Professional Summary
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Work History
Education
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Amber Sawtelle

Department of Veterans Affairs
Goddard
15
years of professional experience

Dedicated educator with strong foundation in curriculum development and student engagement. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within teams and adapt to evolving educational needs. Equipped with expertise in instructional strategies, classroom management, and fostering positive learning environment. Consistently focused on achieving tangible results and supporting student success.

Work History

Supervisory Medical Support Assistant

2 Years 4 Months
Department of Veterans Affairs | 07.2023 - 11.2025
  • Formulated training materials for staff development; increasing knowledge, retention, and operational efficiency.
  • Established a culture of continuous improvement within the department by soliciting feedback from staff members and implementing process improvements based on their input.
  • Developed comprehensive training materials for new hires, resulting in shortened onboarding timeframes and increased employee retention rates.
  • Managed a diverse team of medical support assistants, fostering an inclusive work environment that promoted professional growth.
  • Implemented innovative staff scheduling solutions to optimize coverage during peak hours while minimizing overtime expenses.
  • Maintained strict compliance with HIPAA regulations by conducting regular employee training sessions on privacy practices.
  • Collaborated with healthcare providers to ensure seamless coordination of care for patients across multiple departments within the facility.
  • Led efforts to maintain accreditation standards for the organization by actively participating in audits, inspections, and other quality assurance activities.
  • Assign work to subordinate staff, identify educational or training needs, evaluate performance and take disciplinary action when necessary.
  • Boosted staff morale and performance through effective communication, training, and team-building initiatives.
  • Demonstrated strong problem-solving abilities by addressing concerns or complaints in a timely and empathetic manner.
  • Played an instrumental role in achieving departmental objectives by consistently meeting or exceeding performance expectations for supervisory medical support assistant duties.
  • Collaborated with medical and administrative personnel to maintain patient-focused, engaging, and compassionate environment.
  • Supervised daily operations of medical support staff, ensuring efficient workflow and adherence to policies.

Aviation Resource Manager

5 Years 4 Months
United States Air Force | 03.2018 - 07.2023
  • Prepare informational displays and documentation to support operative requirements in aircrew training, scheduling, flying hour management, and aircrew availability for daily brief to senior staff and officers.
  • Advise suggested arrangements, adjustments, and corrections for authorization and approval and immediately alert all key personnel to proceed.
  • Schedule training and aircraft sorties and maintain mission information.
  • Prepare flight authorizations and monitor individual flight requirements and unit flying hours.
  • Maintain a variety of resource management data pertaining to aircrew personnel and aircraft flying hours including rank, rating, flying status, total flying hours, training, medical records for use in preparing status reports, orders, and pay documents.
  • Compare current and historical data, review transaction logs, and identify any discrepancies or trends and provide any recommendations or comments to necessary personnel for consideration.
  • Maintain and audit the pay database to ensure data integrity.
  • Create, maintain and secure sensitive and/or classified materials.

Aircrew Flight Equipment Technician

7 Years 8 Months
United States Air Force | 07.2010 - 03.2018
  • Conduct aircrew continuation training; instruct aircrews on equipment use, operation, and capabilities.
  • Provide and assist in training aircrew techniques such as evasion procedures, emergency egress, post ejection/bailout descent procedures, combat survival procedures, environmental hazards, and other survival actions.
  • Develop lesson plans to assign, train, and prepare aircrew and subordinate personnel for deployment.
  • Identify and document equipment and personnel training discrepancies and recommend corrective action.
  • Conduct aircraft mishap safety investigations and analysis.
  • Prepare wartime and contingency response plans.
  • Coordinate actions to ensure prompt response to enable and sustain operations in a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear environment with minimal degradation of combat capability.
  • Coordinate actions to continue or restore vital functions and operations.
  • Prepare annexes, appendices, supplements, and other supporting documents to support operation plans.
  • Serve in survival recovery center; advise leadership on mission impact and recovery activities following an attack.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Wichita State University | Wichita, KS | 05-2028

122.00 Cumulative Credit Hours

Associate of Applied Science - Aircrew Safety Systems Technology

Community College of The Air Force | Montgomery, AL | 09-2014

No Degree - Psychology

Kent State University | Kent, OH

15.00 Credit Hours

No Degree - Psychology

Park University | Kansas City, MO

63.00 Credit Hours

Skills

Adaptable teaching approach
Classroom management
Complex Problem-solving
Multi-subject instruction
Multitasking and organization
Student engagement
Lesson plan implementation
Patience and empathy

Accomplishments

  • Awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal Feb. 2019 for Distinguished Meritorious Service
  • Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters- awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity
  • Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal- Deployed abroad for service in Operations Enduring Freedom
  • Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border-engaged in conducting or supporting combat operations in a designated combat zone.

Timeline

Supervisory Medical Support Assistant

Department of Veterans Affairs
07.2023 - 11.2025Read More

Aviation Resource Manager

United States Air Force
03.2018 - 07.2023Read More

Aircrew Flight Equipment Technician

United States Air Force
07.2010 - 03.2018Read More

Wichita State University

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology
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Community College of The Air Force

Associate of Applied Science from Aircrew Safety Systems Technology
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Kent State University

No Degree from Psychology
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Park University

No Degree from Psychology
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Amber Sawtelle