Vernita Armstrong

Vernita Armstrong

817-***-****

adx4q8@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Seeking a challenging position that would enable me to utilize my medical assistant and business skills with an opportunity for advancement. Experience Texas Health Resources Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX 08/2010-03/2011

Patient Care Technician

Responding to patient calls and requests for assistance. Assist patients with personal hygiene care.

Monitoring and recording vital signs.

Moving, transferring, and ambulating patients to and from bed. Observe the patient's mental, physical, and emotional condition. Serving meals and feeding patients if they are unable to feed themselves.

Making patients' beds and keeping rooms clean and neat.

Texas Oncology Arlington, TX 06/2003-Present

Medical Assistant/Scheduler

Schedule and establish patients' appointments to return to the clinic. reschedule patients when doctors take off for vacation or for emergency purposes. answer the incoming phone calls of our navigating care board and return them in a timely fashion.

schedule chemotherapy and concurrent radiation treatments for the patients first visits.

outpatient diagnostic testing follow-up appointments for doctors and lab visits.

Room patients.

Perform patients’ vital signs and check their medication lists.

Assist doctors while performing examinations in the room.

EMR.

Send medical records to various doctor’s offices, or facilities.

Process deceased patients’ charts.

Preauthorization for outside scans.

North Texas Orthopedics Associates Grapevine, TX 02/1999-02/2001 Medical Assistant

Assisted doctors in special procedures in the office.

Removed staples and sutures from patients.

Scheduled surgeries for the doctors and called in prescriptions. Ear, Nose, and Throat Center Savannah, GA 06/1996-06/1997 Medical Assistant

Assisted doctors in special procedures in the office.

Called in admit orders for hospitalizations.

Verified benefits for surgery.

Dayton Neurological Consultants Dayton, OH 05/1995-05/1996 Insurance Specialist

Communicated with insurance companies to verify insurance benefits for patients.

Recertified testing and initial hospitalizations.

Assisted in various other positions in the office. Education 2000-2001 Tarrant County College Fort Worth, TX

Majoring in Registered Nursing.

1996-1997 Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH

Majored in Registered Nursing

1993-1994 Careercom Junior College Hopkinsville, KY Associate of Specialized Business Degree-Medical Assistant On the Dean’s List

Interests

Certifications:

Volunteer for Relay for Life, and for Seguin High School CPR Certified

Reference: Upon Request