Administrative Assistant with Medical Background

Katina Vicchio

734-***-**** **********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/katinavicchio

Professional Experience –

Downriver Medical Associates, Medical Assistant – Wyandotte, MI May 2023 – Present

● Conduct patient intake, vitals, updating patient medications and communicating with the physician on patient’s current condition and complaints.

● Run Covid, flu, RSV, Strep throat, A1C, blood draw’s, injections, and urine testing in the lab.

● Perform EKG’s, Xray’s, Bladder Scans, hearing tests, eye exams, PFT tests, mini mental’s, comprehensive mental tests, and ear irrigations.

● Start up and connect G7 Dexom’s running reports for the data collected each month.

● Connecting patient with 24 hour, 7 day, or 14 day heart monitor’s. Running reports from the data collected.

● Montor patient’s chart for any health maintenance needing to be done such as Annual physical’s, depression screening, fall risks, A1C’s, and drug maintenance contracts.

APC Physicians, Medical Assistant – Allen Park, MI July 2022 – January 2023

● Monitor patient blood pressure, height, weight, respiration, and pulse.

● Update client charts with chief complaint, smoking habits, and yearly PCP notifications

● Perform EKG’s

● Prepare patient charts for the following day, as well as miscellaneous office work

● Customer service, answering phones, calling patients with test results. Beaumont Urgent Care, CSR – Southgate, MI September 2020 – February 2022

● Monitor patient blood pressure, height, weight, respiration, and pulse.

● Update client’s chart with chief complaint, smoking habits, and yearly PCP notifications.

● Pass meds to patients according to providers orders through oral meds and injections.

● Perform venipuncture for patients ranging from 18-95 years of age, centrifuging specimens.

● Perform EKG’s, injections, ear irrigations, TB tests, and assist in minor office surgical procedures.

● Applied first aid, x-rays, and splinting experience.

● Ran Quality controls on lab tests and machinery.

● Daily checklists for opening and closing office.

● Customer service, answering phones, calling patients with test results. The Guidance Center, Medical Assistant – Southgate, MI September 2015 – September 2020

● Monitor patient vitals, blood pressure, height, weight, respiration, and pulse

● Update client charts with chief complaint, smoking habits, and yearly PCP notifications

● Assist doctors with request and release of information forms ensuring compliance with HIPAA

● Assist doctors in petitioning clients to the hospital and contacting EMS

● Maintain medication concern forms for clients until next appointments

● Obtaining prior authorizations on medications that have been denied by insurance companies

● Run MAPS for each client, mail abnormal labs and letter to clients

● Administer injections when nurses are unavailable

● Keeping up to date on VCE training procedures

Education –

Associate of Applied Science – Medical Assisting

Baker College - Allen Park, MI January 2011 – March 2013

● Graduated Magna Cum Laude (3.77 GPA)

Certifications –

● Certified CPR and First Aid – American Heart Association

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