Jamie Alexander
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Care Associate
Norton Healthcare
08.2022 - Current
- Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Assisted with patient transfers and ambulation.
- Upheld confidentiality requirements and regulatory compliance guidelines.
- Performed patient mobility services by turning, lifting, moving and repositioning patients.
- Assisting patients with activities designed to maintain personal hygiene such as bathing, grooming, and skin care.
- Notifying clinical staff of any changes in a patient's condition or safety concerns.
Medical Assistant
Family Health Centers
07.2020 - 11.2022
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
- Completed EKGs and other tests based on patient presentation in office.
- Performs various clinical tests and administers immunizations and injections.
Medical Assistant
Kleinert Kutz
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Rooming Patients and verifying medications
- Asking patients to rate their pain level
- Assisting Physician in the room with the patients
- Drawing up injections
- Schedule hand surgery
- Apply and removing bandages
Phlebotomy Technician
Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville
03.2019 - 09.2019
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
Mobile Phlebotomist
American Red Cross
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Balance production, donor care & quality requirements to meet daily blood collection goals.
- Work as a team to setup and tear down the equipment required to conduct a mobile blood drive.
- Load/Unload vehicles, pushing carts up to 250 lbs, setting up beds and handling totes containing equipment and snacks for the donors.
- Collect Vital signs before patient is eligible to donor.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
Education
Medical Assistant Diploma - Medical Assisting
MedQuest College
Louisville, KY10.2017
High School Diploma -
Iroquois High School
Louisville, KY06.2015
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Observing Responses
- Medical Histories and Vital Statistics
- Nursing Staff Support
- Patient Rounds
- Patient Care and Confidentiality
- Professional Bedside Manner
- Patient Service
Timeline
Patient Care Associate
Norton Healthcare
08.2022 - Current
Medical Assistant
Kleinert Kutz
01.2021 - 08.2021
Medical Assistant
Family Health Centers
07.2020 - 11.2022
Phlebotomy Technician
Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville
03.2019 - 09.2019
Mobile Phlebotomist
American Red Cross
06.2018 - 06.2019
Medical Assistant Diploma - Medical Assisting
MedQuest College
High School Diploma -
Iroquois High School