Tara Portlance
Gaithersburg,MD
Summary
Reliable Clinical Assistant with a background providing hands-on assistance to physicians and nurse practitioners while ensuring smooth operations. Passionate professional with exemplary talents in taking health histories and keeping patients calm during stressful situations as well as providing Gestational Diabetic education to OB patients. Offering exemplary communication, time management and collaboration skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Assistant, Triage, Lab Department
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht
09.2016 - Current
- Assisted in minor surgical procedures under direct supervision of healthcare providers, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prior authorizations, prescriptions and refills.
- Provided compassionate support to patients undergoing challenging treatments or experiencing emotional distress related to their condition.
- Informed patients of all lab results/imaging results via telephone or patient portal
- Entered lab results into Athena and distributed results to patients in a timely manner
- Responsible for Gestational Diabetic diet teaching and provided glucometer instructions
- Responsible for educating patients on administration of insulin
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Administered vaccines, IM medications, and Rhogam
- Comforted anxious patients before procedures and listened to concerns, offering support, and compassion.
- Explained procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and increase patient cooperation.
Clinical Supervisor/OB Coordinator/Medical Assistant
Capital Women’s Care
07.2013 - 09.2016
- Supervised and managed a medical staff of 4 at a fast pace OB/GYN private practice consisting of 4 doctors
- Prepared and trained new medical staff
- Assisted with all upgrade training and preparation for the office
- Assisted with administrative duties including Surgical Coordinator when staff out of office
- Received and filtered all emails CBO for Medical Assistants and Doctors
- Interviewed all new OB patients
- Managed pharmaceutical representatives for OB products
- Responsible for sending prescriptions through EMR per doctors’ orders
- Responsible for pre-authorizing medications
- Triage patient care in OB/GYN office consisting of 4 doctors
- Assisted doctors during examinations and procedures
- Responsible for entering laboratory results/sonogram reports into EMR and distributing results to patients in a timely manner
- Ordered laboratory supplies for medical staff and doctors
- Informed patients of abnormal lab results via phone and/or patient portal email
- Scheduled emergency appointments for patients at various radiology facilities
- Administered injections to patients and draw blood
- Ensured that instruments are properly sterilized and that medical staff uses proper sterile and hand washing techniques
- Responsible for inserting correct diagnosis codes into NextGen.
Nurse Clinical Manager/Office Manager/Medical Biller
Beckerman Women’s Health, LLC
10.2009 - 07.2013
- Supervised and managed office staff at a small private GYN practice consisting of one doctor
- Triage patient care in office and on the phone
- Assisted doctor during examinations and procedures
- Ordered laboratory supplies and office supplies for medical staff and doctor
- Informed patients of lab results via phone and/or email
- Scheduled emergency appointments for patients at various radiology facilities
- Administered injections to patients and draw blood
- Ensured that instruments are properly sterilized
- Responsible for Surgical scheduling, pre-authorization, and billing
- Responsible for inserting correct CPT and diagnosis codes into ProtoMed
- Confirmed that HCFA forms are properly filled out and mailed promptly to health insurance companies.
Medical Biller
Capital Women's Care
01.2006 - 10.2009
- Responsible for assisting the Billing Department with encounter form coding
- Ensured that specimens are billed to correct out of office laboratory.
Clinical Manager/Medical Asst.
Capital Women’s Care
09.2001 - 10.2009
- Supervised and managed a medical staff of 10 at a fast pace OB/GYN private practice consisting of 8 doctors
- Triage patient care in office and on the phone
- Assisted doctors during examinations and procedures
- Responsible for entering laboratory reports into data notebook and distributing results to patients in a timely manner
- Ordered laboratory supplies for medical staff and doctors
- Informed patients of abnormal lab results via phone
- Scheduled emergency appointments for patients at various radiology facilities
- Administered injections to patients and draw blood
- Ensured that instruments are properly sterilized and that medical staff uses proper sterile and hand washing techniques.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
The Catholic University of America
Washington05.2000
Skills
- Athena Health
- NextGen
- EMR
- Centricity EMR
- Medical Manager
- AllScripts
- Windows
- Word
- Excel
- Microsoft Works
- Internet
Certification
- CPR Certification, 02/2024
Timeline
Clinical Assistant, Triage, Lab Department
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht
09.2016 - Current
Clinical Supervisor/OB Coordinator/Medical Assistant
Capital Women’s Care
07.2013 - 09.2016
Nurse Clinical Manager/Office Manager/Medical Biller
Beckerman Women’s Health, LLC
10.2009 - 07.2013
Medical Biller
Capital Women's Care
01.2006 - 10.2009
Clinical Manager/Medical Asst.
Capital Women’s Care
09.2001 - 10.2009
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
The Catholic University of America