Dara Sicurella
Port Jefferson Station,NY
Summary
Graduate Nurse with Accelerated Dual Degree Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Molloy University. Applies nursing process and performs delegated functions under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse. Collaborates with patient and family to offer theory-based nursing care and coordinates care delivery with members of interdisciplinary team. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Assistant
Northwell Health
08.2021 - Current
- Float into various offices and specialties to help staff room patients and obtain health history
- Obtain and input vitals, draw blood, run and send out specimens, assist doctors and nurses in procedures (stress test, colposcopy, pap smear, cystoscopy, vasectomy, circumcision, catheter changes, electrocardiograms)
- Assist in pre-visit chart preparation, ensuring that ordered labs and imaging were completed and scanned in prior to visit
- Maintain order and cleanliness of exam rooms, ensuring rooms are properly stocked and disinfected per protocol
- Create notes via EMR for doctors
- Create Medical Assistant training guides and aid in setting up new practices
- Train new hires and assist in obtaining necessary courses required to gain access to EMR
- Contributed to the achievement of practice goals by collaborating with tram members to identify areas of improvement in workflow processes
- Current specialties: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardiology, Family Medicine, Urology, Internal Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology
Front Desk
Stony Brook Medicine Advanced Specialty Care
11.2020 - 08.2021
- Assisted new patients and returning patients with obtaining new appointments in various doctor’s offices
- Call-backs were performed to make sure that the patient is able to obtain an appointment
- Helped direct patients to the respective offices
- Helped with temperature screenings and maintaining lists for contact tracing
- Helped check patients in for the pre-operative Covid-19 swabbing
- Obtained patients MRNs from their providers, look them up in Powercharts and write out a requisition sheet for the nurse to have when she swabs
Sales Associate
Hand and Stone
01.2020 - 11.2020
- Answered phones, made sure the store is clean and everything is stocked for the therapists and estheticians
- Checked in and checked out clients, making sure their experience in the spa was good and took down any complaints/suggestions
- Ensured memberships are up to date and in good standing
Shift Leader
Dunkin' Donuts
06.2014 - 01.2020
- Worked all stations (made coffee, portion, took orders (drive thru and front counter), made sandwiches)
- Trained new workers on how to work the registers, count the draws, do refunds, help customers when there is an issue with the price and adjust it
- Completed money drops each shift to ensure enough money was readily available for the next shift
- Helped with scheduling, dealing with and closing out complaints and delegated tasks to employees for each shift
Shadowing Student
Wolfe Pediatrics
09.2018 - 10.2018
- Shadowed a pediatrician for 35 hours, seeing what she does everyday and learning about the differences in the equipment used
- Learned about the different types of check ups children/babies need and what to look for if there is an illness.
Education
Ideal School of Allied Health Care
Hauppauge, NY07.2020
Certified/Licensed Phlebotomist -
Long Island School of Health Care Careers
Deer Park, NY09.2020
Accelerated Dual Degree Nursing Program -
Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NY12.2023
Bachelors Degree: Pre-Nursing/Science Technology And Society With Concentration in Health And Wellness -
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY12.2020
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft
- Medical Records Management
- Medical Terminology
- Proficient in various electronic medical record systems(Centricity, Powercharts, Epic, Sunrise, AllScripts, Soarian)
- Patient-focused care
- CPR
- Teamwork
- Exceptional customer service
- Professionalism
- Relationship building
- Venipuncture/Phlebotomist
Accomplishments
- Received Northwell Health's Meet the Clinical Professionals Spotlight for Eastern region medical assistant
- Collaborated with a team of employees at Northwell Health and spoke to future medical assistants at William Floyd High School. During this time, I explained my experiences of working with Northwell while in nursing school and answered any questions the student may have had.
- Received multiple Truly awards for the work and dedication I exhibited in the multiple offices I have helped out in.
Licensures
- BLS for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association, 04/2021, 04/2023, 215411747475
- Phlebotomist, Long Island School of Health Care Careers, 09/26/2020, K9X5Z9N4
Community Service
- Donator during Covid-19: Hand-made and donated over 500 PPE (masks) to Stony Brook Hospital, Maryhaven, and Selden Fire Department during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Raised money and food for Long Island Cares, 2018-2020
- Raised awareness and money for Prevent Child Abuse America, 2018-2020
- Raised money and awareness for Jewish Women International, 2018-2020
Timeline
Medical Assistant
Northwell Health
08.2021 - Current
Front Desk
Stony Brook Medicine Advanced Specialty Care
11.2020 - 08.2021
Sales Associate
Hand and Stone
01.2020 - 11.2020
Shadowing Student
Wolfe Pediatrics
09.2018 - 10.2018
Shift Leader
Dunkin' Donuts
06.2014 - 01.2020
Ideal School of Allied Health Care
Certified/Licensed Phlebotomist -
Long Island School of Health Care Careers
Accelerated Dual Degree Nursing Program -
Molloy College
Bachelors Degree: Pre-Nursing/Science Technology And Society With Concentration in Health And Wellness -
Farmingdale State College