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Kassandra Gonzalez

Kassandra Gonzalez

Health Aide
Mission

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Medical Professional with over eight years of experience supporting physicians, nurses, and healthcare teams in clinical, hospital, and front desk settings. Proven ability to handle both administrative and clinical tasks with efficiency and professionalism. Adept at managing patient care, maintaining medical records, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations in fast-paced healthcare environments. Currently working with students in grades PK–12, demonstrating strong communication, organizational, and multitasking skills in both medical and educational support roles.


Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2014
2014
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Health Aide

Idea Public Schools Tres Lagos
11.2018 - Current
  • Immunizations documentation.
  • Conduct Screenings vision, hearing, spinal & AN.
  • Covid testing / administering covid immunizations.
  • Contract tracing for covid purposes.
  • Documenting covid intake forms.
  • Taking charge of the clinic to best treat scholars.
  • Medication administration / First Aid.
  • Constant communication with parents, staff and community.
  • Advocating Healthy Kids Here program.
  • Outlook, Excel & Word experience.
  • Response to emergencies.
  • Hosting Parent Engagement events.
  • Goodside Health visits
  • Attend meetings for 504

Surgery Coordinator

Renaissance Cardiology group
08.2017
  • Schedule patients for procedures.
  • Authorizations and referrals from insurance.
  • Call the patients and remind them of their procedures.
  • Patient care and translate for physician.

Patient Care Tech/Front desk Clerk/ Marketer

Syed K Hussain MD.
02.2014 - 07.2017
  • Company Overview: Intervalley Neurological surgery and pain management
  • Recorded daily vitals in patient's records.
  • Prepared examination room and injections.
  • Marketer for doctor would travel to different offices and explain doctor's specialty and referrals.
  • Recorded all Medical Records and input information to system.
  • Filing in patient's chart.
  • Answered phone calls.
  • Called in prescriptions and called in doctors' orders.
  • Scheduled surgeries for doctor and properly communicated with hospitals in timely matter.
  • Wound care, cleaned incision and removed staples or sutures in timely matter.
  • Called in payroll.
  • Patient care and translating for the doctor.
  • Credentialing.
  • Verified benefits and obtained prior authorizations from insurances.
  • Intervalley Neurological surgery and pain management

Patient Care technician

McAllen Medical Center
02.2013 - 05.2013
  • Vital signs, assisting, patients entering or leaving their beds, provide patient hygiene, urinalysis testing, and monitoring of patients and report changes.
  • Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
  • Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
  • Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
  • Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
  • Helped physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials and performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
  • Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.

EKG Tech

McAllen Medical Center
02.2013 - 05.2013
  • Electrode placement, identify EKG readings and tracings, and charting documentation.
  • Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
  • Performed diagnostic electrocardiograms.
  • Positioned and applied electrodes as appropriate.
  • Connected leads from electrocardiograph machine to electrodes on specified body areas.
  • Reviewed patient's records and instructed patients prior to procedures.
  • Monitored patient during procedures and reported any abnormal findings.
  • Identified and corrected wandering, interference, and artifact.
  • Edited and forward results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.
  • Maintained EKG equipment and supplies cleaned.

Phlebotomist Technician

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
02.2013 - 05.2013
  • Phlebotomy skills, butterfly, syringe, vacutainer method, and venipunctures.
  • Conducted interviews with patients.
  • Understanding proper patient identification procedures.
  • Taking a patient's vital signs.
  • Assessed patient's physical condition.
  • Selecting venous access sites.
  • Understanding the order of draw for multiple-tube phlebotomy.
  • Understanding the color coding of tubes.
  • Labeling collection tubes.
  • Understanding patient care following completion of venipuncture.
  • Performed chemical tests.
  • Tested blood for drugs.
  • Collected and handled blood specimens.
  • Filled out requisition forms.
  • Monitored quality control of samples.
  • Identified abnormal cells.
  • Assembled and disposed of containers for used needles.
  • Understanding infection control and the roles of safety policies in blood handling.
  • Understanding the legal implications of laboratory work and blood testing.

CNA

Arbor View Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
01.2013 - 03.2013
  • Vital signs, assisted patients with ambulatory problems, feeding, assisted patients entering or leaving their beds.
  • Assisted patients with Actives Of Daily Living.
  • Provided patient care and assisted patient with hygiene and eating based on the developmental and age-specific population needs.
  • Observed and reported patient behavior, physical condition and significant changes or events in a timely manner in accordance with hospital policies/procedures.
  • Engaged patients in therapeutic interactions and supported unit milieu/programs to assist patients in meeting treatment plans objectives.
  • Documented patient behavior, physical condition and significant changes or events in a timely manner in accordance with hospital policies/procedures.
  • Completed and maintained training and demonstrated competencies as required without prompting.
  • Actively supported facility and agency safety (including patient safety) risk management, and infection control programs.
  • Demonstrated respect for and consideration of others in relations with patients, visitors, and all staff with the organization, while contributing to a social environment in which respectful behavior pervades all aspects of the organization.

Education

Patient Care technician -

South Texas College
McAllen, Texas

Skills

Vital signs monitoring

Patient care

Personal hygiene assistance
Monitoring of patients and report changes
Electrode Placement/ and patient positioning

Identify EKG readings and tracings
Charting documentation
Phlebotomy Skills (butterfly, syringe, venipuncture method)
Glucose Testing
Strep Testing
Influenza A & B
Administration of injections and immunizations
HIPAA and OSHA training

Certification

Certified EKG Technician, NHA's Certification, Texas

Timeline

Health Aide

Idea Public Schools Tres Lagos
11.2018 - Current

Surgery Coordinator

Renaissance Cardiology group
08.2017

Patient Care Tech/Front desk Clerk/ Marketer

Syed K Hussain MD.
02.2014 - 07.2017

Patient Care technician

McAllen Medical Center
02.2013 - 05.2013

EKG Tech

McAllen Medical Center
02.2013 - 05.2013

Phlebotomist Technician

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
02.2013 - 05.2013

CNA

Arbor View Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
01.2013 - 03.2013

Patient Care technician -

South Texas College

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