BRENDA A. BRIONES
Paramount, Ca. 90723
Home: 562-***-**** Cell: 562-***-****
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Objective
I am seeking employment as a medical assistant where my experience and communication skills will be fully utilized in a growth-oriented environment. My personal objective is to apply my knowledge gained from my previous experiences and implement my talents to enhance and fulfill future employment challenges.
Work Experience
Medical Assistant/ Trainer
3/2010 - 9/2012 Southwest Skin Specialist, DERMATOLOGY, Scottsdale, Az
Worked in a fast pace facility, where i was main assistant for Dr.Neel Patel. I was trained to assist our other six Doctors as needed. I performed all back office duties to include opening, closing, assisting with biopsies, outpatient surgeries, writing prescriptions, pt care, wound care, Isotretinoin start up and acne regime. Other duties included ordering samples, checking expiration dates, calling Medical Representatives, and filling for back office Supervisor when out. I was named lead trainer for all back office new starts. Helped in Cosmetics in emergency situations.
Medical Assistant/Assistant office manager
8/2005 - 2/2010 Dr. Wilson A. Morales, M.D., OB/GYN, Paramount, Ca
Assumed the responsibilities of office manager when manager was out of office, my responsibilities were opening and closing office in a timely manner, assuring that all patients were checked in and that all insurances were correct and verified. My other duties included but were not limited to taking patients vital signs, drawing patient’s blood via venapuncture and specimen collections, assisting Dr. Morales with patients, set up and clean up of rooms, training, all new hires, collection of all required co-payments. I was also in charge of all closing duties which included verifying all patient appointment for next day, closing out all medical charts and filing them accordingly and setting up Dr. Morales schedule for the next business day.
Medical Assistant
03/2000 – 06/2004 Clinica Medica La Sagrada Familia,FAMILY PRACTICE, Paramount, Ca
Medical assistant for an extremely busy Family Practice, were the specialties ranged from General Surgery, Ob/Gyn, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Podiatry and Gastrointestinal medicine. My duties included managing the day to day operations of the office and needs of all doctors on staff, insurance verification, scheduling appointments, patient prep, injections and blood draw, patient customer service, taking vital signs,Spanish translation for doctors, pulling and filing all patients charts, collecting patient co-payments as needed and CPSP.
Medical Assistant
09/1998 – 10/1999 Dr William F. Taylor, M.D.,INTERNAL MEDICINE, Paramount, Ca
Acted independently with minimum supervision while meeting patient needs and scheduled appointments. Assisted in the hiring and training of all front and back office new hires in blood draw, medical record filing, insurance verification, scheduling, specimen collections and all co-payment collection. Also assisted in the prep and clean up of all rooms along with assisting Dr. Taylor with all patients.
Education
United Education Institute, Huntington park, Ca 02/1998 – 09/1998
Medical assistant
Received certificate in CPR and First Aid
Perfect attendance and director’s award
Paramount High School, Paramount, Ca 07/1992 – 06/1996
High School Diploma
I am confident that my skills, knowledge and experience that I have acquired will be a great asset to any facility, while my business skills as a whole would give me an advantage. I welcome any opportunity to advance in the medical field
References: Available upon request