Ashley Pickens

• Managed payroll functions efficiently, ensuring timely and accurate compensation for all staff members.
• Assisted in the recruitment process, conducting interviews and onboarding new employees to promote a seamless integration into the team dynamic.
• Maintained accurate financial records by reconciling accounts payable/receivable transactions regularly to ensure balanced budgets.
• Guided other managers and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.
• Supported month-end/ year-end closing activities by reconciling accounts and preparing financial reports as needed.

• Reviews potential donors medical history, social history, and physical assessment to determine whether the tissue is suitable for donation.
• Preforms safe, efficient, and quality surgical recovery of ocular tissue for transplant and research purposes with aseptic technique.
• Obtains blood specimens for serologic testing.

• Training of new employees, OMT students, medical students, and resident ophthalmologist in technical training with ophthalmic equipment, clinical procedures, and patient care

• Managing a high volume patient clinic while maximizing performance for patient care by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.

• Completing detailed fittings of toric, multifocal, monovision, scleral, RGP's, and hybrid contact lenses for corneal disease and penetrating trauma patients.

• Collaborating with physicians and medical staff to preform diagnostic testing such as corneal topography, specular microscopy, Goldmann applanation, Humphrey visual field, refractometry, lensometry, and A-scan fluorescein angiography, fundus photography, OCT's, slit lamp photography, B-scans, and indocyanine green angiography to diagnose patients with diseases and other ocular issues.

• Monitored patients' heart rhythms and functions through cardiac monitoring strips in the ICU/CCU.
• Collaborated with nursing and medical staff regarding critical heart rhythms and facilitated activities of daily living.
• Obtained blood and biological specimens for time-sensitive critical tests.

• Helped with administrative support, including managing incoming calls, coordinating files, and sorting mail.
• Organized company files and created support system to decrease workload and increase productivity of team members and judges.
• Maintained organized inventory by checking stock to determine supply levels, expedition orders, and delivering materials to work stations.