Blanca Mota
Montgomery
Summary
Gifted Interpreter, CNA, and Medical Assistant with aptitude for conveying emotion, style and content of Spanish speakers. Bringing in-depth knowledge of cultural context and idiosyncrasies. Proven to provide translations quickly and accurately developed over 13 years of experience.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Spanish Medical Interpreter
Advocate Aurora Health Care
06.2008 - Current
- Followed ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Streamlined patient and provider interaction by providing channel of effective communication.
- Converted written materials from one language to another such as books, publications or web pages.
- Translated procedural information to facilitate understanding between doctors and patients.
- Created new text in target language to reproduce content and style of original text.
- Equipped healthcare providers with cultural information to promote appropriate provision of health services.
- Interpreted services to families during process of scheduling initial visit and coordination of ongoing treatment.
- Served as medical interpreter for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communications.
- Verified understood medical information for patients by simplifying any jargon.
- Translated documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking patients fill out medical forms.
- Explained hospital policies and procedures to provide assistance to patients with limited English proficiency.
Medical Assistant
DuPage Pain Specialists
10.2007 - 06.2008
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
- Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
- Obtained pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weight.
- Obtained all prescribed laboratory testing.
- Supported duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus.
- Gathered forms and copied insurance cards to collect patient information for billing and insurance filing.
- Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
- Completed clinical procedures and gathered patient data for interpretation by physician.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
- Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
- Verified appropriate lab couriers picked up collected lab specimens.
Emergency Department Registrar
Mercy Medical Center
01.2007 - 10.2007
- Utilized audits and controls to accurately manage cash.
- Obtained payments from patients and scanned identification and insurance cards.
- Issued receipts and completed cash balance sheets in specified areas.
- Exceeded department-specific productivity standards, collection targets, quality audit scores for accuracy productivity and collection standards for registrations and insurance verifications.
CNA
Aunt Martha's Community Health Center
05.2006 - 01.2007
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Helped clean and prepare patient consultation rooms to maintain hygiene standards
- Conducted basic physical assessments on new admissions to gather baseline data for nursing staff evaluation.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
Education
Certificate of Completion: Health Care Interpreter -
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, ILSkills
- Confidential Information Protection
- Oral and Written Communication
- Simultaneous Translation
- Service Orientation
- Information Interpretation
- Personnel Training
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Spanish Medical Interpreter
Advocate Aurora Health Care
06.2008 - Current
Medical Assistant
DuPage Pain Specialists
10.2007 - 06.2008
Emergency Department Registrar
Mercy Medical Center
01.2007 - 10.2007
CNA
Aunt Martha's Community Health Center
05.2006 - 01.2007
Certificate of Completion: Health Care Interpreter -
Waubonsee Community College
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