patient dressed

Aid patient with all medical needs

Assist patient with walking when able

Take patient to Physician’s appointments

Maintain medications and insure they are taken properly and on time

Make sure patient is in correct position and has ice on injury if needed at that time

Checked Blood Pressure Manually

Checked Pulse Manually

Clean Wound(s) and Wound Change

Kept Patient comfortable at all times

Inserted IV when needed in order to get to some energy to get to Emergency Room

Connect Solutions of Fluid to IV and let run, while monitoring how much patient was getting

Have had to put IV into patient in the hospital because they couldn’t get it and patient asked for me

Ace’s Transmission Franklin, TN April 2011 – April 2016

Office Manager

Maintain the workflow for the employees

Oversee employees production

Order inventory for customers and document summary of parts and labor for each customer

Accounts payable and receivable

Maintain contact with customers to notify them of updated account information

Sales

Account Ledger

Payroll

Customer Service

HealthPort Nashville, TN (Temporary Employment)

Release of Information Specialist/ Supervisor

Released Medical Records to Hospitals, Clinics, Patients, Etc.

Answered Phones which were either Physician Offices, Hospitals, Patients, or Attorneys

Handled Patient Walk Ins for Medical Records

Supervised the Night Shift Crew

Released Medical Records under HIPPA and state laws

Released Records within Specific Time Limit

Worked with Multiple Programs to get all Records Released depending on State

Released Medical Records on a STAT Team to direct Doctor’s Offices or Hospital’s

One of Three People who knew every system to access all records

Aided in areas that were behind

Customer Service

Centers for Family Medicine Nashville, TN May 2013 – September 2013

Medical Assistant

Prepared and documented patient charts

Assisted physician with exams and performed diagnostic testing (EKG’s, Urinalysis, Urine drug screens, Urine pregnancy tests, Spirometry, and Glucose testing)

Administered injections and breathing treatments; Performed phlebotomy and Wound cleaning and care

Used Electric Medical Record (EMR)

Set up rooms for exams

Stocked rooms with adequate inventory and Washed and sterilized medical equipment

Sent prescriptions electronically (E-SCRIBE) and Refilled prescriptions in office

Inventory medicine closet

Organized and filed patient’s charts

Preceptor

Tennessee Sports Medicine Mt. Juliet, TN September 2012 – October 2012

Medical Assistant Externship

Triaged patients

Scanned and filed electronic medical records via Cerner

Observed physicians in patient assessment appointments

Cut off casts and observed casting process

Took inventory of medical supplies

Applied braces to patients and drew injections for physicians

Vanderbilt Medical Center Nashville, TN February 2009 – March 2011

Patient Care Technician - Adult Emergency Room, Level 1 Trauma Center

Took vital signs, 12 Lead EKG, and phlebotomy

Placed patients on cardiac monitoring

Inserted foley catheters for patients

Applied restraints as needed and took care of patients under RN supervision

Set up patient room for Level 1 Trauma Patients including chest tube set ups, necessary supplies, blankets, and thoracotomy trays

Assisted in Level 1 Traumas

Care of patients in Psychiatric Transition Unit

Preceptor

US Air Force Travis AFB, CA January 2007 – December 2008

Medical Technician/Emergency Room & Administrative Billing and Coding

Took vital signs, 12 lead EKG and monitoring

Set up cardiac monitor/defibrillator and external pacemaker

Phlebotomy, insertion of advanced airways/IV insertion and set up solutions and monitor

Insert and remove Foley and straight catheters

Set up and monitor chest tubes

Conducted topical and digital blocks, sutures, staples, sterile tape strips, and applied sterile dressing

Inserted nasogastic tube as well as performed lavage and suction

Change, apply and remove simple casts and splints

Obtained arterial blood gas samples and applied restraints as needed

Assisted in intubations, central venous lines, and arterial lines

Trained Airmen of higher rank

Computer Skills

Proficient with the following:

Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Charting Programs: Cerner, Star Panel, and others

Epic

HPF

Meditech

Typing Average: 53 Words per Minute

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