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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Assessments
Awards
Timeline
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Angela Merritt

Sullivan,IL

Summary

Hello my name is Angela Merritt I am 55 years old and energetic, caring, outgoing, with over 38 years of experience in the health care industry. Capable of bringing efficiency to medical documents management, Highly proficient in reviewing medical documents and reconciling discrepancies. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DSP (Direct Support Professional) House Manager

Moultrie County Beacon
02.2022 - Current
  • Monitor all individuals residing in the CILA, ensuring that all are safe and in good health
  • Provide active treatment to all persons dwelling in the CILA homes
  • Ensure all directives and programs are implemented as stated in the individuals habilitation plan
  • Assure each individual access to recreational, educational, and social activities
  • Note progress on all programs on a daily and monthly
  • Assist with and ensure the completion of all household chores to maintain a clean and safe home environment
  • Assist with planning, implementation, and documentation of activities and community outings
  • Assist with household and personal shopping for CILA home and individuals
  • Complete staff schedules on a monthly basis and schedule coverage for staff time off, sick days, as well as ensuring day coverage on holidays
  • Ensure that all Safety, Fire, and Hazard plans are implemented on all shifts monthly and done in timely manner
  • Ensure that Individual Advisory Board meetings are completed monthly
  • Complete an environmental checklist quarterly
  • Review individuals rights on a quarterly basis
  • Attend all mandatory meetings, in-services, and individual staffings
  • Complete all monthly paperwork before the deadlines
  • Participate in completing Performance Evaluations for CILA staff
  • Communicate with upper management about disciplinary matters as they occur
  • Turn in all house bills, charges, and rent and cost of care checks in a timely manner
  • Responsible for handling individual's finances
  • Communicate agency memos to staff in a timely manner
  • Respond to all on-call pages
  • Perform other management duties as assigned
  • Relate effectively with disabled persons
  • Positive and professional manner
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • High level of confidentiality.

Ward Clerk/CNA

Mason Point
02.2004 - Current
  • Manage physical and electronic medical records
  • Transcribing doctors orders and labs
  • Handle clerical tasks for doctors and nurses for the whole nursing home facility home
  • Receive appointment requests, lab request, lab orders, patient admissions
  • Answer phone calls and emails, and take notes for medical professionals
  • Make copies, backing up files, paging hospital personnel
  • File important documents
  • Filing all medical records past and current
  • Managed the medical center under supervision of charge nurse
  • Responsible for fire drills and emergency situations
  • Anything that's needed to help department run smooth
  • Worked as a CNA Part Time when Needed.

Lab and Medical coding

Illinois Masonic Home
02.2009 - 02.2022
  • Maintaining patient information: Ensure accurate and up-to-date records of patient demographics, medical history, and treatments
  • Record coding and classification: Assign appropriate codes to each medical diagnosis, procedure, and treatment for insurance and billing purposes
  • Privacy and security: Safeguard patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations by maintaining strict security measures for medical records
  • Record organization and retrieval: Arrange and catalog medical records in a systematic manner to facilitate easy access and retrieval when needed
  • Record transcription and documentation: Transcribe physician notes, lab results, and other clinical information accurately into the patient's medical record
  • Record maintenance and disposal: Regularly review and update medical records, while also ensuring proper disposal of records in compliance with legal requirements.

Education

Currently Working on GED -

Lakeland Community College
Mattoon, IL
02.2024

Skills

  • Medical Terminology (10 years)
  • Outlook (5 years)
  • Billing (10 years)
  • Data Entry (10 years)
  • Scheduling (10 years)
  • CPR (10 years)
  • Cashier (10 years)
  • Filing (10 years)
  • Quickbooks
  • Receptionist (10 years)
  • Organizational Skills (10 years)
  • Excel (5 years)
  • Clerical Experience (10 years)
  • Transcription (10 years)
  • Vital Signs (10 years)
  • Laboratory Experience (10 years)
  • Customer service (10 years)
  • Medical Records (10 years)
  • Home Care (10 years)
  • Medication Administration Shelter Care (6 years)
  • Medical Office Experience (10 years)
  • Insurance Verification (7 years)
  • Patient Care (10 years)
  • Caregiving (10 years)
  • Hospital Experience (5 years)
  • Medical Coding
  • Medical Billing
  • HIPAA
  • ICD-10
  • Medical Scheduling
  • Office Management
  • Meal Preparation
  • Personal Assistant Experience
  • Computer Skills
  • Anatomy Knowledge
  • Direct support Professional (3 years)
  • Documentation Review

Certification

  • CNA, April 1986, Present
  • CPR Certification, March 2022, June 2025
  • First Aid Certification, February 2022, Present
  • CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
  • Sales Manager Certificate

Assessments

  • Home health aide skills, Proficient, October 2021, Providing care to patients in a home setting
  • Work style: Reliability, Proficient, October 2021, Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work
  • Attention to detail, Proficient, October 2021, Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information

Awards

  • Grant For publication of School Funding, January 1994, Applied for a grant for Carbondale Head Start and received an award for to receive funding for $150.000 grant award was given to me from the Illinois governor.
  • K's Merchandise, June 1994, Loss and prevention in Customer Service.

Timeline

DSP (Direct Support Professional) House Manager

Moultrie County Beacon
02.2022 - Current

Lab and Medical coding

Illinois Masonic Home
02.2009 - 02.2022

Ward Clerk/CNA

Mason Point
02.2004 - Current

Currently Working on GED -

Lakeland Community College

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