Cristina D'Amore

• Obtained and documented patient medical history, vital signs and current complaints at intake.
• Scribe for full skin checks and other misc appoitments.
• Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
• Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
• Assisted physicians with minor surgeries, including preparing operating room and sterilizing instruments.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
• Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents.
• Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Taught patients about medications, procedures, and care plan instructions.
• Updated inventory and expiration

• Manage patient visit: greet patient/families; collect clinic information and very medications report by family; preform screening tests and treatments within established clinic guidelines
• Discharge patients from clinic, providing patients with the After Visit Summary, appropriate patient teaching, handouts and any provider follow up orders.
• Review clinic schedules 48 hours prior to ensure complete and accurate information, update records in EPIC
• Use 5S and lean principals to organize and maintain department; identify/implement continuous performance improvement projects consistent with LEAN principals
• Regularly review MA training/educational offerings and mentor less experienced colleagues and MA extern students.

• Point of contact for all patient communications with provider.
• Rooming patients, obtaining patient history.
• Set up patient room for biopsies and cosmetic appointments
• Assisting with shave/punch biopsies and excisions, cosmetic procedures and laser treatments. Topical and injection numbing.
• Scheduling appointments and procedures in Cerner EHR.
• Contacting patient with lab, culture and biopsy results and sending any necessary referrals for any further treatment needed.

• Room and prepare patient for Mohs surgery, assisting surgeon performing procedure.
• Prepare OR for surgery, assist with closure, bandaging and discharge of patients for ASC.
• Maintained sterile fields by following aseptic techniques and adhering to infection control protocols.
• Followed scrub-in procedures by gowning and gloving correctly to assist in sterile fields.
• Assisting PA's with skin checks, biopsies and follow up with patients for results, suture removal and updating pathology log book.
• All other regular medical duties, including sterilization and autoclave of instruments, drawing medications and stocking rooms.

*same duties as noted perviously*

• Point of contact for all patient communication with provider
• Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Explained procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and increase patient cooperation for prep of colonoscopy and/or EGD
• Called all results from procedures.