MELISSA MALDONADO
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Dedicated materials management professional with leadership, time management and communication strengths. Experienced in overseeing receiving, unpacking, storage and order preparation activities in fast-paced surgical and warehouse environments. Skilled at collaborating with project managers, maintaining records and completing inventory counts. Adept at training and motivating team members to accomplish challenging objectives under tight time constraints.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
OR Materials Coordinator
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
05.2019 - Current
- Review implant logs on a daily basis to replace low quality, high unit cost implantables as used.
- Manage shelf stock of all consumables used in the perioperative environment including tissue.
- Manage cycle counts, inventory balance adjustments and expiration log sheets.
- Use electronic purchasing and inventory computer systems to place orders directly with vendors.
- Respond to manufacturer back orders to identify alternate sources of affected products.
- Recommend process changes needed to ensure effective and efficient OR supply levels as well as par levels and supply locations.
- Worked with project managers to determine schedule and volume requirements in order to effectively supply items needed for case.
- Cross trained in preoperative specialty areas including Endoscopy, Neurosurgery, GU/GYN, Plastics and Ophthalmology.
Assistant Office Manager
Boro Park Obstetrics and Gynecology
Brooklyn, New York
02.2014 - 05.2019
- Demonstrate leadership skills to meet company’s objectives
- Assist with training and performance evaluation of newly hired employees
- Active in creating office schedule and delivery schedule for hospital
- Obtain precertification/authorizations for inpatient and outpatient procedures
- Coordinate referral appointments for High Risk patients needing expedited specialty appointments
- Request and obtain medical records/reports from hospitals, medical offices and verify Authorization for HIPPA release forms
- Create weekly prenatal charts of over 200 patients for Labor and Delivery Dept
- At Maimonides hospital
- Collect patient charts to transcribe physician’s evaluation notes into ICD-10 CPT codes in preparation for insurance claims via EHR system, Athena Health
- In charge of completing all FMLA, Tubal Ligation, WIC forms and letters
- Promoted practice to increase number of patients and deliveries to generate an increase in revenue.
Office Manager
The Comprehensive Center
Brooklyn, New York
08.2011 - 07.2013
- Provided administrative support to 8 Physicians in an office setting
- Create monthly schedule for all appointments and meetings
- Assessed completeness of patient demographics and clinicals using EMR system, Medics Elite
- Managed relationships with offices of referring physicians
- Assisted with departmental projects and trained new employees on front desk tasks and responsibilities
- Kept track of inventory for office and janitorial supplies
- Sent evaluation packets to evaluation representatives/parents/DAs
- Handled all day to day operational issues
Education
High School Diploma Received -
Independence High School
New York, NYAssociate of Arts - Business Administration
Laguardia Community College
Long Island City, NYSkills
- Quickbooks
- Microsoft Office
- Insurance verification/Medical eligibility, Authorizations
- Athena Health, Medics Elite, Epic, Track Core
- Material Flow Management
- Inventory Records
- Inventory Accuracy
- Materials Requisition - PMM
- Material Shelving
- Monthly Inventory
- Maintaining Clean Work Areas
- Product Availability
- Inventory Auditing
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets. Documented and resolved missing Implant and Tissue information which led to accurate update of patient information and Tissue inventory. Resulting in up to date status accuracy when presented to Joint Commission.
- Collaborated with vendor Allergan in the development of introducing PSP (Provisonal Stock Program) for Implant and Tissue Inventory. Maintained PSP program and within the first 8 months saved over 100k in restocking fees. Fast forward 2 years later and we have over $900k in cost savings.
Timeline
OR Materials Coordinator
The Mount Sinai Hospital
05.2019 - Current
Assistant Office Manager
Boro Park Obstetrics and Gynecology
02.2014 - 05.2019
Office Manager
The Comprehensive Center
08.2011 - 07.2013
High School Diploma Received -
Independence High School
Associate of Arts - Business Administration
Laguardia Community College