Jose Rodriquez
Winter Haven
Summary
Resourceful Clinical Instructor accomplished in developing multi-faceted learning environments by working within the community to create up-to-date curriculum, lesson plans and course materials. Well-versed at liaising with clients to foster access to community resources, and assistance programs. Compassionate and driven with unfailing work ethic and passion for helping others. Prepared to bring talent, leadership, and expertise to growing allied health program.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Assistant
Cypress Medical Center
08.2010 - 09.2012
- Promoted office efficiency, coordinating charts, completing insurance forms, and helping patients with diverse needs.
- Provided prior authorization support for physicians, healthcare providers and patients in accordance with payer guidelines.
- Verified eligibility and compliance with authorization requirements for service providers.
- Educated patients and families on diabetes-related care.
- Established and maintained partnerships with community organizations to promote health education programs.
Medical Assisting Instructor
Everest University
09.2012 - 02.2015
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Implemented a variety of educational techniques to complete student body comprehension while ensuring an engaging learning environment en masse.
- Advocated for students to access available resources.
- Delivered supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.
- Collaborated with student "ambassador" committee, school faculty and social workers to address problems and grow student success.
Registered Medical Assistant
Watson Clinic, LLP
12.2014 - Current
- Promoted office efficiency, coordinating charts, completing insurance forms, and helping patients with diverse needs.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Taught patients about medications, procedures, and care plan instructions.
- Evaluated clinical criteria for approval or denial of services requiring pre-authorization.
- Verified eligibility and compliance with authorization requirements for service providers.
- Researched denied claims and contacted insurance companies to resolve these issues.
- Worked with patients and families to implement effective treatment plans.
- Assisted patients in accessing housing, financial assistance and other community resources.
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Developed partnerships with community organizations to expand services and referrals.
Risk Adjustment Coder
Watson Clinic, LLP
07.2017 - 06.2021
- Consulted professional standards of care, scientific evidence and practice to evaluate health care programs.
- Implemented healthcare systems for patient status monitoring, quality tracking and home care management.
- Researched and validated clinical data.
- Applied knowledge, data, information and workflow to develop evidence-based models for health information technology solutions.
- Incorporated quality improvement and safety-enhancing methodologies and tools to improve workflow processes,
Children's Theatre Teacher
Theatre Winter Haven
05.2019 - 08.2021
- Exposed students to diverse content to build perspective in drama pedagogy.
- Modeled creative acting styles and techniques encompassing varied history genres and performance techniques.
- Promoted welcoming and effective classroom management techniques to provide safe, calm learning environment.
- Encouraged students to perform well and learn from failure.
- Provided extra help and mentorship to struggling students and fostered encouragement and support.
- Collaborated with community arts organizations to bring real-world experiences into classrooms and provide students with opportunities for learning and growth.
- Created supportive and inclusive learning environments to foster positive classrooms that support student growth and learning.
- Adapted instruction to meet individual student needs to differentiate instruction to meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
Medical Assisting Instructor
NUC University/Florida Technical College
06.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with multiple instructors, and working medical professionals to implement best practices to enhance student learning.
- Updated instructional materials based on the current needs and trends in the healthcare field; and utilized various learning modalities to enhance instruction.
- Increased learning initiatives by educating students using a balance of didactic and pedagogical educational methodology and tactical laboratory studies.
- Delivered supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.
- Empowered students through counseling and mentorship.
- Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
Education
Career Diploma - Medical Assisting
Everest University
Lakeland, FL04-2010
Skills
- Clinical instruction
- First aid and CPR
- Medical billing and coding
- Laboratory procedures
- Immunization administration
- Healthcare ethics
- Staff training and development
- Office procedures
- Project management
- Medical software applications
- Industry software applications
- Quality assurance monitoring
- Referrals and networking
- Community resources
- Client documentation
- Patient-centered care
- Service planning
Timeline
Medical Assisting Instructor
NUC University/Florida Technical College
06.2024 - Current
Children's Theatre Teacher
Theatre Winter Haven
05.2019 - 08.2021
Risk Adjustment Coder
Watson Clinic, LLP
07.2017 - 06.2021
Registered Medical Assistant
Watson Clinic, LLP
12.2014 - Current
Medical Assisting Instructor
Everest University
09.2012 - 02.2015
Medical Assistant
Cypress Medical Center
08.2010 - 09.2012
Career Diploma - Medical Assisting
Everest University