Medical Assistant Manager

Paula Ramirez

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7880 NW 3rd street, Pembroke Pines FL 33024 • 954-***-**** Cell/ Email: ***********@***.***

Objective: To my vast experience in assisting with patient care procedures, medical clerical duties, and other duties as assigned.

Employment History

2/2011-12/2011 Atlantic Pain Management Specialist, Aventura, FL

Full Time/Medical Assistant/Check-Out

Duties/Responsibilities: Documenting medical history, taking vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse and respirations. Collect, and send urine for drug screening. Obtain urine drug screen results as well as blood work. Prepare the procedure room for the days procedures. Assist the doctor with procedures such as Epidural Steroid Injections, Transforaminal Injections, Facet Blocks and Joint injections all performed under fluoroscopy (fluoroscopy placement during procedures). Explain pre and post procedures to patients. Send and obtain medical clearances. Calling prescriptions to the pharmacies as well as sending refills/new prescriptions through electronic prescribing (Care Prescribe). Taking inventory and ordering supplies. Making sure the exam rooms and procedure rooms are fully stocked and clean. Clerical duties include checking patients out and making future appointments, answer phones, and filing.

2010-2011 Sunrise Medical Group (PCP), Plantation FL

Full Time/Phone Operator & PRN Medical Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Answer phones, schedule appointments, file charts; call Dial Tell and patients with their test results. Draw blood, EKG, and perform vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse.

2008-2010 Interventional Pain Physicians of South Florida, Pembroke Pines, FL

Full Time/Medical Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Taking patients history, making sure the patient is healthy before and stable after the procedures. Taking vital signs for example blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and temperature. IV Preparation, blood drawing and collecting urine for drug screening. Assist the doctor with procedures such as Epidural Steroid Injections, Dorsal Root Ganglion Blocks with radio frequency, Occipital Nerve Blocks, Supra Orbital Trigeminal Nerve blocks with Radio Frequency, Prolotherapy, and Intra Articular Joint Injections. Calling in prescriptions to the pharmacy, assist patients with questions regarding procedures, pre-operative and post-operative instructions. Obtain medical clearance for patients on blood thinners and that have had medical issues, so they can undergo procedures. Some administrative duties such as filing, maintaining all necessary paper work needed for procedures, consults and re-evaluations. Answering phones, dictations for consults, re-evaluations and procedures as well as verifying patient’s health insurance on a monthly basis.

2007-2008 Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

Full Time/ Administrative Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Provide administrative support to the Director of Nursing and secondary support to the Nurse Managers of 10 departments in areas of calendar management and document preparation. Managing, organizing, scheduling and maintaining information, making travel arrangements, arranging the catering for meetings, minute taking, create spreadsheets, compose email, manage databases, maintain paper and electronic files, and create documents. Manage capitol purchases, generate and maintain equipment tracking records.

2004-2007 Interventional Rehabilitation of South Florida, Pembroke Pines, FL

Full Time/Medical Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Taking patients history, making sure the patient is healthy before and stable after the procedures. Taking vital signs for example blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and temperature. IV Preparation, blood drawing and collecting urine for drug screening. Assist the doctor with procedures such as Epidural Steroid Injections, Dorsal Root Ganglion Blocks with radio frequency, Occipital Nerve Blocks, Supra Orbital Trigeminal Nerve blocks with Radio Frequency, Prolotherapy, and Intra Articular Joint Injections. Assisting with the Spine 6 and EPS 8000 machine. Calling in prescriptions to the pharmacy, assist patients with questions regarding procedures, pre-operative and post-operative instructions. Maintain a logbook for MRI results. Call patients with their MRI, CT Scan, and X-ray results. Some administrative duties such as filing, maintaining all necessary paper work needed for procedures, consults and re-evaluations. Answering phones, dictations for consults re-evaluations and Procedures. Telemetry for the Intrathecal pump patients.

2002-2004 Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, Weston, Aventura, Coconut Creek, Fl

Full Time/Medical Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Taking medical histories, preparing patients for examinations and assisting doctors during examinations. Assisting doctor’s in surgeries such as Mohs, Frozen Sections and excision and repairs. As well as assisting in cosmetic procedures

As Sclerotherapy, Botox injections, collagen injections, laser procedures such as skin Rejuvenation, varicose veins, telangiectasias, lentigos, hair removal and tattoo removal. Suture removals, dressing changes, along with instructing preoperative and postoperative wound care also instructing patients about medication. Call in new prescriptions and refills to pharmacies. Call patients with lab results, referrals for procedures and medication. Occasional travel to there other locations.

1998-2002 Dermatology & Cosmetic Specialists, Hollywood, Fl

Full Time/Medical Assistant

Duties/Responsibilities: Taking medical histories, preparing patients for examinations, and assisting the doctor during examinations. Assist the physician with surgeries such as Mohs procedures and excision and repairs. Assisting in cosmetic procedures such as Dermabrasions, Sclerotherapy, Botox injections, Collagen injections, Facial Implants, laser procedures such as Co2, telengiectasia’s, hair removal, lentigos and tattoo removal as well as Neck lifts and Blerphoroplasty. Sterilize medical instruments, suture removal, instruct patients about medication and preoperative and postoperative wound care. Change dressings, phone in new prescriptions and drug refills to pharmacies, call patients with lab results. Some administrative duties include answering phones, filing, referral’s for procedures and medication, check-in and scheduling appointments.

1998-2001 Dollar Tree, Pembroke Pines, Fl

Part Time /Per Diem/Cashier and Stock

Duties/Responsibilities: Cashier, maintaining, store organized and clean, Costumer services.

Education/Certifications:

Keiser Career Institute: Certified Medical Assistant, Graduated 1999

Macarthur High School, High School Diploma, Graduated 1998

Professional Skills/Languages:

Excel

Care Prescribe

Medical Manager

Meeting Room Manager

Microsoft Word

MOS (Medical Office Software)

Mysis

PowerPoint

Fluent in English/Spanish (Read, Write, Speak)

References: **upon request

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