Irene Valdez-Novella

Healdsburg, Ca. *****

530-***-****

ad4mh1@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

I have worked as a Certified Medical Asst., I, ll, and III position. I have 20+ years experience. I have had the privilege to work in a Clinic base and Pre-School to High School based setting. I am skilled in Family Practice, Pediatrics, OB GYN, Internal Med, CAIR, Immunizations, Work Comp, Ortho., as well as an audiometrist. Community Action Partnerships, Santa Rosa, Ca. 08/14/18 - 11/2/22 Comunity School Health Asst./Diabetic Asst.

I maintain the care/service of all school site children.

● Diabetic management, seizure management, asthmatic and anaphylactic management, for 6 school sites within Roseland School District. Ages range from 3 yrs of age to 18 yrs of age.

● Dispense, monitored and gave treatment of medications as well as inventory of all medications coming in and out of the school sites.

● I track and serviced over 1000 cases throughout the school year.

● Documented/updated school site medical records as well as medical charts.

● Reviewed physicals, hearing, and vision screenings, for new/recurring medical conditions.

● Certified in first aid as this requires me to assist in helping all students with injuries that consist of concussions, sprained/fractures.

● Skilled in immunization requirements for school based environments.

● Grade level services were provided to Pre-K, TK to 12th grade with IEPs, Health Alerts, and Emergency health Alerts, referrals outside of school.

● Assessed and provided school health screens for: dental, vision and hearing for state reporting.

● Attend field trips with Diabetic/Health alert students that required a Nurse Asst., to attend.

● Helped Train: Incoming School Nurse Assistants, Medical Asst., and District Nurse.

● Helped create policy and procedures for our department/ job description.

● Certifications: CPR/AED Infant/Adult, with a bloodborne pathogens certification, Audiometrist certified as Collection Sites LLC. / Medivolve LLC. 12/2019-10/2021 Lead Lab Technician

● Oversee hiring and training of a team of 16 Phlebotomist/Medical Asst.

● We as a team performed 500-900 patient tests per day.

● Rapid Antigen, PCR nasal swab, and Antibody capillary test were performed.

● Report on all inventory, patient test counts each day and night, tech support, customers tech. support as well as insurance billing questions

● Inventory shipping and receiving

Aurora Medical Hospital Santa Rosa, Ca. 04/18 - 05/18 NOC Shift Mental Health Worker

Held a position as an MHW

● Managed 15 to 20 Mental health patients on a NOC shift with two to three others MHW, one RN and one charge nurse.

● Maintained patient safety threw out the night with 15 min checks, safety checks, line of sight, one on one, and suicide watch.

● Documented in patients medical cum throughout the morning and day shift.

● Tracked sleep times, vital signs and eating habits. Food Service Asst.

Healdsburg Unified School District, Healdsburg, Ca. 09/15 - 05/16

● Prepped all produce orders for sale.

● Salad bar prep for 350 plus students.

● Purchased orders for produce orders, meal orders weekly.

● I Help train food service students

● Balance out the cash drawer, maintain inventory of food and produce on a daily and monthly basis. Healdsburg Senior Living Center Healdsburg, Ca. 12/15-01/16 Worked the NOC Shift in Memory 1, 2, and Assistance living.

● My duties were to take care of Alzheimer and Dementia Patients. I also would float through the three centers and relieve others for their nighty breaks.

UCDMG Davis, Ca. 04/04 - 05/07 Medical Asst. Two.

● Maintained Patient Care in a pod of three Med Assistants and three doctors, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, and OB GYN/Pediatrics.

● Promoted to Medical Asst., III in August of 2004. Duties as followed: recorded all vital signs into the EMR computer system.

● Skilled in injections, tracked and maintained medications, flu clinic, patient messages, MRI, CT, holter Monitored results into EMR.

● Scheduled appointments perform EKGs for peds to adults. Physical screenings, well women checks, reported all patients’ labs and prepared rooms for all minor surgeries.

● Performed casting as needed.

(CHW) Catholic Healthcare West Davis, Ca. 12/03 – 06/05 Medical Asst. Urgent Care I maintained patient care for an Urgent Care Clinic.

● Record all patients’ vital signs and test results.

● Prepared all patients for procedures that consist of sutures, suture removal, casting, injections, urine dips, EKGs, urine drug screening DOT and Non-DOT.

● Blood Draws, DMV physical, audio testing and vision testing, Spirometry testing.

● Dispense controlled drugs and charted in data base. UCDMG Rancho Cordova, Ca. 08/02 - 06/03 Medical Asst., Internal Med., Family Practice/ Pediatrics Maintained patient care for a

● Physical Dept., prepared all charts for the physical dept., for patient testing.

● Non-Dot/Dot companies that needed Physicals, stress testing, spirometry testing, EKG, blood draws. Test was provided to CHP, Fire Departments, FBI and all Transportation Ports. Other Experience

Independent Consultant: Pampered Chef (2006/2015)

HealthSouth / US Healthworks Work Comp: Lead Receptionists/Ortho. Surgery Coordinator/Medical Asst. (West Sacramento, Roseville and Rancho Cordova, Ca.)

Unilab: Lead Phlebotomy Tec. (Davis, Ca.)

Lab One: Lead Phlebotomy Tec. (Salinas, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa, Ca.) Retail/ Experience 1993-1998

Marshalls: Sales Floor (San Juan, Ca.)

Contempo/ Wet Seal: Asst. Manager (San Juan, Ca.)

Petite Sophistic: Sales Floor (San Juan, Ca. - Lincoln, Ne.) Big Dog SportsWear: Asst. Manager (Gilroy, Ca.)

Rave: Manager (Salinas, Ca. – San Jose, Ca.)

Volunteer Work

Redwood Empire Food Bank 3/1/2019-6/1/21

Healdsburg Jr. High Wrestling Team Mom, I run all fundraisers, silent auctions, snack shacks for all tournaments and dual meets for our wrestling season.

Scholastic Book Fairs Chairperson: Set up and tear down book fairs, work registers, and distribute funds. Girl Scouts craft coordinator

Education:

King City High School King City, Ca. High School Diploma 1989-1992 ConCord Career Inst., San Jose, Ca. Medical Asst. II Cert. in Front and Back office as well as a venipuncture certification. Certification: March of 1997

California State University, San Bernardino, Ca. Certified Audiometrist August 16,2022 References:

Erika Jones LVN: 707-***-**** UCDMG

Millie Whitehead LVN: 916-***-**** Supervisor for UCDMG Krystal Balestier: 559-***-**** Regional Manager CollectionSites/Lab Recruiters LLC. Alicia Villagomez Med., Asst.,: 707-***-**** past Co-worker Andrea Neace Med., Asst.,: 707-***-**** Co-worker/friend

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