Grace Castaneda
Torrance,CA
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department Volunteer
Children's Hospital Of Orange County
07.2023 - Current
- Round on patients and their families to assess needs, offering assistance with food, beverages, and ensuring overall comfort during their stay. Interact with children, fostering a safe and comfortable environment through the provision of toys and coloring books.
- Maintain a well-stocked inventory by continuously monitoring the IV carts throughout the shift, ensuring the availability of essential supplies for healthcare staff during patient care.
- Clean and sanitize rooms and toys, adhering to hospital hygiene standards and ensuring a safe and sterile environment for patients.
- Collaborate with nursing staff to provide additional support, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to assist in various capacities. Help alleviate nurses' workload by answering call lights for patients' families and mitigating concerns that could be resolved by a volunteer.
- Facilitated smooth patient transitions between departments by communicating effectively with healthcare professionals.
Medical Assistant
Newport Beach Dermatology And Plastic Surgery
12.2022 - 06.2024
- Perform medical scribing for MDs, PAs, and RNs during patient appointments, documenting examination findings, diagnoses, and treatment plans in EMRs.
- Obtain comprehensive patient HPI, medical histories, including medications, allergies, and family medical history.
- Assist in dermatology excisions, biopsies, wound cultures, ensuring preparedness and sterility of surgical instruments and supplies.
- Collaborate with providers to prepare patients for cosmetic and dermatological procedures, maintaining patient comfort and information throughout.
- Prepare specific equipment for various procedures, including PRP draw ups, collect lab specimen, liquid nitrogen, Blu-U Light Therapy, Mohs Micrographic surgery, local and topical anesthetic, ILK and saline injections.
- Call patients with biopsy and wound culture results, providing information on treatment plans.
- Maintain clean and well-stocked patient rooms, ensuring a safe and hygienic environment.
- Assist the front office by scheduling patients, handling payments, and answering phones for patients, pharmacies and blood labs.
- Update pathology log with information from previous biopsies, ensuring accurate and organized record-keeping.
Patient Care Experience Intern
University Of California, Irvine Medical Center
08.2023 - 01.2024
- Rotate through various hospital units, including Cardiology, Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Stepdown, Telemetry, Oncology, Orthopedic, Medical-Surgical, and Intensive Surgical Unit. Establish communication with the charge nurse of each unit to obtain a patient census and identify individuals scheduled for discharge within the next 48 hours.
- Conduct one-on-one discussions with patients in their rooms, address details regarding their discharge.
- Communicate with non-English speaking patients by utilizing live translation services to ensure comprehensive understanding and address any language-related healthcare barriers.
- Work with nursing staff to relay patient concerns and ensure a seamless transition for patients from hospital care to post-discharge.
- Identify and resolve issues related to patient discharge, work collaboratively with healthcare teams to overcome potential challenges.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA06.2024
Skills
- Procedure Assistance
- CPR Certification
- Laboratory Specimen Collection
- Medical Records Management
- Patient Charting Expertise
- Adaptability in Fast-Paced Environments
- Patient Care
- Patient Transport
- HIPAA Compliance
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient Scheduling
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, American Heart Association (AHA), September 2023
Timeline
Patient Care Experience Intern
University Of California, Irvine Medical Center
08.2023 - 01.2024
Emergency Department Volunteer
Children's Hospital Of Orange County
07.2023 - Current
Medical Assistant
Newport Beach Dermatology And Plastic Surgery
12.2022 - 06.2024
Bachelor of Science - Public Health Science
University of California, Irvine
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, American Heart Association (AHA), September 2023
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