Jennifer Tyson
Jacksonville, FL *****
ad38xu@r.postjobfree.com
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Clinical Lead Medical Assistant
Village Medical - Jacksonville, FL
October 2023 to January 2024
Clinical Lead
• Ensure appropriate on-boarding and orientation of new clinical support staff and manage ongoing training and development needs
• Assess clinical competency of candidates by participating in the recruitment, selection and hiring process for clinical positions in collaboration with the Practice Manager
• Demonstrate exceptional adherence to infection control measures, point of care test/CLIA waived lab compliance, OSHA for healthcare settings, and safe vaccine storage, handling, and administration
• Manage clinical staffing assignments with the Practice Manager and work in a patient-facing clinical role as needed
• Monitor supply, vaccine, and medication levels and order appropriately
• Ensure medical emergency equipment is maintained and ready when needed
• Attend leadership meetings
• Coordinate quarterly medical emergency drills
• Communicate organizational and clinical changes to staff to in a positive manner and champion support of all change
• Receive and understand direction on clinical processes and competencies from clinical operations leadership and disseminate updates and new protocols to staff
• Conduct clinical staff meetings and huddles in collaboration with the Practice Manager with a focus on staff engagement
• Attend leadership meetings and other relevant meetings as required
• Proactively develop employee’s clinical skills through mentoring and coaching
• Promote staff education opportunities and assist in coordination of training
• Provide office supervision in the absence of the Practice Manager
• Assist the provider in delivery of patient care and collaborate with provider to resolve all emergent patient or clinical issues in a timely manner
• Monitor patient schedule and clinical inboxes to ensure patient needs are addressed in a timely manner
• Identify consistent gaps and partner with the Practice Manager to address appropriately Medical Assistant
• Check in/ check out patients
• Schedule patients
• Verify insurance
• Collect payments
• Complete prior authorizations
• Triage patients
• Obtaining medical history
• EKG's
• Preparing specimens for lab pick up
• Assisting with GYN exams
• Blood draws
• Injections (IM, ID, SC)
• Sterile Procedures and Surgical Aseptic techniques
• Peak flow monitoring, PFT, Spirometry testing, and nebulizer treatments
• Eye and Ear irrigation
• Visual Acuity
Referral Coordinator/Billing Specialist
San Jose Clinic - Jacksonville, FL
February 2022 to September 2022
• Process and send referrals
• Obtain prior authorization for referrals and medications
• Complete billing Superbills and submit to billing company
• Answer phones
• Make appointments
• Confirm appointments
• Check in
• Check out
• Submit medication refills
• Process and send medication prior authorizations
• Assist with back office as needed
Office Manager/Medical Assistant
The Doctors Center - Jacksonville, FL
August 2017 to January 2022
Office Manager
• Oversee all daily operations of clinic and staff
• Oversee and maintain daily patient schedule
• Set up new occupational accounts
• Open/close office
• Handle patient concerns
• Maintain inventory
• Order supplies
Medical Assistant
• Check in/ check out patients
• Schedule patients
• Verify insurance
• Collect payments
• Complete prior authorizations
• Triaging patients
• Obtaining medical history
• EKG's
• Preparing specimens for lab pick up
• Assisting with GYN exams
• Blood draws
• Injections (IM, ID, SC)
• Sterile Procedures and Surgical Aseptic techniques
• Peak flow monitoring, PFT, Spirometry testing, and nebulizer treatments
• Eye and Ear irrigation
• Suture removal
• Cast removal
• X-rays
• Assist providers with biopsies and applying casts
• CLIA waived testing; flu, strep, COVID, urinalysis, glucose, pregnancy.
• DOT and NON DOT drug screens
• DOT Physicals
• Pre employment physicals
• Fit for Duty physicals
• Deployment Physicals
• Physical Abilities Testing
• Visual Acuity
• Audiometric testing
Caregiver
Life Management Resources - Saint Augustine, FL
May 2017 to March 2018
• Bathing patient
• Assisting patient with personal hygiene
• Assisting patient to bathroom and on/off commode
• Preparing meals
• Performing housekeeping duties
• Caring for Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients
Medical Assistant Externship
Island Doctors
May 2017 to July 2017
(240 hours)
• Triaging patients
• Vitals; orthostatic, manual, and automatic
• Adult/Pediatric measurements
• EKG's
• Urine HCG/ Urinalysis/Preparing specimens for lab pick up • Assisting with GYN exams
• Perform strep/mono testing
• Injections (IM, ID, SC)
• INR and Blood Glucose testing
• Sterile Procedures and Surgical Aseptic techniques
• Peak flow monitoring, PFT, Spirometry testing, and nebulizer treatments
• Visual acuity
• Eye and Ear irrigation
• Suture removal
Caregiver/Companion
Partners In Care - Saint Augustine, FL
April 2017 to May 2017
• Sitting with patients overnight 7pm-7am
• Ensuring the patient has necessities they need
• Caring for Alzheimer's and Dementia patients
• Assisted patient in getting CNA or nurse as needed
• Bathing patient
• Assisting patient with personal hygiene
• Assisting patient to bathroom and on/off commode
• Preparing meals
• Performing housekeeping duties
• Caring for Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients
Companion
Ponte Vedra Home Care - Ponte Vedra, FL
May 2016 to March 2017
Companion
• Sat with patient overnight 7pm-7am
• Assisted patient in getting CNA or nurse as needed
• Read to patient
• Operated patient's music and television
E-sales and Reservations Agent
U-Haul - Inverness, FL
2014 to 2015
• Assisting customers via phone in making new reservations/changing existing reservations for equipment rentals, hitch installations, and storage units.
• Taking storage payments.
• Data entry of new customer information, making changes to existing customer information. Sales/ Independent Beauty Consultant
MARY KAY
2012 to 2014
• Assisting customers via phone, text, and email in choosing proper beauty items.
• Placing customer orders via online.
• Invoicing and delivering customer orders.
Home Health Aide
FAMILY LIFE CARE
2007 to 2009
• Taking care of elderly and/or disabled individuals.
• Bathing, changing, and promoting good personal hygiene.
• Completing household chores and running errands for those who are unable to do so for themselves. Education
Certified Medical Assistant
Concorde Career Institute - Jacksonville, FL
November 2016 to July 2017
Certified Crime Scene Technician
Kaplan University - Inverness, FL
2010
Certified Nursing Assistant
Lakewood Regional Medical Center - Berrien Springs, MI 2000
GED
Penn High School - South Bend, IN
2000
Skills
• Medical office management
• Medical office experience
• Phlebotomy
• Experience Administering Injections
• Medical Imaging
• EMR Systems
• Patient Care
• Aseptic Technique
• Medical Scheduling
• ICD-10
• Venipuncture
• Medical Records
• Vital Signs
• Alzheimer's Care
• Dementia Care
• Meal Preparation
• Caregiving
• Clerical experience
• Healthcare management
• Leadership
• EMR systems
• Vital signs
• Medical office management
• Specimen collection / processing
• Medical records
• Clerical experience
Certifications and Licenses
CPR Certification
First Aid Certification
Certified Medical Assistant
BLS Certification
Certified Crime Scene Technician
Present
Additional Information
• BLS CPR AED Certified
• HIV/AIDS for Florida Healthcare Professionals Vitals (orthostatic, manual, and automatic)
• EHR/EMR
• Competent with performing ECG's and Holter monitor procedures
• Vitals; orthostatic, manual, and automatic
• Adult/Pediatric measurements
• Urinalysis/ Urine HCG
• Assisting with GYN exams
• Perform strep/mono testing
• Phlebotomy
• Injections (IM, ID, SC)
• CLIA waived testing
• Knowledgeable in PPE and OSHA guidelines
• Basic hematology
• Sterile Procedures and Surgical Aseptic techniques
• Peak flow monitoring, PFT, Spirometry testing, and nebulizer treatments
• Basic physical therapy
• Basic pharmacology
• Visual acuity
• Eye and Ear irrigation
• Suture removal