Tameka Sims
New Haven,CT
Summary
Detail-oriented, motivated team player with years of administrative experience. Seeking an opportunity where I can collaborate with a team and use my organizational skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Administrative Assistant
Yale University
03.2022 - Current
- Provide clinical and administrative support to the Vice Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Educational Excellence.
- Manage complex departmental calendars.
- Create agendas, attend committee meetings, and provide meeting minutes.
- Coordinate travel arrangements for conferences/ speaking engagements.
- Assisted in preparing grants and research projects to support departmental initiatives.
- Coordinated outreach events to enhance community engagement and promote department activities.
- Assisted with faculty onboarding by guiding new hires through orientation and training programs. for new faculty, and a source of information for medical students.
- Established supplier setups and processed invoice requests efficiently.
- Maintained spreadsheet of surgeons’ budget to track expenditures and ensure financial accuracy.
- Answer and screen high volume phone calls.
- Process expense reports.
New Patient Intake Specialist
Smilow Gynecology-Oncology
10.2020 - 03.2022
- Obtained prior authorizations from insurance companies to facilitate patient care.
- Process new patient referrals.
- Triaged patient phone calls to prioritize urgent needs and improve response times.
- Answered high volume phone calls, ensuring timely communication and patient assistance.
- Retrieve outside imaging and outpatient pathology report.
- Managed scheduling for physicians to optimize patient appointments.
PHYSICIAN OFFICE LIASON
Yale New Haven Health
10.2018 - 10.2020
- Process all new patient referrals.
- Coordinate physician’s clinical schedules.
- Managed patient information and scheduled appointments to support nurse coordinators in delivering timely care.
- Triaged incoming phone calls to ensure efficient communication and prioritization of patient needs.
- Retrieved outside imaging and pathology reports to facilitate comprehensive patient evaluations.
- Answer high volume phone calls.
Lead perioperative services
Yale New Haven Health System
New Haven, Connecticut
12.2015 - 10.2018
- Coordinated surgical schedules for inpatient and outpatient procedures, optimizing utilization of all operating rooms.
- Supervised perioperative scheduling department, enhancing workflow efficiency and ensuring accurate procedure management.
- Monitored operating room systems to optimize performance and patient flow.
- Facilitated weekly staff assignments, improving departmental workflow and resource allocation.
- Assisted management with development of new processes to improve operations.
- Provided training for new Epic users, enhancing system proficiency.
- Processed payroll for department personnel in a timely manner.
- Participated in hiring process to select qualified candidates.
SURGICAL SCHEDULING ASSOCIATE
ST. Raphael Hospital
04.2006 - 12.2015
- Audited and organized surgical cases to enhance scheduling efficiency.
- Coordinate operating rooms system wide.
- Answered high volume phone calls to facilitate timely patient communication.
- Processed incoming faxes to ensure accurate documentation and scheduling.
Education
BS - Health Information Management
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH05.2022
Coding Certificate Program - coding
American Coding Academy
1720 North Fanon Road05.2011
Skills
- EPIC
- Workday
- MS Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Qgenda
- Box
- Expense Management
- Project Management
- Customer Service Support
- Team Lead
- Payroll
- Communication Skills
- CPT
- ICD-10
- HCPCs
- Great attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Detail & deadline oriented
Timeline
Senior Administrative Assistant
Yale University
03.2022 - Current
New Patient Intake Specialist
Smilow Gynecology-Oncology
10.2020 - 03.2022
PHYSICIAN OFFICE LIASON
Yale New Haven Health
10.2018 - 10.2020
Lead perioperative services
Yale New Haven Health System
12.2015 - 10.2018
SURGICAL SCHEDULING ASSOCIATE
ST. Raphael Hospital
04.2006 - 12.2015
BS - Health Information Management
Southern New Hampshire University
Coding Certificate Program - coding
American Coding Academy