Professional Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline

Michele Cifello

Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
Bloomfield,NJ
26
years of professional experience

Industrious administrative team member with proven organizational, time management and multitasking abilities in fast pace environment for over 20 years. Consistently seeks ways to increase office efficiency and boost team productivity with exceptional clerical support. Decisive leader and strategic problem solver with excellent communication and planning abilities. Retains information and methodically executes ideas and solutions to problems.

Work History

Clerical Associate

4 Years 1 Month
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center | 04.2022 - 05.2026
  • Processed patient admissions and discharge documentation, ensuring compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
  • Managed scheduling for outpatient appointments, optimizing staff resources and enhancing patient access to services.
  • Maintained accurate patient records within electronic health record (EHR) system, supporting clinical staff in delivering quality care.
  • Coordinated interdepartmental communications, facilitating timely information exchange between medical and administrative teams.
  • Assisted in training new clerical staff on operational procedures and hospital systems to ensure seamless onboarding experience.
  • Implemented filing system improvements, increasing retrieval efficiency of patient documents and reducing processing times.
  • Monitored inventory levels for office supplies, ensuring availability while minimizing waste through effective procurement practices.
  • Developed standard operating procedures for clerical tasks, streamlining workflow processes and enhancing overall departmental efficiency.
  • Ensured accurate data entry and maintained up-to-date records for improved operational efficiency.
  • Maintained strict confidentiality when handling sensitive information, ensuring compliance with company policies.
  • Managed daily office tasks such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, and maintaining inventory levels to ensure smooth operations.
  • Developed correspondence letters, memos, and emails.
  • Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.

Clerical Office Assistant-III

1 Year 4 Months
Metropolitan Hospital | 06.2020 - 10.2021
  • Managed departmental schedules and coordinated resources for meetings and events.
  • Verified operation of office equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements and calling for repairs.
  • Received and screened high volume of internal and external communications, and scheduling patient's medical testing for procedures and diagnosis.
  • Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents to bolster organizational workflow.
  • Supported office needs including taking messages, scanning documents and business correspondence, verifying Insurance coverage
  • Maintained office and medical supplies and ordering new supplies as needed.
  • Oversaw workforce management and staff scheduling to keep office operations smooth and efficient.
  • Offered diverse clerical support to office team members, answering 30+ telephone calls and tracking documentation
  • Delivered clerical support by handling range of routine and special requirements.

Operations Supervisor

20 Years
UPS | 09.2000 - 09.2020
  • Created and implemented strategies for improving operational efficiency and accuracy.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and reduced labor expenses by developing and optimizing standard practices.
  • Enforced regulatory and company policy compliance to improve workplace and employee safety and readiness.
  • Oversaw daily shipping operations, including loading of outbound trucks, inventory management and supervising work of 6-member team.
  • Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedure.
  • Monitored daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status.

Level 3-Clerical Assistant for Nursing Director

2 Months
Metropolitan Hospital | 04.2020 - 06.2020

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  • Delivered expert clerical support by efficiently handling wide range of routine and special requirements.
  • Managed over 50 calls per day to field inquiries from clients, vendors and various other callers seeking information.
  • Kept physical files and digitized records organized for easy updating and retrieval by authorized team members.
  • Liaising with other departments and external staffing agencies to coordinate proper staffing in units to cover patient ratios.
  • Promotes culture of customer service excellence, and alerts staff to potential problems in staffing of medical units.
  • Interacted with customers professionally by phone, email or in-person to provide information and directed to desired staff members.
  • Reviewed time sheets, prepared attendance reports.
  • Trained on hospital wide medical systems, EPIC- census of units and patient information, and Clariva- is to track medical personnel

Education

Some College (No Degree)

Union County College | Cranford, NJ
  • Member of Phi Theta Kappa Society
  • Majored in Business
  • Dean's List Spring and Fall 2000

Skills

Business operations management
Coordinating with supervisors
Multi-site operations dealing with safety issue
Employee training
Company policy compliance
Reporting and documentation

Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved operation issues which led to not one ,but several promotions which enable me to move through the company and learn all aspects of the business.

Timeline

Clerical Associate

Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
04.2022 - 05.2026Read More

Clerical Office Assistant-III

Metropolitan Hospital
06.2020 - 10.2021Read More

Level 3-Clerical Assistant for Nursing Director

Metropolitan Hospital
04.2020 - 06.2020Read More

Operations Supervisor

UPS
09.2000 - 09.2020Read More

Union County College

Some College (No Degree)
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Michele Cifello