Melody Melendez
Elizabeth,NJ
Summary
Knowledgeable Certified Medical Assistant with exceptional background over 10+ years experience handling intensive clinical environments. Quality-driven and safety-oriented with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities. Experienced in collaborating across disciplines to support patient needs and enhance care.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Medical Assistant
Summit Health
Elizabeth, NJ
12.2019 - Current
- Escort patients to exam rooms, assisting physicians in exam rooms with minor GI procedures interviewing patients while obtaining a history and medications, obtain and document vital signs, performing routine venipuncture, while processing all specimens
- Assist and cross cover reception area while scheduling appointments, initiating prior authorizations and insurance verification.
- Maintained cleanliness in examination rooms by stocking supplies and disposing of used materials properly.
- Assisted physicians and nurses with patient exams, including taking vital signs, preparing exam rooms, and updating medical records.
- Prepared treatment rooms for patients by cleaning surfaces and restocking supplies.
Medical Technician/PCT
NYP Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine/ Department of GI/Surgery
NY, NY
08.2010 - 11.2019
- Medical Assisting for the division of Gastroenterology
- Greeting and rooming patients for their visits while recording vital signs and obtaining a history
- Preparing patients and exam rooms for physical examinations
- Prepping patients for Endoscopic procedures as well as assisting nurses in the Endoscopy suite
- Calibrate equipment for procedures
- Assisting physicians in procedures such as flexible sigmoidoscopy, High Resolution Esophageal Manometry as well as minor in patient procedures
- Prepping and setting up Capsule Endoscopy/Motility Capsule equipment for patients for procedures
- Collecting and processing specimens such as biopsies, routine venipuncture and injections as instructed by physician
- Stocking supplies, keeping track of inventory assuring all exam rooms are prepared for daily functions
- Building trust and minimizing patient discomfort during outpatient procedures as well as Endoscopy and colonoscopy
- Change dressings, wound care for post-operative visits
- Maintaining vital, checking of patients and the transferring of patients by NP's orders during Endoscopy and Colonoscopy pre and post visits
- Assisting secretarial staff with appointments, confirmation calls, booking sheets, patient check-in, as well as prior authorizations for patient medications and procedures.
Medical Technician
Rosh Maternal Fetal Medicine
Manhattan, NY, NY
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Assist physicians in exam rooms with gynecological procedures
- Stocking and keeping inventory of all office supplies as well as re-ordering
- Greeting and escorting patients to exam rooms, obtaining patient history, recording vital signs, pre-natal screenings, while collecting and processing blood and urine specimens
- Assist administrative staff with front desk check-in as well as scheduling appointments, ultrasounds and procedures
- Phoning in RX prescriptions under NP and MD's orders
- Monitoring patients and vitals of patients in labor on the floor
- Prepping and setting patients for fetal non stress test evaluations while monitoring and reporting any changes on recording to MD's and nurses.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing Candidate
JFK Muhlenberg & Snyder Nursing School
NJ05-2024
Medical Assistant Certification - Clinical Medical Assisting
Sanford Brown Institute
New York, NY05-2007
High school Diploma - High School Diploma
Satellite Academy High School
New York, NY06-2004
Skills
- Fluent in English/Spanish
- Electronic Medical Records
- Athena
- Epic
- Most computer software's
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Certified Medical Assistant
Summit Health
12.2019 - Current
Medical Technician/PCT
NYP Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine/ Department of GI/Surgery
08.2010 - 11.2019
Medical Technician
Rosh Maternal Fetal Medicine
01.2008 - 01.2010
Associate of Science - Nursing Candidate
JFK Muhlenberg & Snyder Nursing School
Medical Assistant Certification - Clinical Medical Assisting
Sanford Brown Institute
High school Diploma - High School Diploma
Satellite Academy High School