Katherine Nava
Bakersfield ,CA
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Medical Assistant
Heart Vascular & Leg Center
01 2024 - Current
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Completed EKGs and other tests based on patient presentation in office.
- Educated patients by providing medication and diet information and clarifying physicians' orders, answering questions thoroughly.
- Answered telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions, and direct calls to staff.
- Obtained and documented patient medical history, vital signs and current complaints at intake.
- Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents and completing subpoenas.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Coordinated with other healthcare professionals for patient referrals, ensuring a seamless transition and continuation of care.
Certified Medical Assistant
Truxtun Foot & Ankle Specialist
01 2024 - Current
- Transcribe information for physician into database including test results, HPI, physical exam, assessment and plan, ICD 10 codes, CPT codes
- Assisted physicians with various procedures, ensuring comfort and accuracy for optimal patient outcomes.
- Manage patient referrals as ordered by physician for home health care, xrays, skin graphs etc.
- Prepared lab specimens for diagnostic evaluation.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Prepared examine rooms with proper instrument according to appointment type. Prepare injections for procedure as ordered.
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Performed dressing changes for wound care as ordered by physician
- Autoclave management
- Scheduled appointments, registered patients and create patient charts
- Verified patient insurance coverage and collected required co-payments.
- Oriented and trained new staff on proper procedures and policies.
- Conducted monthly and quarterly inventory of supplies using facility cost reporting records.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
- Obtained and documented patient medical history, vital signs and current complaints at intake.
Education
Associate of Science - Administration of Justice
College of The Sequoias
Skills
- Bilingual
- CPR/BLS
- Front Office/ Back Office
- Medical Records
- Call Center
- EMT-B
- Scribe
- EKG
- Veinipuncture procedures
- Podiatry & Wound Care
- Cardiology & Vascular Care
Certification
Certified Medical Assistant, EMT- B
Timeline
Associate of Science - Administration of Justice
College of The Sequoias
Certified Medical Assistant
Heart Vascular & Leg Center
01 2024 - Current
Certified Medical Assistant
Truxtun Foot & Ankle Specialist
01 2024 - Current
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