Natalie Nashed

Work directly with on-site physician to construct patient's charts including accurately and thoroughly entering patient demographics, vital signs, physical exam findings, imaging results, diagnoses and treatment plan into an electronic medical records system. When physician is not on site, I perform a variety of medical administrative duties including scheduling patient visits, interacting with outside vendors and medical personnel and any other physician requested tasks.

Organized, created lesson plans for, and facilitated Sunday School classes for elementary and middle school aged children. Additional responsibilities have included organizing group activities, acting as a summer camp leader and community-wide fundraiser and festival coordinator.

Volunteer as a medical scribe serving the uninsured population of Ventura County. Work hand-in-hand with several physicians to obtain pertinent medical information and efficiently and accurately construct patient chart notes. Have worked with the clinic remotely in order to input data from the clinic's family food drive.

Worked with program manager and several department colleagues to assist in new and ongoing projects and publications. Projects include acting as a principal author for nutrition curricula distributed across the state of California, and composing formal literature reviews and journal entries centering on scientific nutrition research as well as participatory action research. These reviews were published on the department website and presented at county-wide meetings. Additional tasks included participation in data entry and analysis based on elementary-aged student nutritional surveys.

Acted as a consistently participating and contributing member of this on-campus research laboratory focusing on the effects of NSAIDs on the muscle cells of several organs. Harvested samples for and performed several Western Blot and Cell Culture Experiments. Additionally completed further development of lab protocols, a poster presentation and wrote a chapter centering on the effect of NSAIDs on heart muscle cells, to be part of an upcoming publication. Presented further research effort at an academic conference

Served as a resident advisor to over 50 incoming first-year undergraduate students during the COVID- 19 pandemic. My main role in this position was attending to my residents physical, mental and emotional needs. I kept watch over the cleanliness of the halls, enforcing University and COVID-19 rules and protocols.

Consistently coordinated communication efforts between departments, medical professionals, family members and outside businesses. Managed the scheduling and transportation of patient's medical and social appointments, forming personable bonds with the facility's staff and residents. In addition, I worked with medical staff to coordinate resident's personal item and medication deliveries.

Receptionist and Accounts Payable Assistant for a skilled nursing facility. In this position I lead communication efforts between departments, a variety of medical professionals, family members and outside vendors. I additionally aided the facility's admissions director with recruiting and admitting new patients. As an accounts payable assistant, I worked closely with the executive director of the facility to complete all accounts payable work which included contacting and communicating with outside vendors and physicians in order to ensure organized and timely payments.

As a long-standing volunteer at the hospital I had an opportunity to work in several facility locations. Assisted nurses in the surgical department with the organization and welcoming of new patient admissions and well as assisting in discharges and escorting patients and family members throughout the hospital. Additionally, completed the verification and delivery of patient meals, personal belongings and other items directly to patients. Worked with laboratory staff in performing blood and specimen runs and assisted radiology department in conduction of imaging.

Worked in two of a cardiologist's offices, completing a variety of tasks. This included conducting triages for incoming patients, scheduling appointments , interacting with pharmacy staff and lab technicians in to order and obtain patient medications and exams. Other responsibilities included preparation and updating of patient charts and additional tasks at the request of the leading physician.