Tierra Jarvis
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Dynamic Administrative Assistant and Certified Phlebotomy Technician with proven organizational skills and a strong ability to build relationships. At Johns Hopkins Hospital, enhanced patient care through effective collaboration and meticulous attention to detail in anesthesia procedures. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, adept at managing multiple tasks while meeting tight deadlines.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Administrative Assistant/Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Private Practice Setting
Baltimore, MD
01.2024 - Current
- Compiled data from various sources into organized reports for review by management team.
- Greeted visitors in a professional manner, responding to inquiries and directing them to appropriate personnel.
- Created travel arrangements and distributed travel details to appropriate personnel.
- Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents, maintaining front desk and reception area in neat and organized fashion.
- Maintained a clean work environment by following infection control protocols.
- Obtained variety of blood samples through venipuncture or capillary puncture using syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to enhance patient care and improve specimen collection processes.
Anesthesia Technician
Franklin Square Hospital
Baltimore, MD
11.2022 - Current
- Responsible for daily operation support to include serving as a resource to anesthesia providers, monitoring of anesthesia equipment.
- Maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the anesthesia work room/ equipment room daily.
- Maintains supply stock in work rooms.
- Prepares operating room and offsite locations for indicated procedures as well as sedation procedures which includes setting up, calibrating and insuring integrity of monitoring devices, and setting up airway equipment.
- Consults operating room schedule and anesthesia team to determine equipment needs for all procedures.
- Opens sterile supplies and sets up procedures.
- Assist providers with nerve blocks, starting I.V lines, blood drawers for patients, as well as set up procedure equipment, and stretchers using proper asepsis techniques.
- Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and after terminal cleaning.
- Discards used disposable anesthesia equipment in the appropriate manner.
- Applies principles of asepsis in a knowledgeable manner.
- Adheres to JCAHO & OSHA standards.
- Familiar with Department of Anesthesia and OR policies and procedures.
- Participates in training and Inservice for the department.
- Provides job specific guidance, mentoring, and coaching to all teammates.
Anesthesia Critical Care Technician II
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
06.2014 - 09.2016
- Assists staff Anesthesiologist in preparing and performing a variety of anesthesia preparations and procedures in the operating rooms.
- Prepares patient machine interface for delivery of anesthesia and the management of patient during surgery.
- Assists in the sterile and aseptic preparation of the patient for the placement of pulmonary artery, central venous and arterial and venous monitoring lines.
- Maintains all anesthesia equipment before, during and after operative procedures.
- Obtains physiologic samples for analysis.
- Provides data to the anesthesia team responsible for the Critical Care Management of the patient during the surgical process.
- Applies all equipment used in the operative care of the anesthetized patient and performs all duties outlined in the Departmental guideline manual and at the direction of the Anesthesiologist, Nurse Anesthetist staff, Critical Care Technician Manager or Lead Technician.
- Assist Operations and Executive team with necessary tasks.
Anesthesia Tech
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
07.2012 - 06.2014
- Supports anesthesiologist, anesthesia residents and CRNA’s (Anesthesia Care Team).
- Prepare and set up appropriate equipment and supplies for each surgical procedure in operating rooms.
- Maintains all supplies and equipment requested by the anesthesia care team.
- Obtains and stock adequate par levels of anesthesia supplies in all anesthetizing locations in travel, emergency and regional carts.
- Cleans anesthesia machines.
- Keep track of inventory on equipment repairs, loaners and demos.
- Provide technical support to insure delivery of safe patient care.
- Ordered supplies for department staff.
- Sorted, distributes and filed all incoming documents, reports, correspondence and other documents in accordance with departmental procedures.
Office Assistant
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
08.2011 - 07.2012
- Provides general information on the telephone or in-person to patients, visitors, and staff, in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures.
- Greets and directs visitors within the assigned department or the hospital center.
- Reads, sorts, distributes and/or files incoming documents, reports, correspondence, and other documents in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Codes, indexes, classifies, and files materials are in accordance with departmental and The Joint Commission record keeping standards.
- Photocopies, types, and sets up bills, purchase orders, application forms, memoranda, statistical tables, letters, and reports from rough drafts.
- Compose and type letters in response to inquiries/requests regarding specific department information policies or procedures.
- Answers inquiries from employees and external sources regarding department’s policies and procedures.
- Ordering supplies, generating requisitions for funds, coordination with vendors.
- Complete special projects on an as needed basis.
- Provides routine administrative support to include composing and typing documents, creating spreadsheets, sending emails, filing, faxing, etc.
- Complete forms, reports and other memos and correspondence for the departments.
Education
Business Administration, BS -
University of MD Global Campus
College Park, MD06.2025
Phlebotomy training -
01.2022
Medical Assistant Studies -
TESST College
Baltimore, MD01.2009
Medical Assistant Studies - Phlebotomy training
Federal Hill Pediatric
Baltimore, MD01.2006
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Oral communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Relationship building
- Organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- Multi-tasking
- Problem solving
- Meeting deadlines
- Telephone communication
- In-person communication
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Certification
CPR and First Aid/AED certified
Timeline
Administrative Assistant/Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Private Practice Setting
01.2024 - Current
Anesthesia Technician
Franklin Square Hospital
11.2022 - Current
Anesthesia Critical Care Technician II
Johns Hopkins Hospital
06.2014 - 09.2016
Anesthesia Tech
University of Maryland Medical Center
07.2012 - 06.2014
Office Assistant
University of Maryland Medical Center
08.2011 - 07.2012
Business Administration, BS -
University of MD Global Campus
Phlebotomy training -
Medical Assistant Studies -
TESST College
Medical Assistant Studies - Phlebotomy training
Federal Hill Pediatric
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