ABDI HASSAN MAHAMED
SEATTLE
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
General Medical Assistance
Karamara General Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Praised for efficient handling of administrative duties (e.g., answering phones, scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, processing patients, billing and bookkeeping) that allowed doctors and nursing staff to focus on the health concerns of their patients.
- Demonstrated proficiency in taking patient medical histories and vital signs, as well as in performing venipunctures, injections and diagnostic procedures and ancillary tests (e.g., EKGs, immunoassays, chemistry analysis, hematology, urinalysis and sigmoidoscopies).
- Ensured the cleanliness, sanitation and maintenance of all facilities, exam rooms and equipment.
- Helped implement practice's quality assurance and control program. Efforts ensured compliance with HIPAA, CLIA and OSHA regulations; improved patient satisfaction; and lowered monthly overhead by 12%.
- Reacted calmly and effectively in emergency situations, and added the personal, caring touch that immediately put patients at ease.
- Maintain clean, sterile and positive environments optimizing patient comfort and safety.
- Built a loyal patient following; frequently requested by patients to serve as their medical assistant.
- Prepared and submitted resident progress notes. Ensured complete documentation in EMR system and immediately alerted RN and care provider teams of changes in condition.
- Contribute to daily medical coding and billing operations. Manage records; provide information to the doctors, and patients, and maintain confidentiality and compliance.
- Manage up to 100 discharge charts and patient records daily, reviewing for accuracy, completion, and compliance.
- Digitized or destroyed medical records, ensuring compliant management of patient documents.
Pharmacist
Jigjiga Primary Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Worked in a busy neighborhood drugstore and gained hands-on knowledge of retail pharmacy operations.
- Provided friendly customer service that helped retain customers despite fierce competition in the industry.
- Demonstrated accuracy in cashiering, cash handling and credit-card processing, consistently balancing cash drawer to the penny.
- Routinely commended for maintaining an orderly and clean store appearance.
- Swiftly and correctly calculate dosages, dispense medications, prepare prescription labels and fill prescriptions for approval by pharmacists.
- Use the pharmacy's proprietary computer program to access prescription information including patient and prescriber data, drug selection, prescription interpretation and insurance billing.
- Research and resolve dosage conflicts, potentially harmful drug interactions, insurance issues and other matters to ensure patient safety/wellness and build customer loyalty.
Education
High School -
Jigjiga, ETHIOPIACertificate of GENERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND PHARMACIST -
Skills
- Adaptable
- Analytical
- Attentive
- Compassionate
- Computers and Smart devices
- Courageous
- Creative
- Organized
- Purpose-driven
Timeline
General Medical Assistance
Karamara General Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2024
Pharmacist
Jigjiga Primary Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2020