MA Experience Expanded
June 13th, 2011
My Extern Experience Expanded
Areas of Expertise:
- Roomed and treated 194 patients in 30 days, and 57 blood draws in 5 days of externship.
- Provided patient care, assisted providers, patient intake exams, charting EMRs, clinical treatments, mixed and gave injections, provided patient education.
- Roomed and exited patients, patient care, assisted providers, charting, phlebotomy, and lab.
- Ran 2-3 exam rooms at a time, covered staff, answered phones, phoned patients, covered front desk, directed patients to x-ray, eye clinic and EENT clinic, wrote work orders.
- Venipuncture with straight needle and butterfly, in antecubital, wrist and hand, processed tubes per lab protocol.
- Charted with complex VA-custom documenting system, assisted patients with self check-in.
- Customer support, front desk, telephones, inter-office communications, maintained equipment.
- Assisted in all areas of clinic PRN.
“He has a great work ethic, is a team player, eager to learn new things about patients, and his communication is awesome.”
Beauty Porotesano, LPN, Hillsboro-CBOC Lead, Primary Care
PATIENT CARE
- Checked in and exited patients, charted patient histories, vital signs.
- Performed ECGs, Bladder Scans, Dressings, checked blood sugars, mixed injections, gave injections in gluteal/deltoid/thigh, ear lavages, cleaned wounds, removed suture, dressing changes.
- Provided patient education with BPs, checking blood sugar, wound care.
- Charted in VistA EMR system.
- Assisted provider with treatment procedures.
- Printed and explained visit summary to patients.
- Patients with special needs, deaf/blind, mobility-challenged.
- Ordered lab work.
- Called in pharmacy prescriptions.
- Transported patients.
- Assisted PRN throughout clinic.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
- Front desk, checked patients in, answered inquiries.
- Assisted patients with self-check in.
- Answered telephones, directed calls.
- Front office applications.
- Coded encounters.
- Directed patients to X-ray, Eye Clinic, and EENT Clinic.
- Wrote work orders.
- Printed patients/provider lists.
PHLEBOTOMY/LAB
- Venipuncture with straight needle and butterfly.
- Multi-Draws, up to 8 tubes a patient.
- Antecubital, wrist, hand draws.
- Centrifuge, tube rocker, cooler for lab pick up.
- Assisted patients in UA collection.
- Checked patients in, verify fasting, print labels.
- Processed collections per institutional protocol.