Shannon Backhus
Liberty,MO
Summary
Certified Medical Assistant with over 29 years of experience in clinical and Ambulatory Surgery Center environments. Proven ability to deliver high-quality patient care while ensuring safety compliance and fostering teamwork. Strong interpersonal skills enhance patient experiences and support healthcare teams effectively. Committed to continuous improvement in healthcare delivery and patient satisfaction.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Medical Assistant
Wound Evolution
Overland Park, Kansas
06.2025 - Current
- Maintained cleanliness in examination rooms through proper supply stocking and waste disposal.
- Assisted physicians and nurses with patient exams, including vital sign monitoring and exam room preparation.
- Dressed wounds to promote healing and prevent infection.
- Applied wound vacs and coordinated orders for patient supplies.
- Processed medical supply and lab equipment orders efficiently.
- Collected, labeled, and stored laboratory specimens accurately before testing.
- Changed dressings on wounds to monitor healing progress.
- Supported patient care by updating medical records consistently.
Patient Care Technician/ CMA
Liberty Hospital
Liberty , MO
12.2020 - 01.2022
- Delivered personal nursing assistance during pre- and post-operative care phases.
- Transported patients safely using wheelchairs and beds across hospital areas.
- Stocked and ordered medical supplies and food items to ensure availability.
- Maintained unit communication by managing phones, faxes, and logs.
- Organized PACU operations to comply with Joint Commission standards.
- Enforced safety protocols as safety liaison for PACU operations.
- Provided direct patient care while assisting healthcare team members.
Certified Medical Assistant
Liberty Hospital Urgent Care
Liberty, Missouri
12.2020 - 2022
- Monitored and recorded patient vital signs to ensure accurate health assessments.
- Facilitated communication between patients and medical staff regarding treatment plans.
- Conducted preliminary assessments by gathering patient histories and documenting concerns.
- Administered injections, immunizations, medications, and wound dressings per physician instructions.
- Performed diagnostic tests including EKGs, point of care tests, breathalyzer, and drug screens.
Certified Medical Assistant
Dermatology and Skin Cancer Centers
Lee's Summit, MO
02.2005 - 09.2020
- Assisted in clinics, and Mohs micrographic surgery in the Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Secured patient information, maintained patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical history, chief complaints, reconcile medication lists and put in EMR system.
- Scribed entire patients visit for providers, sent prescriptions via fax, phone, handwritten, and electronically per providers instruction.
- Documented to meet all PQRS and MIPS requirements.
- Reviewed written consent with patient and signed.
- Called patient with tests results, explained condition with patient, scheduled Mohs surgery, excision, cryo appointment, or follow up.
- Obtained samples for aerobic and anaerobic cultures from post op wound infections for testing.
- Educated patients about diagnosis, medications, procedures and physician's instructions.
- Transmitted physician's orders to patients, counseling on execution and addressing follow-up questions.
- Preformed Photodynamic Light therapy treatments, helped with Botox treatments, applied and read patch testing, acrochoradon removal, sebaceous hyperplasia removal, biopsies. Educated patients on skin care.
- Assisted with excisions, wide excisions, porcine grafts, full thickness grafts, split grafts, Advancement flaps O-T flaps, Mercedes flaps, rotation flaps, CLC's, among other repairs.
- Contacted pharmacies to submit and refill patients' prescriptions.
- Administered local anesthesia injections for surgery and biopsies, or acrochordon removals.
- Reviewed surgical requirements, prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments, Prepped patient for surgery.
- Adhered to OSHA protocols when sterilizing instruments, discarding medical supplies and disposing of waste.
- Effectively supported providers in fast-paced healthcare environments.
- Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
- Set up surgery trays using sterile technique.
- Helped close wounds using sutures, staples and other tools.
- Handed instruments, supplies to surgeons during procedures, controlled bleeding, and helped suture repairs.
- Collected, prepared tissue specimens for laboratory analysis.
- Used electrocautery equipment to control bleeding, suture and staple removals.
Education
Medical Assistant -
Concord Career Institute
Kansas City, MOLimited Radiography -
Concord Career Institute
Kansas City, MOCertified Medical Assistant -
National Healthcare Association
Kansas City, MOTimeline
Certified Medical Assistant
Wound Evolution
06.2025 - Current
Patient Care Technician/ CMA
Liberty Hospital
12.2020 - 01.2022
Certified Medical Assistant
Liberty Hospital Urgent Care
12.2020 - 2022
Certified Medical Assistant
Dermatology and Skin Cancer Centers
02.2005 - 09.2020
Medical Assistant -
Concord Career Institute
Limited Radiography -
Concord Career Institute
Certified Medical Assistant -
National Healthcare Association