SUMMARY:
To obtain a challenging position with a company that seeks an ambitious and career conscious person, where acquired skills and will be utilized toward continued growth and advancement.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Windows 95/98/2000 Professional
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, York, PA
Validation Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Experienced health care professional performing highly qualified validation duties
- Perform adjudications independently on medical records and enter the corresponding data into software in accordance with contractual and organization guidelines
- Investigate and adjudicate discrepancies between hospital abstractions and CDAC abstractions to determine the “gold standard” answer
- Determine and record the explanation(s) for the discrepancies and provide al reason notes to the hospital or CDAC by using the ability to compose and type explanatory comments that are logical, properly spelled, and grammatically correct
- Consistently exceeds productivity and accuracy standards established by the customer and the company
- Consistently meets attendance standards established by the company
- Using medical codes to determine the correct principle procedures, diagnoses, and pre and post - operative infections
- Validating numerous modules in the same sample; Surgical Infection, Pneumonia, Myocardial Infarction, MRSA and Heart Failure
- Strong analytical, verbal, and written skills as well as following all company policies and operating procedures
- Participating in abstraction and validation tool CART testing to determine computer glitches and errors per guidelines
Confidential, York, PA
Medical Abstractor
Responsibilities:
- Reviewed individual medical records to identify required data of information using pre-established abstraction guidelines
- Abstracting medical data to completion to meet the project deadline
- Consistently exceeded productivity and accuracy standards established by the customer and the company
- Trained in numerous modules: Atrial Fibrillation, Congested Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Pneumonia, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Open Heart Surgery, Urinary Tract Infection, and Surgical Infections
- Adjudication experience: make adjudication decisions using all available resources and review the medical record to assign a reason code to determine the “gold standard” answer
- Other tasks include assisting shipping/receiving tracking system, copying records, answering the telephone, typing, and faxing
- Participating in pilots for electronic imaging medical records
Confidential, Mechanicsburg, PA
Certified Nursing Assistant
Responsibilities:
- Independently working with patients with head traumas, respiratory support, burns, decubitus ulcers, post surgery knee and hip replacements.
- Performing duties to assist patients to prepare for scheduled rehab therapies
- Experience in taking vital signs
- Recording intake and output sheets
- Excellent communication skills with patients, families, and staff
Confidential, Harrisburg, PA
Certified Nursing Assistant
Responsibilities:
- Performing independent duties to assist nursing home residents with their daily needs
- Experience in taking vital signs
- Excellent communication skills with patients, families, and staff
Confidential
Office Secretary
Responsibilities:
- Performing independent office duties such as: typing, transcription, copying, faxing, and answering the phone
- Assisted in autoclaving of the dental equipment when needed
- Excellent communication skills with patients, surgeons, and staff
Confidential, York, PA
Dance Teacher
Responsibilities:
- Experienced dance teacher highly qualified to teach children and up to adult ages
- Teaching Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Irish, Hip-hop and Cheer Dance
- Excellent communications skills with dancers, families, and staff
- Substituting for classes when needed
- Volunteering my time to the dance studio in any areas needed
Confidential, Lancaster, PA
Dance Teacher/Choreographer
Responsibilities:
- Teaching Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Irish and Hip-hop
- Excellent communications skills with dancers, families, and staff
- Substituting for classes when needed
- Volunteering my time to the dance studio in any areas needed
- Volunteered in choreographing routines for outside organizations