Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Assessments
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Kristina Craft

Lebanon,PA

Summary

Professional caregiver with experience delivering patient-centered care in fast-paced environments. Skilled in assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and providing emotional support. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving positive outcomes. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in using medical equipment and following care plans.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Nursing Assistant

Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital
01.2024 - Current
  • Vital signs, help the patient with daily activities, promptly answering call lights, reporting any issues or progress observed, and reinforcing rehab techniques as assigned by the therapy team. encouraging and supporting patients through the recovery process by helping them to reach their goals.
  • Crossed trained as receptionist and admissions: filling , answering calls directing them to appropriate departments , putting admissions package together , ensuring patients are safe on DNL listings , obtaining consent forms and HIPPA

Nursing Assistant

US Department of Veterans Affairs
07.2022 - 01.2024
  • Responds during emergencies, assisting during fire drills, and responding to any safety issues as they arise. Demonstrates self-direction in applying knowledge of fire, safety and disaster regulations, practices, and procedures and communicates expectations to staff.
  • Maintain patient safety and the safety of the environment. Sits with patient on one-on-one (1:1) for safety as needed
  • Performs support duties for diagnostic procedures, which include preparing the Veteran and monitoring the Veteran's condition.
  • Performs nursing care, as applicable to the Veteran, including all aspects of personal care and grooming.

Medical Assistant, CCMA

Lebanon Pain Relief Center
04.2021 - 02.2022
  • Maintained patient's medical information using the Electronic Health Record.
  • Assist patients in preparing for physician's exam.
  • Ensure that all related patients' appointments are provided in a timely manner and coordinated to patient convenience.
  • Print PDMP'S for the providers need
  • Prior authorization for medication renewal and new request
  • Basic needs such as filling, faxing and answers nurse calls

Medical Assistant, CCMA

Harrisburg Gastroenterology
08.2020 - 04.2021
  • Maintained patient's medical information using the Electronic Health Record.
  • Assist patients in preparing for physician's exam.
  • Prepare exam rooms before and after patients visit, ensuring the instrument and environment is clean
  • Ensure that all related patients' appointments are provided in a timely manner and coordinated to patient convenience.
  • Register unscheduled patients requiring a full financial clearance.
  • Complete assigned patient scheduling and registration work queues according to performance standards.
  • Resolve work queue issues and missing registration items via electronic medical record.
  • Penn Medicine Lancaster General Urgent Care, Lebanon

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital-LB
02.2017 - 09.2018
  • Collected accurate financial, biographic, and demographic information for emergency department registration
  • Recorded insurance co-payments and treatment consent and authorization documentation
  • Scanned insurance cards and photo identification into patient's medical record.
  • Collected patient insurance copayments and/or liabilities at time of service.

Medical Billing and Coding Temp

06.2016 - 07.2017
  • Collected, posted, and managed patient account payments, and prepared and submitted claims forms to insurance companies and other third-party payer

Education

College Degree - Medical Assistant

Purdue University Global
05.2020

High School Diploma -

Grover Cleveland High School
Ridgewood, NY
06-2009

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Reading Area Community College
Reading, PA
05-2028

Skills

  • Dementia care
  • Epic
  • Clerical Experience
  • Medical coding
  • Medical scheduling
  • Medical records
  • Experience Administering Injections
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Medical Terminology
  • ICD-10
  • EMR Systems
  • Memory care
  • Vital Signs
  • Anatomy Knowledge
  • Insurance Verification
  • CPT Coding
  • Medical billing
  • Medical Office Experience
  • Direct patient care
  • Recording vital signs

Certification

  • Medical Coding Certification
  • CPR Certification
  • BLS Certification
  • First Aid Certification
  • Certified Medical Assistant
  • CCMA Certification September 2022

Timeline

Nursing Assistant

Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital
01.2024 - Current

Nursing Assistant

US Department of Veterans Affairs
07.2022 - 01.2024

Medical Assistant, CCMA

Lebanon Pain Relief Center
04.2021 - 02.2022

Medical Assistant, CCMA

Harrisburg Gastroenterology
08.2020 - 04.2021

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital-LB
02.2017 - 09.2018

Medical Billing and Coding Temp

06.2016 - 07.2017

College Degree - Medical Assistant

Purdue University Global

High School Diploma -

Grover Cleveland High School

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Reading Area Community College

Assessments

  • Attention to detail — Proficient July 2021
  • Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information
  • Full results: Proficient
  • Work style: Reliability — Proficient August 2021
  • Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work
  • Clinical judgment — Completed May 2021
  • Assessing a patient's condition and implementing the appropriate medical intervention
  • Full results: Completed
  • Medical terminology — Proficient July 2021
  • Understanding and using medical terminology
  • Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
Kristina Craft