Megan Medrano
Huntington Beach
Summary
I am a well-seasoned Medical Assistant with experience in different specialties. My experience goes back 24 years. Certified healthcare professional skilled in medication administration and patient care. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving outcomes. Reliable, adaptable, and proficient in managing patient needs and ensuring safety. Known for excellent communication, empathy, and attention to detail.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Medication Aide
Katella Senior Livng
02.2025 - Current
- Administered medications accurately and timely to ensure patient safety and compliance with care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff for prompt medical intervention.
- Assisted residents with daily living activities, enhancing their comfort and quality of life.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of medication storage areas to uphold regulatory standards.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop personalized care plans for residents' needs.
- Took patient vital signs, height, and weight measurements and monitored glucose and patient wellbeing.
- Interacted kindly with patients and families and displayed positive, outgoing attitude, resulting in establishment of long-term, professional relationships.
- Supported nursing staff by monitoring patients for side effects or adverse reactions to medications.
- Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
Medical Assistant
SeniorDoc
02.2024 - Current
- My responsibilities include providing support for mobile providers who see patients in their homes and or facilities.
- Duties include telephone orders, medication refills, referrals to various specialists.
- Customer support to the senior community by arranging visits with their provider, lab draws, and any imaging that may be needed to be done in their own homes.
- Monthly calls for follow up.
- Assist the provider remotely.
- Medication reconciliation with facilities.
- Update charts with any results and or referrals.
Medication Technician
Katella Senior Living
10.2021 - 10.2023
- My duties include, but are not limited to, assisting residents with their daily medication administration.
- Daily Stay in communication with doctors about matters that pertain to the resident's care by assisting with their ADLs, activities, meal assistance, vital signs, and wound care.
- Adhering to doctors' orders and their individual needs for each resident.
- Provide a safe and comforting environment.
Caregiver
Right at Home
03.2020 - 10.2021
- My responsibilities include caring for the elderly or disabled in their own home.
- Cooking, cleaning, assisting with bathing, eating and medication reminders, grocery shopping, and transport to and from doctor appointments as needed.
- I also provide the utmost care and companionship to my clients.
The Children's Lighthouse
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: San Antonio, Texas
- Provide excellent care for children in a preschool setting from ages six weeks to after-school-age children up to 5th grade.
- San Antonio, Texas
Medical Assistant
The Texas Perinatal Group
01.2019 - 06.2019
- Duties include vitals, Computer charting, triage, obtaining medical history, injections, Non Stress Tests, scheduling, and insurance verification.
- Call backs to patients with results.
- Assisted the provider with procedures.
- Diabetic teaching for gestational diabetes.
- Medication refills and customer service.
- Busy practice which led to multitasking and providing the utmost care.
Medical Assistant
Village Crossing Women's Health
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Greet and room patients, obtain medical history on all patient's vitals, and assist doctors with various procedures, such as Pap smears, colposcopy, and chaperone in sonograms: NSTs, scheduling, prescription refills, callbacks to patients with lab results.
- Keep rooms clean and stocked daily, along with phlebotomy and injections.
Medical Assistant
Alamo Women's Health in OBGYN
09.2017 - 02.2018
- Triage patients, vitals, medical history, assist Doctors with multiple procedures such as Nexplanon Insertions and removals.
- Mirena/Skyla Insertions, EMB's, SHG and MCUD's, NST's.
- Stock rooms, clean and sanitize equipment.
- Phlebotomy, injections, Diabetic teaching, Insulin education, ordering appropriate labs and calling patients with results, verification of benefits, and EMR.
Care Aide
Home Health Provider
09.2017 - 08.2017
- Care for a client with disabilities.
- Daily living activities include medication, cooking, cleaning, assisting, driving patients to doctor appointments, pharmacy, and grocery shopping.
Resident Care Associate
Brookdale Hamilton Wolfe
05.2016 - 09.2016
- Assist with the residents daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, dining, and transport.
- Keep residents' rooms clean, laundry, and activities.
Medical Assistant
Institute for Women's Health
09.2015 - 09.2016
- Assisted patients to rooms and performed vital signs and history.
- Cleaned and stocked patient rooms daily.
- Cleaned and sterilized medical instruments daily.
- Assisted doctors with pap smears, colposcopy's, Nexplanon insertions and removals, IUD insertions and removals.
- Administered injections and phlebotomy.
- Called lab results to patients.
- EMR with Allscripts.
- Nextgen for scheduling.
- Scheduled Mammograms, Dexa scans and Ultrasounds.
- Performed NST's and obtained Fetal Heart Tones for the physician's when needed.
Referral Coordinator/Insurance Verification
San Antonio Pediatric Surgery
08.2013 - 09.2014
- Prepared patients charts for future appointment's by verifying their insurance.
- Making sure it is current and up to date.
- Also inquiring if any co-pays or co-insurance is needed for the patients' appointment.
- Referrals were obtained if necessary also if it applied to the patient.
- Calling PCP's to get those referrals before the patient's appointment.
ER Tech II
Methodist Children's Hospital
10.2012 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: 7700 Floyd Curl
- Assisted with multiple registered nurses and ER Doctors with various procedures and care.
- Transported patients via hospital beds and wheel chairs from floor to floor.
- Triage with the nurses and assess patients care.
- Performed throat, stool, and blood cultures.
- Assisted Doctors with sutures and in and out catheters.
- Assisted in the Trauma room when needed.
- Performed glucometer checks, urine dips and other blood tests on the floor.
- Documentation in the EMR.
- Stock rooms and clean and sanitize patient's rooms, waiting rooms, and bathrooms.
- Trained in splinting on sprained and broken bones.
- 7700 Floyd Curl
Medical Assistant
The Texas Perinatal Group
09.2003 - 09.2011
- Provide patient care to high risk OB patients with a professional and courteous attitude to ensure comfort throughout their pregnancy.
- Vital signs, phlebotomy, injections, calling labs to patients and doctors, order office and medical supplies for the office, make appointments for patients to our referring doctors for various specialties.
- Administer flu shots and TB testing for staff, OHSA compliance, stock and clean patient rooms daily for sonographers, enter patient information and office visit in EMR, schedule patients for follow up appointments, answer patient and doctors phone calls, call hospital for patient follow up for doctors, insulin and glucometer teaching.
Medical Assistant
Women Partners
03.2002 - 03.2003
- Company Overview: San Antonio, Texas
- Assisted patients to rooms and performed vital signs and history.
- Cleaned and stocked patient rooms daily.
- Cleaned and sterilized medical instruments daily.
- Assisted doctors with pap smears, colposcopy's, leaps and Cryo therapy.
- Administered injections and phlebotomy.
- Called lab results to patients.
- San Antonio, Texas
Education
Certificate - MedicaMedicationl Assistants
Texas Careers
San Antonio, Texas01.2001
High school diploma - undefined
Hong Kong International School
01.1995
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Vital signs documentation
- Vital sign monitoring
- ADL support
- Resident support
- Blood pressure measurement
- Logs management
- HIPAA compliance
- Behavior monitoring
- Emergency response
- Daily living assistance
- Medical records management
- Certified medication technician (CMT)
- Meal preparation
- Emotional intelligence
Certification
Medical Assistant Certification
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Certified Medication Aide
Katella Senior Livng
02.2025 - Current
Medical Assistant
SeniorDoc
02.2024 - Current
Medication Technician
Katella Senior Living
10.2021 - 10.2023
Caregiver
Right at Home
03.2020 - 10.2021
The Children's Lighthouse
09.2019 - 03.2020
Medical Assistant
The Texas Perinatal Group
01.2019 - 06.2019
Medical Assistant
Village Crossing Women's Health
03.2018 - 09.2018
Medical Assistant
Alamo Women's Health in OBGYN
09.2017 - 02.2018
Care Aide
Home Health Provider
09.2017 - 08.2017
Resident Care Associate
Brookdale Hamilton Wolfe
05.2016 - 09.2016
Medical Assistant
Institute for Women's Health
09.2015 - 09.2016
Referral Coordinator/Insurance Verification
San Antonio Pediatric Surgery
08.2013 - 09.2014
ER Tech II
Methodist Children's Hospital
10.2012 - 10.2013
Medical Assistant
The Texas Perinatal Group
09.2003 - 09.2011
Medical Assistant
Women Partners
03.2002 - 03.2003
High school diploma - undefined
Hong Kong International School
Certificate - MedicaMedicationl Assistants
Texas Careers