Julio Alfaro Jr.
Ramona,CA
Summary
Bilingual (English/Spanish) Medical Assistant with 7+ years experience in front office, back office, inventory management, and vaccine coordination. Adaptable and versatile professional with a proven track record of seamlessly transitioning into new roles and responsibilities, ensuring continued productivity and success. Seeking to leverage leadership and experience with Epic to excel as an E.H.R. Systems Trainer.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Assistant
TrueCare
03.2024 - Current
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents.
- Built strong relationships with patients through effective communication skills that foster trust in the clinic''s commitment to quality care.
- Performed phlebotomy tasks efficiently while ensuring minimal discomfort for patients during blood collection procedures.
- Improved patient experiences by efficiently managing appointments.
- Contributed to positive health outcomes by educating patients on preventative measures, treatment plans, and follow-up care instructions.
- managing sterilization processing for clinic autoclave and implanting updated workflows along with step by step instructions printed for others.
Lead Medical Assistant
TrueCare
02.2023 - 03.2024
- Performed procedures (ear irrigation, injections, and retinal screening photographs, spirometry)
- Assisted with inventory management (Quest; LabCorp; and Salespad)
- Trained new Medical Assistants and mentor Medical Assistant Externs
- Served as a go-to resource for co-workers, regularly addressing their inquiries and providing guidance on various aspects of the job
- Checked daily CLIA entries
- Assisted in the management of in-baskets (patient calls, MyChart messages, test results, etc.)
- Ran monthly controls on point of care machines
- Ran monthly spore testing on Autoclave Machine
- Provided coverage for team members when they called out sick, ensuring minimal disruption to workflow
- Participated in the establishment of the cardiology practice at the San Marcos Adults Department and contributed to its successful integration into the site
Medical Assistant: Receptionist
Melissa Hurd Corporation
11.2020 - 08.2021
- Perform front and back office duties for a busy private medical practice
- Efficiently and effectively manage a high volume of incoming and outgoing calls
- Verify patients’ insurance
- Process prior authorizations
- Prepare patient charts
- Accurately take patients’ vitals
- Coordinate and follow-up on referrals to ensure timely notice of approval/denial to our patients and specialty office
- Thoroughly clean/disinfect common spaces and examination rooms to ensure a safe environment for both patients and staff
- Build relationships with patients to ensure they are completely satisfied with our office
- Maintain medical record requests to streamline chart auditing and continuation of care
- Support both front and back office staff as needed
- Manage special assignments as assigned
Medical Assistant: Vaccine Coordinator
Neighborhood Healthcare
08.2018 - 09.2020
- Competently triaged a high volume of walk-in patients for a community clinic (approximately 30 patients per day)
- Built rapport with patients in order to facilitate patient interviews
- Sanitized examination rooms between patients and, when necessary, prepared sterile procedure trays
- Performed venue punctures, administered vaccines (to patients of all ages), and performed in-house testing (glucose; A1C; hemoglobin; PT/INR; and urinalysis)
- Reconciled vaccine inventory and monitored the temperatures of the fridges/freezers in which they were stored
- Ensured the clinic complied with VFC/VFA (317) guidelines
- Confidently operated common medical equipment, such as EKG machines, blood pressure machines, audiometric devices, centrifuges, and in-house testing machines
- Ran monthly quality controls on in-house lab equipment
- Accurately entered CPT codes for lab orders and referrals
Education
No Degree - Nursing
Palomar College
San Marcos, CACertificate of Competency: Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting
Escondido Adult School
2018
High School Diploma -
San Pasqual High School
2014
Skills
- HIPAA Compliance
- Working Knowledge of Epic
- CPR / First Aid Certified
- Knowledge of Healthcare Delivery Workflows and Processes
- Teaching and Instruction to a Diverse Audience
- Computer Proficiency
- Electronic Health Record Proficiency
- Patient-Focused Care
- Dependable team member
- Multitasking
- Efficient and Reliable Team Player and Leader
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Detail-oriented approach
Certification
- CPR Certified Through TrueCare
- H.E.A.R.T Training
- Trama Care Training
- CAIRS2 Power User Training
- Lot Manager - EPIC
Timeline
Medical Assistant
TrueCare
03.2024 - Current
Lead Medical Assistant
TrueCare
02.2023 - 03.2024
Medical Assistant: Receptionist
Melissa Hurd Corporation
11.2020 - 08.2021
Medical Assistant: Vaccine Coordinator
Neighborhood Healthcare
08.2018 - 09.2020
High School Diploma -
San Pasqual High School
No Degree - Nursing
Palomar College
Certificate of Competency: Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting
Escondido Adult School
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