Alejandra Escobar Castro
Fullerton,CA
Summary
Highly motivated and committed Medical Assistant with proven history of superior performance at individual, team and organizational levels. Multitasks and prioritizes workloads with little or no supervision. Detail-oriented professional looking to bring medical background and team-building skills to deadline-driven environment
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Assistant
Providence St Jude Orthopedics
03.2024 - Current
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Facilitated seamless patient care with thorough and accurate documentation of medical histories, vital signs, and medications.
- Assisted physicians with minor surgeries, including preparing operating room and sterilizing instruments.
Medical Assistant
Saddleback Medical Group
07.2020 - 03.2024
- Record patient's vital statistics, personal information, and schedule or reschedule appointments in NextGen
- Call patients to remind them of upcoming appointments, provide procedure outcome results, or communicate message from the doctor
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, applying disinfection process between patients
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets and physician's instructions to patients
- Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing
- Receive results from LabCorp or Quest through the computer or fax machine, get them ready for the doctor, and once the doctor reviews the results, he notifies me what to inform the patients
- Send out medical records, authorizations, and results through fax
- Make sure the rooms are stocked and ready to use
- Process referral authorization and orders through insurance
- Take down messages from patients and task them to provider
Assembler
Balboa Water Group
06.2016 - 03.2019
- Prepares work to be accomplished by studying assembly instructions, blueprint specifications, and parts lists; gathering parts, tools, and materials
Cashier
Boudin SF
02.2016 - 06.2016
- Welcoming customers, answering their questions, helping them locate items on the menu, and providing advice or recommendations
- Operating scanners, cash registers, and other electronics
- Balancing the cash register and generating reports for credit and debit sales
Cashier/ Assistant Manager
Alvaro's Mexican Food
09.2015 - 07.2015
- Manage employees to perform a variety of tasks, from preparing the food, stocking supplies, serving, charging people for their food, handling cash, credit cards, and a cash register, cleaning tables and counters, resetting tables, greeting customers and answering questions
Education
Certificate of Technical Studies - Medical Assistant
American Career College
CA07.2020
Some College (No Degree) - Undeclared major
Fullerton Community College
Fullerton12.
Child and Adolescent Development Program
California State University of Fullerton
Fullerton, CASkills
- Injections (IM, ID, SubQ)
- Surgical Tray
- Collection of Specimens
- Medical Terminology
- Patient History
- Physical Exams
- Urinalysis
- Ear Lavage
- Vital Signs
- Medical Records
- Patient Draping & Positioning
- Visual Acuity
- Patient Room Set Up
- Tray Set Up (PAP)
- EKG's
- EHR Documenting
- Throat Culture
- Glucose Testing
- Referral Authorizations
- Insurance Verification
- Telephone Etiquette
- Data Entry/52 wpm
- Customer Service
- Scheduling Patient
QUALIFICATIONS
- Able to perform front and back office procedures
- Positive attitude and reliable self-starter
- Quick learner with the ability to adapt to new procedures
- Great customer service and patient care skills
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Medical Assistant
Providence St Jude Orthopedics
03.2024 - Current
Medical Assistant
Saddleback Medical Group
07.2020 - 03.2024
Assembler
Balboa Water Group
06.2016 - 03.2019
Cashier
Boudin SF
02.2016 - 06.2016
Cashier/ Assistant Manager
Alvaro's Mexican Food
09.2015 - 07.2015
Certificate of Technical Studies - Medical Assistant
American Career College
Some College (No Degree) - Undeclared major
Fullerton Community College
Child and Adolescent Development Program
California State University of Fullerton
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