Dominique Brandon
Lebanon,USA
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated healthcare professional with 20 years of progressive experience in patient care, clinical support, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Skilled in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care while maintaining patient dignity and safety. Currently completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Class of 2025, and seeking to transition into a Registered Nurse role to continue providing exceptional patient-centered care.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Care Partner
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
06.2024 - Current
- Assited patient with toileting, bathing, feeding.
- Inserted Foley catheter, performed phlebotomy, wound care.
Medical Assistant
Vanderbilt Health clinic
Nashville, TN
02.2018 - 06.2023
- Scheduled and Checked in patients, collected copays, verified insurance, scanned files into EMR.
- Performed phlebotomy, strep test, flu test, urine pregnancy test, mono test, urinalysis, and COVID 19 testing.
- Performed injections, ordered supplies, cleaned clinic and work space area, maintained neat and organized work area.
Certified Medical Assistant/lab associate
Heritage Medical Associates
Nashville, TN
04.2016 - 12.2016
- Maintained lab by proper testing and documentation on CLIA waived test and proper temperature for incubator.
- Ordered supplies, medication, Petri disc for urine/wound cultures.
- Examined in house urine cultures under microscope for WBC, RBC and bacteria and inputted results into EMR.
Certified Medical Assistant
Unity Medical Clinic
Nashville, TN
02.2015 - 04.2016
- Completed referrals, prior authorizations, patients call backs in a timely manner.
- Performed KEG'S, phlebotomy, spirometry, injections, urinalysis, applied ICD9-10 codes to lab orders.
- Obtained patients vitals signs, medical and social history. Inputted patient data into EMR.
Medical Assistant
The Frist Clinic
Nashville, TN
06.2013 - 02.2015
- Obtained patient medical history and vitals and inputted data into Preclinical.
- Collected patients urine and sputum cultures for lab send out.
- Completed PA's on medications, imaging and sleep studies.
- Reviewed and merged paper charts into EMR.
- Applied CPT and ICD9 codes to doctors diagnosis into updated EMR record.
- Complete referrals, medications refills, prior authorizations on medications and appointments for X-rays, ultrasounds, Ct/scan, MRI's, PET scans.
- Completed follow-up call backs in a timely manner including providing patients with lab result and radiology reports.
Medical Assistant/Phone Nurse
Nashville Medical Group
Nashville, TN
07.2011 - 06.2013
- Answered patients calls and forward message to primary doctor.
- Refilled medications.
- Renewed patient's medication via EMR.
- Relayed doctor's orders to patients in a timely manner.
Medical Assistant/Community
United Neighborhood Health Service
Nashville, TN
01.2006 - 07.2011
- Ordered supplies, vaccines and medications.
- Performed phlebotomy, injections on infants and elderly patients
- Performed retinal eye exams on diabetic patients.
- Knowledgeable in applying splints, wound care including suture removal, wrapping of sprains and performed PFT, Ekg's, strep swaps, pregnancy test, urinalysis, rapid flu swab and etc.
- Worked with OBGYN, Pediatric, Pulmonary, Internal Medicine, Psychiatric, Family Practice, Neurology.
- Maintained and sterilized equipment for treatment using autoclave and proper disinfection techniques.
- Applied ICD9 codes to labs and prescriptions for insurance purposes.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Louisville11.2025
Skills
- Triage
- Customer service
- Vital Signs
- Hospital experience
- Medical scheduling
- Clinic
- Venipuncture
- Nursing
- Epic
- HEDIS
- Care plans
- Typing
- Communication skills
- Office experience
- Patient Care
- Quality assurance
- English
- Time management
- Injections
- ICD-9
- EKG
- Physiology knowledge
- Specimen collection / processing
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Microsoft Outlook
- EMR systems
- Medical Records
- Pediatrics
- Data entry
- Patient care
- Behavioral health
- Medical records
- Wound care
- Insurance Verification
- Caregiving
- Inventory control
- Laboratory experience
- Aseptic technique
- Addiction counseling
- Writing skills
- Front desk
- Patient monitoring
- Phlebotomy
- EMR
- Receptionist
- Medical terminology
- Computer skills
- Phone etiquette
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Leadership
- Computer Skills
- Athenahealth
- Word processing
- Telemetry
- Vital signs
- Anatomy knowledge
- Microsoft Office
- Patient observation
- Medical Scheduling
- Computer literacy
Certification
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
- RN License
- BLS Certification
Timeline
Care Partner
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
06.2024 - Current
Medical Assistant
Vanderbilt Health clinic
02.2018 - 06.2023
Certified Medical Assistant/lab associate
Heritage Medical Associates
04.2016 - 12.2016
Certified Medical Assistant
Unity Medical Clinic
02.2015 - 04.2016
Medical Assistant
The Frist Clinic
06.2013 - 02.2015
Medical Assistant/Phone Nurse
Nashville Medical Group
07.2011 - 06.2013
Medical Assistant/Community
United Neighborhood Health Service
01.2006 - 07.2011
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing