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Rebecca Bissell

Antigonish

Summary


Professional with strong background in executive support, adept at managing complex schedules, coordinating meetings, and handling confidential information. Highly skilled in communication, promotion, organization, and problem-solving, ensuring seamless office operations. Focused on team collaboration and achieving results, adapting flexibly to changing needs and priorities. Dependable and resourceful, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Assistant/ Acting Executive Director

Antigonish County Adult Learning Association
01.2023 - Current
  • Promote and recruit learners for multiple programs
  • Create promotional posters for programs, events and monthly lunch & learns
  • Meet with community partners to promote programming
  • Presentations for promotions
  • Community engagement
  • Attend monthly Board meetings
  • Program development
  • Teach workshops
  • Use of Lampss system
  • Persuasive writing for grant proposals
  • Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact.
  • Managed executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments
  • Maintained confidentiality with sensitive documents, ensuring proper storage and distribution as needed.


Medical Secretary

Dr. John Hickey
10.2022 - 01.2023
  • Prioritized calls through screening process and transferred calls and recorded messages for appropriate personnel.
  • Managed front desk operations efficiently while greeting patients warmly and addressing their concerns professionally.
  • Answered telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions, and direct calls to staff.
  • Maintained a clean and organized office environment to promote a positive atmosphere for both staff and patients.
  • Assist doctor with procedures
  • Dictation

President, Social Committee

St. Martha's Hospital
11.2016 - 08.2019

•Schedule monthly meetings

•Create agenda's

•Recruit volunteers to help with hospital functions

•Creatively plan events for hospital staff (250+ attendees)

•Maintain budget for hospital funds for events

•Lead the committee and encourage members to participate and engage in meetings.

Executive Assistant

Emergency Room Physicians, St. Martha's Hospital
06.2004 - 08.2019

• Confidentially collect, organize and triage emergency room patient charts.

• Bill MSI, WCB, OOP, OOC, CAF, RCMP for patient ER visit with the use of MOM billing program.

• Communicate with appropriate persons to ensure claims are received, and payments are processed.

• Prepare financial reports for physicians on a monthly basis.

• Professionally handle disputes that arise from billing and independently find solutions for all parties.

• Work collaboratively with the head Accountant of GASHA to ensure billing’s and financial reports are

completed.

Ward Clerk/Medical Scheduler

St. Martha's Regional Hospital
06.2002 - 08.2019
  • Trained new Ward Clerks on best practices for administrative duties, contributing to a knowledgeable workforce that maintained high standards of service quality.
  • Maintained accurate patient records, ensuring strict confidentiality.
  • Prepared necessary documentation for patient admissions and discharges, ensuring smooth transitions of care.
  • Supported physicians by promptly providing accurate patient information, facilitating timely decision-making and treatment plans.
  • Provided valuable assistance during emergency situations by quickly alerting appropriate medical personnel when necessary.
  • Professionally deal with non compliant patients and quickly find solutions to settle them.
  • Maintain and update schedules for multiple clinics on a daily basis using Community Wide Scheduling.
  • Collaborate with management, nursing staff, doctors and specialists to ensure clinics are run

efficiently.

Education

No Degree - Business Administration

St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish

No Degree - Science in Nursing

St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish
05-2005

Skills

  • Promotion and Recruitment
  • Executive support
  • Community engagement
  • Medical terminology
  • Leadership team building
  • Strong organization
  • Organizational leadership
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Healthcare experience
  • Teamwork
  • Strong problem solver

Languages

Timeline

Executive Assistant/ Acting Executive Director

Antigonish County Adult Learning Association
01.2023 - Current

Medical Secretary

Dr. John Hickey
10.2022 - 01.2023

President, Social Committee

St. Martha's Hospital
11.2016 - 08.2019

Executive Assistant

Emergency Room Physicians, St. Martha's Hospital
06.2004 - 08.2019

Ward Clerk/Medical Scheduler

St. Martha's Regional Hospital
06.2002 - 08.2019

No Degree - Business Administration

St. Francis Xavier University

No Degree - Science in Nursing

St. Francis Xavier University

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

St. Francis Xavier University
Rebecca Bissell