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Rashawnda Seals

Lansing ,IL

Summary

Skilled professional team member with in-depth understanding of medical standards, compliance requirements and operational procedures. Practiced problem-solver with friendly and caring mentality and excellent communication skills. Expertise in inventory management, customer service and inner-office operations.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Staffing Coordinator

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
Harvey, IL
10.2023 - Current
  • Assist in recruiting
  • Develop job postings, track applicants through applicant tracking system, and coordinated onboarding paperwork.
  • Maintain and schedule all behavioral employee schedules.
  • Train employees on systems utilized to report work hours and self-scheduling.
  • Maintain staffing reports, verify attendance records, approve request time off and approval of timecards in Kronos timekeeping system.
  • Orientate new hires to the department
  • Print staffing sheets from dashboard, assign daily shift assignments and post.
  • Respond promptly to inquiries from candidates regarding job opportunities at the company or organization.
  • Kept track of timekeeping responsibilities and employee time off requests when completing schedules.
  • Coordinate and plan work shift schedules according to availability.

Radiology Scheduling Clerk

UChicago Ingalls Hospital
Harvey, IL
03.2022 - 10.2023
  • Contact other medical facilities to confirm medical histories and prevent inaccurate diagnoses.
  • Answer high volume calls daily to schedule appointments and address patient inquiries.
  • Call patients to schedule Breast MRI, mammograms and breast ultrasound appointments, consistently double-checking information and availability.
  • Maintain Epic Radiology Breast Appointment scheduling.

Therapy Scheduler Customer Associate

UChicago Ingalls
South Holland, IL
09.2021 - 03.2022
  • Scheduled and confirmed appointments.
  • Processed payments and updated accounts to reflect balance changes.
  • Updated reports and daily logs for management use and permanent files.
  • Processed customer transactions and provided receipts.

Pt Access Admitting/ER Registration Representative

St Bernard Hospital
Chicago, IL
10.2020 - 09.2021
  • Schedule patient appointments
  • Complete registrations for surgical procedures, psychiatric clinic, emergency and radiology testing.
  • Check daily doctor schedules and verify insurance.
  • Check in Scheduled appts
  • Answer calls to schedule appointments and address patient inquiries.
  • Call patients to schedule OP appointments, consistently double-checking information and availability.
  • Adhered to HIPAA requirements to safeguard patient confidentiality.

Patient Access Supervisor

UChicago Ingalls Memorial
Tinley Park, IL
12.2012 - 11.2019
  • Conduct interviews
  • Hire new employees
  • Kronos payroll process time cards
  • Monitor employee job performance, provide support, give positive feedback and employee recognition boosting department morale
  • Led team of Patient Service reps, emergency/urgent aid, Outpatient, infusion therapy, physical therapy, Financial Counselors and Greeters
  • Provided onsite training
  • Maintained attendance records, vacation time and sick days managed department staff schedules
  • Maintained confidential information, such as pay rates, bonus targets and pay grades
  • Performance evaluations
  • Department huddles and metrics
  • Balance daily deposit and payment reconciliation

Registrar II/Financial Counselor

BayCare Health System Inc.
Clearwater, FL
05.2011 - 11.2012
  • Entered patient demographics, reason for visit and insurance
  • Verified eligibility and copayment
  • Interviewed patients and families, answering questions regarding financial process during such sessions.
  • Accepted and processed customer payments and applied toward aging account balances.

Unit Secretary /Customer Associate

Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey/Tinley Park, IL
06.2006 - 04.2011
  • Interviewed patients to collect medical information and insurance details.
  • Greeted customers to facilitate services, determine service needs and accurately input orders into electronic systems.
  • Verified insurance eligibility
  • Scheduled patient appointment and procedures
  • Collect co-payments and coinsurance
  • Explain patient estimates, provide receipts

Unit Secretary 6/2006-9/2009

  • Maximized office efficiency by answering incoming calls to provide patient information and transfer calls to desired personal.
  • Supported administrative and healthcare staff with skilled clerical assistance such as ordering supplies and organizing office inventories.
  • Retrieved physicians' paperwork, including lab test requests.
  • Provided patient information to facilitate timely admissions and discharges.

Direct Support Professional

Bjorklund House
Oak Forest, IL
01.2000 - 08.2005
  • Supervised medication administration, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living.
  • Documented current patient information to update vital signs, behaviors and eating habits.
  • Transported clients to doctor's appointments and errands.
  • Enhanced patient wellbeing by supporting participation in recreational activities.

Direct Support Professional

Your Friends & Neighbors
Fort Wayne, IN
02.1998 - 01.2000
  • Maintained clean and well-organized environment for client happiness and safety.
  • Tracked and reported clients' progress based on observations and conversations.
  • Transported clients to doctor's appointments and errands.
  • Supervised medication administration, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living.
  • Developed strong and trusting rapport with patients to facilitate smooth, quality care.

Ward Clerk

Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn, IL
03.1995 - 06.1997
  • Worked in high-volume Telemetry department to answer telephone calls and route connections to appropriate departments or staff.
  • Executed clerical tasks and assisted with all unit duties as directed.
  • Managed unit call reception and routed calls to correct department.
  • Transcribed doctors' orders, including medication and lab test requests.
  • Collected paperwork for patients, nurses and physicians.

Medical Office Coordinator

Longwood Arts Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL
05.1994 - 03.1995
  • Coordinated patient appointment times with staff hours to schedule appointments and tests appropriately, maintaining hard copy documentation and diagnostic filings.
  • Delivered patient information, appointment results and insurance information to other office staff as needed for reporting and billing purposes.
  • Readied patient files and prepared briefs on reasons for appointments prior to patient meetings with physicians, notifying staff of anticipated tests.
  • Collected information, verified insurance and collected co-payments for patients as part of check-in process.
  • Handled new patient intake, signed-in returning patients and advised physicians of patients present in office awaiting examination.

Education

Associate of Applied Science -

Kaplan College
Hammond, IN

Skills

  • Day to day operations
  • Payroll management
  • Revenue Cycle
  • Insurance terminology, Managed Care
  • Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  • Data entry
  • Excellent Verbal communication skills
  • Follow-up appointment scheduling
  • Cash management
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Experience with Epic/Soarian, Cerner, OneSource, Ecare, HDX,Systoc, MHN Connect, Athena Net, Meditech, Passport
  • Training and coaching
  • Billing
  • Medical terminology
  • Outpatient, Psychiatric and ER registrations
  • Outpatient scheduling
  • Supervision
  • Inventory management
  • Administrative support
  • Problem resolution
  • Conflict resolution
  • Flexible
  • Multitasking
  • Active listening
  • People skills
  • Training & Development

Accomplishments

    Silver Certification 2019 /Bronze trained 2017

Timeline

Staffing Coordinator

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
10.2023 - Current

Radiology Scheduling Clerk

UChicago Ingalls Hospital
03.2022 - 10.2023

Therapy Scheduler Customer Associate

UChicago Ingalls
09.2021 - 03.2022

Pt Access Admitting/ER Registration Representative

St Bernard Hospital
10.2020 - 09.2021

Patient Access Supervisor

UChicago Ingalls Memorial
12.2012 - 11.2019

Registrar II/Financial Counselor

BayCare Health System Inc.
05.2011 - 11.2012

Unit Secretary /Customer Associate

Ingalls Memorial Hospital
06.2006 - 04.2011

Direct Support Professional

Bjorklund House
01.2000 - 08.2005

Direct Support Professional

Your Friends & Neighbors
02.1998 - 01.2000

Ward Clerk

Christ Hospital
03.1995 - 06.1997

Medical Office Coordinator

Longwood Arts Medical Center
05.1994 - 03.1995

Associate of Applied Science -

Kaplan College
Rashawnda Seals