Sara Stokes
Santa Rosa
Summary
Committed Medical Assistant with proven history of superior performance at individual, team and organizational levels. Multitasks and prioritizes workloads with little or no supervision.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Medical Assistant
Providence Medical Group
07.2021 - Current
- Greeting and rooming patients by obtaining vital signs, medication reconciliation, perform ECG's and apply & obtain authorizations for ZIO patches. Cleaning & supply stocking of exam rooms.
- Process prescription refill requests received by phone or fax, prescription authorizations, assist obtaining pharmaceutical patient assistance and specialty medication program enrollment.
- INR Clinic. Checking patient's INR levels through finger stick, test documentation and warfarin adjustment with R.N. Scheduling INR appointments as well as calling patients with instructions.
- Point MA to assist with Linq Implant procedures.
- Cozeva Quality Champion.
- Cardiology Preceptor, new employee & apprentice training.
- Point MA for email correspondence (recalled items, hospitalized patients, Zio correspondence, etc)
- Frequent equipment checks to assure equipment is functioning properly.
- Supply management (including orders and stock rotation).
Cardiac Stress Test Technician
NorthBay Cardiac Imaging
02.2016 - 07.2021
- Prepared patients for and assisting with cardiac stress testing via exercise or chemical test with the nuclear medicine technician. Includes obtaining & documenting vital signs before, during and after the test, explaining the procedure and obtaining stress test consent.
- Prepared patient charts for testing.
- Register and schedule patients, including collecting demographic information, HIPPA authorizations, and insurance information & procedure authorizations.
- Cleaned, stocked and organized exam rooms
- Clerical duties including word processing, data entry, document scanning.
Senior Back Office Coordinator
NorthBay Cardiology
06.1999 - 02.2016
- Greeting and rooming patients, including obtaining vital signs, medical history and prescription reconciliation.
- Perform ECG, holter, and event recorders (including Zio monitors).
- Assisting physicians with stress testing, echocardiograms, pacemaker & ICD interrogations.
- Review of Carelink & Merlin websites for remote pacemaker/ICD interrogations.
- INR Clinic, finger stick INR testing and warfarin adjustments.
- Patient education and training for at home injectable medications.
- Obtaining prescription authorizations, assist patients in obtaining patient assistance from pharmaceutical corporations.
- Obtain authorizations for in office and in hospital procedures.
- Cleaning & stocking of exam rooms.
- Inventory management including supply orders and pharmaceutical sample management.
- Scanning various documents and procedures into the EHR.
- Training new employees on office procedures, EPIC. Delegated back office tasks.
Education
No Degree - Clinical And Administrative Medical Assisting
Empire College
Santa Rosa, CA01.1999
Skills
Patient-focused care
Compassionate
Vital signs monitoring
Sterile technique
Procedure Assistance
Diagnostic Testing Assistance
Clinical Documentation
Healthcare compliance
HIPAA Regulations
Electronic Health Records
Inventory and supply management
Timeline
Senior Medical Assistant
Providence Medical Group
07.2021 - Current
Cardiac Stress Test Technician
NorthBay Cardiac Imaging
02.2016 - 07.2021
Senior Back Office Coordinator
NorthBay Cardiology
06.1999 - 02.2016
No Degree - Clinical And Administrative Medical Assisting
Empire College
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