Lydia laguna
***********@*****.***
**** * ***** **, *** Angeles CA, 90059
Objective:
Seeking to find a challenging position within a facility that will allow me to utilize my techniques and provide opportunities for further developments.
Education
Career Colleges of America – 12/2011
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer- Diploma
Career Colleges of America - 05/2007
Medical Assistant- Medical Assistant Diploma
Skills/Awards:
Bilingual- English/Spanish (fluent in both)
CPR Certificate/ First Aid
Strong ability to work independently
Loyal to company and employees
Dependable and reliable worker
Excellent communication(written and verbal)
OSHA/CDC regulation
Medical Terminology
Dynamic Team Player
Eager to learn/ Enjoys a Challenge
Microsoft office software- Word, Excel, Outlook
EHR/ Electronic Medical Records (EPIC/ ECW/ NEXTGEN)
Experience
Planned Parenthood Mid Los Angeles
Medical Assistant / Patient Service Rep - 4/2022- Present
Screen patient upon arrival
Check-in and check out patients via Next Gen
Verifying insurance, Billing
Answer incoming calls / email / faxes
Intake patients, vitals, collect specimens,get patients ready for the provider.
Educating patients on reproductive health.
Optum l DTLA
Medical Assistant ll- 08/2020- 9/2021
Vital Patients and prepare for office visits.
Discharge patients. prepare injections and blood draws
Prepare and schedule patients for pre-op appointments
Covid-19 screening for all patients as well as Covid - 19 injections
Lab experience, specialized testing. Collecting specimens to send to lab corp. Stocking and ordering lab supplies
Experience with All scripts EHR
Call center- Answering incoming calls and responding back to patients.
UEI Colleges l Gardena
Medical Assistant Instructor- 1/2019- 11/2020
Teaching didactic and hands-on lab components of assigned courses or programs according to the IEC standardized curriculum and the courses program objectives.
Maintaining accurate and timely records for students, attendance and students academic grades and progress. Enforcing all classroom management policies and processes, including attendance taking and program-related dress code.
Conducting one on one student advisement, course-specific student academic remediation and student coach and tutoring.
Developing and implementing student centered and student engaging classroom activities and methods of teaching and learning
Altamed Health Services Los Angeles
Medical Assistant II – First St. Pediatric 02/2013 – 08/2017
Very knowledgeable on pediatric immunizations input and retrieval from LINK/CAIR as well as Nextgen.
Help providers access certain information on Nextgen within my scope.
Specialized in electronically submitting PM-160 in Nextgen.
Help providers schedule and maintain patients on time for their next preventive appointments.
Train Medical Assistants in pediatric how to input information into next gen EHR
Help Vital and room patients and manage time.
How to retrieve/print referrals with in nextgen/altanet
Knowledge on care sentry system.
Planned Parenthood Orange County
Medical Assistant II/ Ultrasound Tech 08/2012 – 2/2013
Prepare patient for procedures, in office or out of office
Provide pre and post procedures information. Answer all questions.
Perform Ultrasound exams before and after procedures.
Room patients and positional draping.
White Memorial Pediatric Medical Group Los Angeles
Medical Assistant II – Front Office and Back Office 11/2009-12/2011
Check-in Patients and verify Insurance
Customer Service
Medical records knowledge- Filing, faxing, email, release of medical records
Prepare patients for office visits and ER transfers
Help transition from paper charts to EHR