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Assistant Physician

Location:

Denver, CO

Posted:

March 03, 2017

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Resume:

Leslie Townsend, CCMA, PA-S

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Avon, CO 81620 United States

Mobile: 859-***-****

acy34d@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To be a compassionate healthcare provider. To strive to help others and make a difference in others’ lives. To provide individual treatment plans. I am passionate about anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the human body. I am committed to being hard working and dedicated to finishing each and every task efficiently. To use my strong computer, communication, and organizational skills to multi-task and precisely analyze information in high paced environments. To be trustworthy, positive and friendly to help assist patients and staff.

SKILLS AND STRENGTHS

Fast learner, always eager to learn new things; work well in new and fast pace environments that demand quick and engaged learning skills; creative, motivated, positive, hardworking, dedicated individual eager to apply concepts from courses taken during my college and graduate education; easily adapts to different personalities and different surroundings; excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong computer skills including typing, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and EMR; strong organizational skills; energetic positive work attitude; creative problem solver who always completes tasks efficiently.

EDUCATION

Bethel University Physician Assistant Graduate Program. Graduation May, 2017

Honors:

GPA 4.0

Arnold P Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine

Specialized focus in Emergency Medicine

Performed at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, TN

Specialized focus in Orthopedics

Performed at HCA Rocky Mountain Pediatric Orthopedics and Vail-Summit Orthopedics

VVMC and VVSC, Denver, Golden, Skyridge, Vail, Edward, CO

Specialized Focus in Family Medicine

Performed at Jackson Clinic and McKenzie Medical Center, TN

National Medical Challenge Bowl, 2016

Tutor for the 2017 Team

Proficient in Clinical Skills:

Complete history and physical; effectively formulate and communicate individualized treatment plans; multiple suturing techniques; surgeon’s knot; scrape, core, and excisional biopsy; intramuscular, subdural, subcutaneous, and intraarticular injections; nerve blocks, I&D; joint re-location, splinting, bracing, and casting; reading xray and ekg’s, circumcisions, first assist in general and OB/GYN, and orthopedics surgeries, delivering babies; newborn and infant exams; Ultrasound exams for infant hip dysplasia, consoling patient and parents with congenital malformations.

Clinical Hours:

Emergency Medicine: 600 hours

Orthopedics Pediatric: 250 hours

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: 350 hours

Family Medicine: 375 hours

OB/GYN: 250 hours

General Surgery: 300 hours

Internal Medicine: 300 hours

Pediatrics: 250 hours

Mental Health: 200 hours

Regis University, Denver, CO 2009-2011, Graduate GPA 3.8

B.S. Biology, Minor: Spanish

Tri Beta Biological Honors Society 2009-2011

Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY 2007-2009

Georgetown College Soccer 2007-2009

Red Rocks Community College Fall 2012; Spring 2014

Community College of Denver Summer 2014

CERTIFICATION

NCCPA Physician Assistant

BLS/CPR/First Aid 03/15/2015-2017

ACLS 06/2015-2017

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant 8/9/2014-8/9/2018

EXPERIENCE

Orthopaedic Physicians of Colorado

799 E Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113 P: 303-***-****

Medical Assistant/Scribe, June 20, 2013- January 01, 2015

2250 Direct Patient Care hours

Liaison between ER, Trauma, and Orthopedic doctors

Gather medical history and current issues

Surgery scheduler for multiple doctors

Problem solve and strategize to help accommodate emergency situations

Relay messages to doctors and patients

Refill prescriptions

Review dictation

Greet patients in a courteous kind matter in person and over the phone

Schedule patients from a multi-line phone

Schedule patients in person

Fill out documentation for time away from work, work releases, and workman compensation

Maintain several physicians schedules and calendars

Schedule doctor meeting and help organize group lunches

Direct and assist patient for pre-admission to surgery

Manage referrals and patient charts

Orthopaedic Physicians of Colorado

Physician and Physician Assistant Shadowing Hours

Shadow a physician and his physician during patient consultation and dictation

Rocky Mountain Spine and Sport-Physical Therapy Clinic, Denver, CO

9218 Kimmer Dr. #100 Lone Tree, CO 80124 P:303-***-****

Front Desk Administration, September 26, 2011-June, 19, 2013

1700 Direct Patient Care Hours

Administer ice and heat after exercises and treatment

Supervise exercise

Set up electrical stimulation units for patients

Courteously greet patients

Effectively schedule patients in office and over the phone

Answer multiple call

Pleasant phone manor

Communicate with insurance and law companies

Process medical records

Check Benefits

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable

File, appeal, and reprocess claims

Organize patients files

Responsible for ordering and stocking supplies

My duty to become proficient in new department computer software to better assist doctors and patients

Gather and record medical records for doctors, lawyers, and insurance companies

Effectively collect and input money and new patient data

Be the smiling face for each and every patient

Regis University Physical Therapy Department, Denver, CO

Research lab and Office Assistant, May 2010 – May 2011

Responsible for organization of paperwork and files for staff and doctors.

Schedule meetings and appointments for patients.

Assist doctors on specific projects such as strength training and running exercises.

I am proficient in Microsoft and department specific databases.

Regis University Telefund, Denver, CO 09/2009-07/2011

With my strong communication skills and outgoing personality, I develop relationships with alumni, friends, and family.

Through university relationships encourage involvement in university donations.

Promote participation in campus events and reunions.

Management of Intramural Sports at Georgetown College March 2008-2009

Manage teams rosters and create schedules for intramural activities

Supervisor and referee for intramural sports

Grant Proposal-White Pine Blister Rust on Limber Pine Trees. 12/2010

Conservation Biology Plan-Colorado Sagebrush. 04/2010

LAB EXPERIENCE

Four and a half years of biological lab experience 2007-2012

Hay infusion, Drosophila cross test and genetic mutations, PCR test, Lambda DNA gel electrophoresis, Hardy-Weinberg equations, Yeast growth and vessels, competition and invasive species evaluations, differentiating and identifying unknown species, pure culturing from mixed cultures, resistance and zone of inhibition testing.

One year of physics lab experience 2010-2011

Electric fields, magnetic fields, pendulum,

Two and a half years of chemistry lab experience 2007-2009

Dilutions, mixing chemical compounds, creation of aspirin extract

VOLUNTEER

Junior PA Day, Paris, TN

PA Student 2015-2016

Allowed the children of the community to be a physician for a day.

Sutured, band aid, and taped teddy bear wounds.

Checked blood pressure, temperature, height, weight, and deep tendon reflexes.

Informed on healthy snack options.

Relay race of proper surgical attire.

Health and Awareness, Paris TN

PA Student 2015-2016

Elementary and Middle School Education on health and wellness, such as a nutritious diet, brushing teeth, and exercising.

PA Super Hero 5K run

PA Student 2015-2016

Set up and organized a 5K run for the community to have a chance to get together, have fun, exercise and give back to medical charities dear to the community.

Bethel Undergraduate teaching and education on PA’s

Teaching basic first aid skills. Informing students on the potential possibilities of Physician Assistants.

WhizKids, Denver, CO

Tutor/Mentor 2013-2014

To help better the lives of 6th grade students academically, socially, mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Be the rock and support for under privileged youth.

Better their math, reading, geography, science, and any subject they are struggling with at that particular moment.

Be a positive role model, someone they can look up to or turn to when time are rough.

Project Angel Heart Denver, CO

Support Coordinator 2013-2015

Prepare meals and snacks in the kitchen; decorate meal bags with bright smiling images; deliver meals to homes; gather donations and food from generous companies.

St. Elizabeth Hospital, Crestview Hills, KY

Emergency Room Desk

Check patients into the database to be seen by triage and doctors

Personal priority to make every patient feel comfortable by providing anything they needed while at the hospital

Help family and friends find patients already checked into the hospital

Communication with various departments in the hospital

Transport patients by wheelchair or on foot to the correct wing of the hospital.

Big Brother and Big Sister, Georgetown, KY

Participated in charity events as a role model for struggling children to look up to and realize that they can live their lives for positive events opposed to their struggling family life.

Can soup drives for the Salvation Army, the homeless, and Hurricane Katrina Foundation; Bake sales and Christmas gift wrapping for the homeless; The Humane Society

Involved in hosting children soccer camps in Florence, KY and Georgetown, KY

Teaching young children new soccer skills and communication skills.

Being an inspirational factor that continues to motivate them to continue soccer and any other dreams they have.

Monthly Donations to the Humane Society

5K runs to donate to physical therapy research programs and soccer clubs

St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Involvement

Operation Christmas Child- Packing gifts and necessities to over 160 different countries worldwide

Children Tumor Foundation

REFERENCES

David Hamlin, PA-C

Jackson Madison County General Hospital Emergency Department

731-***-****