Joia Herbert
Medical Assistant
Austin,TX
Summary
Dedicated Medical Assistant and Scribe skilled at facilitating patient flow, precisely documenting patient charts, and delivering excellent patient care. Trustworthy team player, leader, and patient advocate. Reliable assistant and problem-solver with two years of experience in a fast-paced, high-volume clinic.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joia-herbert/
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
1
1
Language
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Medical Assistant/Scribe
Ascension Medical Group- Seton Orthopedics
Austin, TX
07.2020 - Current
- Shadowed Dr. Burrus, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, in high-volume (40-60 patients/day) clinic and documented all encounters in the patient charts with proper grammer, abbreviations, and spelling.
- Proficient at optimizing patient flow: roomed patients, took vitals, recorded medical history, ordered x-rays, and notified proper staff with any incidental findings.
- Removed sutures, dressed wounds, drew injections, assisted in injection administration, cleaned equipment, and assisted in in-house hand surgery procedures.
- Coded procedures through three EMR changes (Allmeds, Allscripts, and Athena).
- Trained three scribes, and was on-call to assist or scribe for other surgeons in our practice.
- Submitted orders for additional procedures and queued prescriptions.
- Back-office support including phone calls, patient paperwork, medication refills, pre-authorizations, appeals, and more.
- Selected billing codes, ICD-10 codes, and corrected billing errors.
VP Logistics/Communication
UCSD- Global Medical Brigades
San Diego, CA
09.2016 - 06.2019
- Organized the UCSD branch of Global Medical Brigades, the largest international student-led movement for global health.
- Volunteered in rural communities in Honduras and Panama, providing medical clinics and carried out public health projects alongside community members to help them become self-sustainable.
- Ran triage, health education workshops, data entry, pharmacy, and minor optometry roles in Spanish.
- Recruited doctors and scheduled/ organized weekly meetings.
Research Intern
UCSD School Of Medicine
San Diego, CA
09.2017 - 07.2018
- Assisted a postdoctorate student in her project to find cause of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
- Worked with mice, extracted tissues, analyzed samples, stained proteins, quantified microscope data, ran gels, and recorded data.
- Prepared tables, graphs and fact sheets to summarize research results.
- Edited research grant proposals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Physiology And Neuroscience
University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA 09.2015 - 06.2019
Skills
Workflow understanding
Documentation skills
Patient history understanding
Clinical Support
ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease Systems)
Spanish speaking
Medical terminology expert
EMR / EHR
Adept multi-tasker
Order initiation
Paperwork processing
Communication
Customer service
Accomplishments
Succeeded on the executive board for Global Medical Brigades at UCSD, responsibilities of which included organizing brigades, extreme problem-solving, volunteering in remote and underserved villages in Central America, and fundraising $12,000.
Certification
BLS Provider
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt
Timeline
Medical Assistant/Scribe
Ascension Medical Group- Seton Orthopedics
07.2020 - Current
BLS Provider
04-2020
Research Intern
UCSD School Of Medicine
09.2017 - 07.2018
VP Logistics/Communication
UCSD- Global Medical Brigades
09.2016 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Science - Physiology And Neuroscience
University of California - San Diego
09.2015 - 06.2019