Maria Ferreira

Worked in a telemetry floor extremely busy cardiac floor. Also I was a heart Technician.

My duties as a ward clerk was to keep our unit organized. Such as read Dr. orders, input all orders in a computer and call stat Drs. Orders and order supplies for our job as a unit secretary. Answer phone calls and transfers calls to nurses.

Assigned patients to every nurse per hospital supervisor.

As a heart monitor technician my duties were use calipers to measure heart rhythms such as sinus rhythm multiple rhythms, and he informed the nurses in the doctors of their patients heart rhythms. I worked in a 50 patient floor every four hours. I would have to print heart strips and measure everything and make a report so when the Night Shift come, I can explain what the patients were doing on the heart monitor.

• Prepared charts for new patients, ensuring all necessary forms were completed correctly.
• Adhered to HIPAA requirements to safeguard patient confidentiality.
• Answered telephones and directed calls to appropriate medical or adminstrative staff.
• Prepared reports, invoices, letters, or medical records using word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications.