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Phyllis A. Batts

Hewitt

Summary

Organized Lead Administrative Assistant with experience in managing high-priority tasks, administrative coordination, and office management. Strengths include strong communication skills, problem-solving ability and knowledge of multiple software platforms. Demonstrated ability to create efficient systems leading to improved overall productivity.

High-performing manager with more than 30 years of healthcare experience in hospice , home-care facilities, hospitals, medical office environments, and skilled nursing facilities Efficient and skilled in tackling administrative tasks, scheduling appointments, and Staff shift schedules , preparing patient charts .Planning , coordinating, directing, and programming a Dementia Care unit. Professionally trained with experience ensuring exacting standards of culturally competent care for a wide variety of patients with diverse needs.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

lead Administrative Assistant / Volunteer Coordinator

Halcyon Hospice & Palliative Care
Waco
09.2023 - 03.2025
  • Answering phones, emails, and directing inquiries
  • Maintaining organized filing systems (physical and electronic)
  • Managing calendars, scheduling appointments and meetings
  • Preparing and distributing correspondence, reports, and presentations
  • Handling incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, and emails
  • Maintaining office supplies and equipment
  • Assisting with event planning and coordination
  • Performing basic bookkeeping tasks

Administrative Assistant

Martindale Family Medicine
11.2019 - 03.2023
  • Scheduled and managed patient appointments
  • Answering the phone and taking patient questions
  • Filing, updating, and organizing patient records
  • Planning, and coordinating hospital transfers and laboratory tests and services
  • Processing forms for insurance claims
  • Inventory, and ordering supplies
  • Scheduled in-services and lunches with Pharmacy Reps and Clinical Reps
  • Performed Clinical tasks such as taking vitals
  • Transcribed medical information for doctors
  • Managed and assisted the physician with other task Ihe assigned me to complete

Memory Care Activity & Volunteer Coordinator

Stoney Brook Assisted Living
09.2016 - 03.2018
  • Designed a program planning, coordinating, and directing a wide and varied scope of activities and programming which meet the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, physical, and environmental needs of the Dementia & Alzheimer's residents
  • Responsible for ongoing staff training and assistance in program implementation
  • Created a volunteer program, enlisting their support and coordinated their efforts
  • Provided orientation, training, and supervision of volunteers
  • Maintained compliance with state and federal regulations
  • Participated in the preparation of the community's budget with regards to recreational service, supplies, and equipment
  • I was recognized and promoted to director after ninety days of employment for creating and implementing such an outstanding program

Home Care Director

RFG Private Homecare
09.2009 - 08.2016
  • Skillfully developed departmental goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies, and procedures
  • Managed the overall operation of nursing services and patient care, including economic management, quality assurance, patient care, safety risk management, teammate satisfaction, medication management and facility maintenance
  • Created and maintained computerized record management systems to record and process data and generate reports of daily care
  • Recruited, hired, trained, and managed the daily activities of a clinical team
  • Led Clinical team in delivering care services that promote optimal resident health

Volunteer Coordinator Regional Manager

Southern Care Hospice
05.2004 - 02.2009
  • Recruit, Interview, and trained volunteers to provide direct care services for the hospice patients in their home and for community fundraising activities
  • Interviewed, hired, trained, and supervised Volunteer Coordinators for 8 offices in Texas
  • Developed and managed my local program and their overall programs to include personnel records, volunteer policies procedures and standards for the Texas offices to remain in compliance with state regulations
  • Monthly statistical reports
  • Marketing and raising awareness to customers such as physicians, nursing staff, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, families, and hospitals with respect to roles and functions of the hospice team and volunteers

Unit Secretary

Providence Hospital
01.1997 - 05.2004
  • Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress, and concerns
  • Entered physician orders efficiently and without errors into a predefined hospital computer system ordering services, labs, etc
  • For patient care
  • Patient chart management and filing task
  • Clerical work, medical documentation, composing and sending faxes
  • Front desk handling pleasantly greeting patients, customers, staff
  • Adeptly managed a multi-line phone system
  • Appointment scheduling, supplies distribution, lab log maintenance, inventory management, registration of patients

Unit Secretary

Hillcrest Hospital
01.1990 - 01.1997
  • Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress, and concerns
  • Entered physician orders efficiently and without errors into a predefined hospital computer system ordering services, labs, etc
  • For patient care
  • Patient chart management and filing task
  • Clerical work, medical documentation, composing and sending faxes
  • Front desk handling pleasantly greeting patients, customers, staff
  • Adeptly managed a multi-line phone system
  • Appointment scheduling, supplies distribution, lab log maintenance, inventory management, registration of patients

Education

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
01.1990

High School -

D'Iberville High School
D'Iberville, Mississippi
01.1987

Skills

  • Scheduling
  • Management and Supervisory Training
  • Excellent in communication and public relations skills
  • Recruiting and hiring expert
  • Policy and program development expertise
  • Time Management
  • Ability to function efficiently alone and in a team environment
  • Adept-multitasker
  • Strategic planning capability
  • Good organizational skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and the Internet
  • Marketing Proficiency
  • Knowledgeable and highly trained in Dementia & Alzheimer's Care
  • Keen Decision-making ability
  • Excellent interpersonal skills that include empathy and patience
  • Highly motivated

Additional Experience

Halcyon Hospice - Dual position

Lead Administrative Assistant / Volunteer Coordinator, 09/01/23, 03/01/25, Answering phones, emails, and directing inquiries., Maintaining organized filing systems (physical and electronic)., Managing calendars, scheduling appointments and meetings., Preparing and distributing correspondence, reports, and presentations., Handling incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, and emails., Maintaining office supplies and equipment., Assisting with event planning and coordination., Performing basic bookkeeping tasks., Identify and recruit compassionate and reliable volunteers., Conduct interviews and background checks., Promote hospice volunteer opportunities within the community., Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs for volunteers., Ensure volunteers are well-prepared to support patients, families, and the overall hospice program., Provide ongoing support and mentorship to volunteers., Assign volunteers to appropriate roles and tasks based on their skills, interests, and the needs of patients and families., Supervise and evaluate volunteer performance., Address any issues or concerns that arise., Maintain accurate records of volunteer activities and hours., Serve as a liaison between volunteers, patients, families, and hospice staff., Collaborate with other hospice staff to develop and implement volunteer programs., Participate in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings., Prepare reports and maintain records as required., Attend in-service programs and present in-services as assigned., Participate in community outreach activities to promote the hospice volunteer program., Ensure compliance with hospice policies and procedures.

Timeline

lead Administrative Assistant / Volunteer Coordinator

Halcyon Hospice & Palliative Care
09.2023 - 03.2025

Administrative Assistant

Martindale Family Medicine
11.2019 - 03.2023

Memory Care Activity & Volunteer Coordinator

Stoney Brook Assisted Living
09.2016 - 03.2018

Home Care Director

RFG Private Homecare
09.2009 - 08.2016

Volunteer Coordinator Regional Manager

Southern Care Hospice
05.2004 - 02.2009

Unit Secretary

Providence Hospital
01.1997 - 05.2004

Unit Secretary

Hillcrest Hospital
01.1990 - 01.1997

University of Southern Mississippi

High School -

D'Iberville High School
Phyllis A. Batts