RESUME

Cathy Simmons

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Opelika, AL 36804

334-***-****

EDUCATION:

GRADUATED 1975

BEAUREGARD HIGH SCHOOL

AUBURN UNIVERSITY HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 1976-1999 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 1999-2004

Courses offered for advancements in Office Administration, Office Management, Financial Management, Computer Skills, Promotion Requirements and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE / Contracts and Grants Submissions and Management.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

AUBURN UNIVERSITY June 1975 - May 29, 1999

History Department 1975 - 1978

Typist / Receptionist / Staff Secretary/Administrative Secretary: Assistant to the Administrative Secretary. Assisted with student registration each quarter. general office duties and responsibilities which included typing and processing all quarterly and final examinations, research papers and editing new editions of textbooks or typing new publications from handwritten or typed drafts. Answered and distributed calls to faculty using a multi-line telephone. (IBM typewriters only)

School of Arts and Sciences 1978

Administrative Secretary: Administrative Secretary to the Dean, Associate Dean and Assistant Dean. General Office Duties and Responsibilities.

Political Science Department 1978 - 1987

Administrative Secretary: Assistant to the Department Head as needed or requested. General Office Manager and staff supervisor to Staff Secretary and Receptionist/Typist. Responsible for correspondence for the Department Head, all Financial Services for department budget: multiple Vendor Supplies, scheduled all travel arrangements/reimbursements and payments to vendors in a timely manner. Responsible for updating and submitting annual budgets in a timely manner; submitting Payroll updates/modifications to personnel with multiple accounts and monthly clarifications. Assisted with faculty, graduate students and staff new employments, upgrades, retirements or transfers.

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General Biology Program 1987-1997

Administrative Secretary II: Assistant to the Coordinator of the General Biology Program. Office Manager and supervisor to Staff secretary and Typist. Registration Coordinator to the General Biology Program which involved a submitting laboratory teaching schedule to the Coordinator in a timely manner. Responsible for completing all paperwork, testing procedures and laboratory teaching schedules for current Instructors, professors, graduate students, new graduate students and Honorary Science Students for each quarter. School of Architecture, Design and Construction 1997-1999 Administrative Secretary III: Assistant to the Department Head of the School of Architecture and Design. Staff Supervisor to Staff Secretary and Work Study Students. Responsible for 52 accounts, ordering supplies for 5 levels of students in Architecture and design. There were two off campus locations with separate faculty members, graduate students, work study and student enrollments. Responsible for submitting quarterly course schedules for the three locations in a timely manner, payroll for the three locations, supplies, registration and student enrollment and clarifications in a timely manner and scheduling all travel arrangements and reimbursements. Additional duties as needed or requested by Department Head and Faculty members. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 1999 - 2008

Caries Research Center / School of Dentistry 1999

Temporary Office Services / 12 day assignment

Administrative Secretary: My first assignment at UAB after moving to Birmingham,AL I gained valuable UAB information, contacts, locations and experiences from each of the faculty members in this department. They each submitted a personal reference for a permanent administrative position at UAB.

Spain Rehabilitation 1999

Temporary Office Services/Office Associate I: Assisted three physicians as needed as their Administrative Assistant. Transcribed medical notes for their patients. Kept patient medical records updated. Scheduling appointments, taking telephone calls and messages from each Physicians` patients, responsible for contacting disabled/bedridden patients on a monthly basis, submitting their medications needs to their physicians and getting all medications to their patients in a timely manner.

School of Materials and Mechanical Engineering 1999 - 2001 Office Services Specialist III

Dual Administrative Secretary position. 50% Academic and 50% Administrative The duties were the same as my Administrative Assistant II and III at Auburn University. Department of Neurology/UAB 2001 - 2004

Alzheimer's Disease Center

Administrative Associate / Financial Officer: Assistant to the Department Head of the Alzheimer's Disease Center. Responsible for Human Resources, Payroll and Administration, Budgets for multiple budgets for all Contacts, Grants and Clinical Trials within the Center. Immediate Supervisor to all regular, bi-weekly and part-time staff within the Center. Maintained and updated all files within the Center. Responsible for submitting monthly reports for each account 3

and payments to vendors in a timely manner. Responsible for submitting vouchers to patients involved in Clinical Trials in a timely manner. Responsible for scheduling all travel arrangements and reimbursements in a timely manner. Attended various meetings on and off campus and was responsible for taking minutes and distributing copies to members in a timely manner. Responsible for the confidentiality of the records of the Department Head, the Physicians, RNs, LPNs, Staff Members and all Patients records within the Center. Had to be available to travel out of state or overnight with the Center Chair to provide assistance, set up and distribution of any materials needed for the meeting or conference. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 2004 - 5/2008 (RETIREMENT)

Department of Neurosurgery

Office Manager: Personal Assistant to a Neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery. Responsible for maintaining and updating all of his patient charts, scheduling appointments for current patients and setting up new charts and first visits for new patients. Submitted orders for patient surgery dates, times and follow-ups. Kept personal records for the Neurosurgeon, his correspondence and maintained all files for Committees, Memberships and positions held with the. Attended off campus committee meetings and assisted the Neurosurgeon as needed with set-ups, Vendor contacts and travel reimbursements. Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham 5/2008 - 8/2018 Unit Clerk: Scheduled incoming patients to their rooms. Responsible for keeping Medical files organized and updated. Responsible for submitting each patient`s orders correctly, efficiently and in a very fast paced atmosphere. Submitting all blood, urine, feces, spinal fluid specimens into appropriate Laboratory program and taking specimets to the appropriate area for processing ASAP. Reported to the ordering Physician all outside calls regarding their individual patients. Assisted with lab orders directly from Attending Physician during initial examination of Emergency Patient Resuscitations in the Trauma Rooms. Maintained records of all incoming calls on a multi line telephone system. Assisted with incoming Emergency patients arriving by ambulance ensuring all patients arrived in their room in a timely manner and their Nurse and Physician were notified. Required to stay overnight and work continuously in the event of no shows, extreme bad weather lock in.or snow.

RETURNED TO OPELIKA, AL Sept, 2018

(Mother extremely ill-passed away)

CSL Plasma / Auburn, Alabama 2018 - 5/2019

PT (20 hrs wk)

Receptionist: Processed potential plasma donors coming into CSL Plasma. Performed finger sticks for specific vitamin deficiencies and vitals (BP, temperature) to insure their are healthy enough to donate plasma for that day. Hear and resolve complaints by person or phone in a courteous and timely manner. File and maintain all records. Responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of all donors to the Center. America’s Thrift Stores / Opelika, AL 2020 - 2022

PT (20 hrs wk)

Door Greeter, Shelf organizer for various areas as needed. LEAD CASHIER 8am - 11am or until 1pm as needed.

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