Lizbeth Magallanes
Steamboat Springs,Colorado
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated healthcare professional with experience in assisting physicians during examinations, patient guidance, and providing comprehensive documentation. Seeking to leverage my skills and passion to excel in a rigorous nursing program.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Assistant
Dermatology Center Of Steamboat Springs
03.2022 - Current
- Guided patients to exam rooms, addressed queries, and prepared for physician examination.
- Obtained patient medical history, symptoms, medication information, allergies, and vital signs.
- Assisted physicians during examinations while meticulously documenting.
- Assisted physicians with biopsies, excisions, MOHS surgery and plastic closures.
- Prepped operating room, sterilized instruments, and prepped patients for surgery.
- Head assistant for Plastic surgeon. Including, coordinating and scheduling plastics patients following MOHS micrographic surgery. Assisting with instruments, cutting sutures and washing and disinfecting surgical sites.
- Applying and removing bandages, performing wound care, removing sutures, and collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, including sending biopsy specimens to corresponding lab.
- MOHS technician training including processing, cutting, embedding, staining of tissue specimens and cover slipping for physician/pathologist review. Currently in process for certification.
- Maintaining a safe and clean clinical environment by adhering to infection control guidelines and disposing of biohazardous waste properly.
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills while providing documentation.
- Updated inventory, and expiration logs to maintain current tracking documentation.
- Back office duties such as answering phone calls, notifying patients of lab and specimen results, insurance authorizations, follow up and closure of referrals, and post op surgery follow up calls.
Education
High School Diploma -
Moffat County Highschool
Craig, CO05.2018
Health Sciences
Colorado Northwestern Community College
CraigHealth Sciences
Colorado Mountain College
Steamboat Springs, COSkills
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Patient Safety and Infection Control
- CPR and First Aid
- Integrity
- Bilingual (Fluent in Spanish and English)
- Attentive to detail
- Empathy
- Compassionate Care
- Effective Communication
- Pursuit of Learning
Certifications
- BLS (CPR and First Aid)
- HIPAA Privacy and Security Certification
- OSHA Safety, Bloodborne Pathogens, Updated Hazard Communication/GHS Certification
Timeline
Medical Assistant
Dermatology Center Of Steamboat Springs
03.2022 - Current
High School Diploma -
Moffat County Highschool
Health Sciences
Colorado Northwestern Community College
Health Sciences
Colorado Mountain College
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