Medical Assistant

LATAKEY V DOSS

**** **** ****** * *, Tuscaloosa, A l 35404 C: 205-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Professional Summary

To secure a professional healthcare providing quality of care and meeting standards of excellence. Seeking to obtain a

responsible position as a phlebotomist, detail-oriented Medical Assistant with extensive experience performing medical

clerical duties and patient screenings in a busy clinical setting, medical receptionist in a facility where my knowledge and

experience can be utilized as well as enhanced, caring Certified Nursing Assistant with excellent communication skills

and 10 years expertise in geriatric care. and Phlebotomist 12 years of healthcare experience Able to work effectively in

independent and in team situations Able to learn quickly and adapt to environment Excellent communication and

organization skills Excellent leadership skills Flexibility and dependability.

Licenses

Certified Phlebotomist and CNA

Skill Highlights

Microsoft Office proficiency Computerized charting specialist

Excel spreadsheets Problem resolution ability

Time management Extensive medical terminology knowledge

Self-directed Patient/family focused

Strong problem solver Qualified in specimen collection/processing

Resourceful

Dedicated team player

Medical terminology

Patient charting

Insurance eligibility verifications

Claims appeal procedures

Billing and coding

Professional Experience

Phlebotomist 1 04/2010 to Current

Talecris Plasma Resources Tuscaloosa, Al

Doing veinpuncture and capillary technique on teens, adults, and geriatrics, take serum samples for testing

procedures, print out reports and create labels for test draws ordered, monitor donors and equipment to ensure

the health of donors and quality of the product, sterilized medical equipment after each procedure, Installed and

precisely calibrated biomedical equipment. setup, disconnects, and operates the automated plasmapheresis

machines, including response and evaluation of all autompheresis troubleshooting displays, documentation of

exceptions, and labeling of the plasma container bottle for each donor with their ID number attached, after the

donor has donated, disinfect the donor's bed every time after donating, maintains accurate documentation of

necessary records including Donor Room Logs, weigh in the machines in the morning to make sure it calibrates

between 995-1005 if it goes under are over the required calibration the second time the machine as to be taken

out of service, some times act's as a lead on the donor floor to assign breaks, lunches and when to leave for the

day, a designated trainer who train new hires, and current employees to become a phlebotomist, data input for

opening and closing the floor, as well as documenting the cleaning of the machines at the end of the shift into

DMS and in the unexpected event tracking log, and attends monthly meetings.

Receptionist/CNA/Phlebotomist 10/2006 to 02/2010

Maude Whatley Health Services Inc Tuscaloosa, Al

Assisting LPN,RN,CRNP,and MD with patient preparation for pediatric physical examinations(obtaining vital

signs, patient medical history or triage, performing eye examinations, hearing tests, injections, Xray and EKG's),

recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records, prepared patient rooms

prior to their arrival. helped physicians examine and treat patients by assisting with instruments, injections and

suture removal, assisted physicians in focus studies on subject of prenatal care. Setting up equipment and

assisting medical staff with gynecological examinations, assist with dressings, bandages, splints, and cleaning

wounds as needed Performing laboratory tests(cholesterol, hemoglobin, blood glucose, Hgb AIC, pregnancy,

urinalysis) and laboratory data input Performing patient veinpunctures/blood draws as ordered for different

diagnosis tests such as BMP, CBC, PT, TSH, SSt tubes RED/Grey Speckle or Gold, PST- Heparin with gel

Barrier light green, SST tubes are refrigerated only once, centrifuge, split, separate, refrigerate, and

prepare/send specimens in accordance with the regulations, and test request to proper contracted reference

laboratory for testing, perform all paperwork technical and non technical procedures to process and submit

specimens, computer generates ID numbers, check for accuracy and records all items to designated laboratory

locations, unpack specimens from branches and route specimens by type of various staging areas, prepare

excess specimens samples for storage for departments, veinpuncture and capillary technique on pediatrics blood

collections, adults, and geriatrics, create and print out lab test and labels for test request, keying information/lab

receiving and sorting specimens, verifying the accuracy of requisitions, collecting, transporting, storage,

handling, packing, shipping, and processing blood specimens for analysis and prepare samples for testing,

blood draw/urine paternity testing, LCM/Cyber tools, test cup urine drug screens, draws for patients in a long

term care facilities drug rehabilitation, prisons, psychiatric and similar facilities, managed the receptionist area,

including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information, maintained the

front desk and reception area in a neat and organized fashion, dispersed incoming mail to correct recipients

throughout the office, made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence in a timely

manner, organized files, developed spreadsheets, created and maintained spreadsheets using advanced Excel

functions and calculations to develop reports and lists, accounts receivable and collections, negotiating payments

and updating accounts, faxed reports and scanned documents, completed and submitted clinical documentation in

accordance with agency guidelines, organized, updated and maintained over 200 patient charts, filed medical

records, scheduling appointments in/out, as well as calling to conform their appointments, registers patients and

maintaining records to make sure they are updated, take payments and prepare receipts as well as disbursement

of funds, verifying medical insurance medicare/medicaid, knowledge of microsoft word, ICD 9 coding, EMR,

answer multi- phone lines, direct calls and take messages, handle mail, sort, distributes and sign for packages,

monitor and order office supplies

CNA 03/2001 to 10/2006

LaRocca Nursing Home Tuscaloosa, AL

Read and recorded temperature, pulse and respiration, collected urine and fecal samples, assisted with adequate

nutrition and fluid intake, directed patients in prescribed range of motion exercises and in the use of braces or

artificial limbs, positioned residents for comfort and to prevent skin pressure problems, charted daily information

on the residents such as mood changes, mobility activity, eating percentages, and daily inputs and outputs,

assisted with ADLs, provided patients and families with emotional support, sensitive to the needs of geriatric

patients, maintained a clean, orderly and well-stocked environment.

Education and Training

GED: LPN 2009

Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa, Al, Tuscaloosa

3.0 GPA

Phlebotomy Certification: Phlebotomy December 2007

National Health Career Association East Orange, NJ

Community Service

I volunteer at the American Red Cross to get experience to become a better phlebotomist for about 2 months.

Additional Information

Salary Requirements: Negotiable

At this present time, I'm currently enrolled at C.A.P. Stone Dental Assisting Program and will be certified by the

end of September 2013

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