Cherran Szostak
Oxford,NJ
Summary
Results-driven Clinical Manager offering 10+ years of clinical, administrative, and patient care experience. Familiar with fiscal management systems and human resource management. Talented at maintaining and developing effective relationships with staff, patients and senior management. Excellent supervisory skills and performance working under pressure. Significant leadership background directing multidisciplinary healthcare teams to achieve care objectives and outperform business targets.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Clinical Manager
Summit Health CityMD
11.2022 - Current
- Collaboration with the Clinical Director of day-to-day management of operations within the neuroscience service line
- Responsible for supporting clinical and non-clinical staff and activities within departments
- Inventory management
- Direct oversight of patient schedules
- Payroll management
- Talent acquisition and performance coaching
- Management of staff competencies and annual performance reviews
- Staff orientation and assignments
- Setting department goals
- Maintaining effective department productivity and morale
- Maintaining service line's staffing and budgetary goals
- Mentoring staff
- Providing patient care as needed
- Communicating organizational information to staff
- Coordinates patient care, identifies treatment barriers or gaps, and provides patient education
- Management of quality of care
- Triage of phone calls and supporting the emergency calls from patients.
Registered Nurse-Office Supervisor for Neuroscience Center
Summit Medical Group
01.2018 - 11.2022
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment areas
- Assist with interventional pain management procedures in Interventional Radiology
- Streamlined physicians' influx of reports and documents by completing medical forms such as medical leave of absence, physicals, and disabilities to be reviewed and signed by the physician
- Demonstrated excellent written, verbal, telephone and interpersonal communication skills
- Demonstrated excellent organization and multitasking skills
- Maintained accurate and detailed patient records and pertinent information
- Responsible for reviewing and authorizing/denying provider ordered prescriptions in accordance with established guidelines
- Followed through as liaison between doctor and patient for follow-up instructions/care
- Triaged incoming calls to determine urgency of visit with physician or hospital emergency
- Collect samples, such as blood and urine from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
- Navigate the day to day operations for multiple specialties and office locations in the neuroscience center
- Schedule and organize the workflow for staff members including physicians, receptionists, medical assistants, and nurses
- Administering Covid-19 Vaccines
Registered Nurse
Davita Kidney Care
10.2017 - 06.2018
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment areas
- Operate fresenius 2008 dialysis machine and other equipment to administer dialysis care
- Collect samples, such as blood and urine from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
Medical Assistant / RN
Medical Diagnostic Associates/AMG
09.2008 - 01.2018
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies
- Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms
- Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave
- Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
- Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
Certified Medical Assistant
Doctor's Care Associates
06.2006 - 09.2008
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
Education
Associates in Science in Nursing -
JFK MUHLENBERG NURSING SCHOOL
Plainfield, NJ06.2017
Associate in Licensed Practical Nursing -
UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
Cranford, NJ12.2014
Certified in Medical Assistant -
BRYMAN INSTITUTE
South Plainfield, NJ06.2006
High School Diploma -
LINDEN HIGH SCHOOL
Linden, NJ06.2005
Skills
- Resource Monitoring
- Patient Advocacy
- Training and mentoring
- Facility Oversight
- Healthcare administration
- Clinical Staff Management
- Performance monitoring
Certification
- BLS for Healthcare Providers, 10/01/23
- ACLS, 10/01/23
- RN, 05/01/25, NJ
Groups
- NJ League of Nursing
- American Nursing Association
- NJ Nursing Association
- American Association of Neuroscience Nursing
Timeline
Regional Clinical Manager
Summit Health CityMD
11.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse-Office Supervisor for Neuroscience Center
Summit Medical Group
01.2018 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
Davita Kidney Care
10.2017 - 06.2018
Medical Assistant / RN
Medical Diagnostic Associates/AMG
09.2008 - 01.2018
Certified Medical Assistant
Doctor's Care Associates
06.2006 - 09.2008
Associates in Science in Nursing -
JFK MUHLENBERG NURSING SCHOOL
Associate in Licensed Practical Nursing -
UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
Certified in Medical Assistant -
BRYMAN INSTITUTE
High School Diploma -
LINDEN HIGH SCHOOL
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