Christina L. Howard Chenry329@yahoo.com   773-540-6687 

12609 South Edbrooke Ave • Chicago, IL 60628 OBJECTIVE

To obtain a career that will allow me to utilize my medical education and prior experience of phlebotomy, medical assistant and excellent customer communication skills to promote enhancement of growth in a medical facility

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Everest College January2009- October 2009 Professional Medical Assistant Clinical Skills -Medical /surgical asepsis, Injection, Vitas Signs, EKG’s Venipuncture ,Administering medications ,Collecting Specimens, Collect HCG samples, Perform basic lab tests and microscope work, Calibrate equipment to ensure its operating within specifications, Perform Glucose, TB injections, Rapid strep test, Cholesterol screening and Capillary puncture.

.Administrative Skills - Basic record keeping, File maintenance, Insurance verification, Typing medical correspondence and transcription of ICD-9 and CPT coding, Medisoft, Data entry, Creating reports for patient billing and health plan registration

Dawson Technical Institute January 2002 - May 2002 Certified Nursing Assistant Program

Skills Taking vital signs, assisting with medical procedures, aiding patients with walking, dressing daily hygiene duties, and daily consumptions, Monitoring patients and reporting all changes, collecting specimen samples for testing, Monitoring food and liquid input/output, and providing patients with a safe and clean environment.

EXPERIENCE

Great Heights Family Medicine February-Current Medical Assistant Bariatric, Addiction Treatment and Immigration services

Dreyer Medical Clinic January 2012- October 2013 Medical Assistant Pediatric Dept. /Internal Medicine Dept.

Tri-County Community Health Center August 2010 –January 2012 Office Manager &Family Medicine/ Women Health Medical Assistant

Health guard Medical Center September 2009-August 2010 Medical AssistantAdult Medicine and Pediatric Office

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Office Manager -Managed Staff and physician’s schedules, provider flow ,Overseen all funds and accounts of medical office including all moneys from the IBCCP, Medicare and Medicaid programs, Arranged monthly meeting with staff& physician’s. Supervised and trained staff members with day to day functions.

Front Office Staff- Patient coordinator, update ,access and scan patient files to Suite Meds EMR systems and Medical Office Online systems, Insurance verification, appointment scheduling, receiving, processing and, filling faxed reports, labs and prescription refills, Coordinating phone calls, messages and faxes to nurse and providers. Pull patient charts, Perform billing and coding for all lab work and visits. Collect all payments, Create end of day reports for daily deposits, donations and patient encounter visits. Organize and file reports for yearly audits, maintain an organized, professional and friendly environment for clinic.

Programs Expertise- Microsoft Office (all programs), GroupWise Webmail, Suite Meds EMR systems, ICD 9 Diagnostics codes, Medical office online, Windows vista, HFS Website, IDPH I-Care site.

Labatory Assistant- Attain blood samples by Venipuncture and Capillary finger punctures for test ordered by Health Providers. Prepare samples to be transported by an outside lab source or to be run in clinic as diagnostics testing. Operate necessary machines and equipment to acquire accurate lab results. Run daily and monthly CLIA requirements for lab controls and testing. Perform the following test: Lead, Hemoglobin& Hemoglobin A1C, Glucose, Lipid, HCG (urine), Bacterial Vaginosis, Trichomonas, Influenza A&B, Strep and Urinalysis. Input patient’s results into Suite Meds EMR systems. Perform daily point of care maintence, Record daily refrigerator temperatures for specimen and controls. Collected and tested urine samples and properly disposed of hazardous waste.

Medical Assistant- Room patients obtain vital signs; gather patient’s visit information. Request and receive patient’s prior medical visits outside Health care facilities. Input patient information into EMR system. Prepare procedure tray, collect and properly label specimens, perform rapid diagnostics test Administer nebulizer treatments, immunizations, influenza vaccines. Record and monitor daily refrigerator temperatures for vaccines. Properly clean rooms and dispose of any hazardous waste and hazard waste containers. Stock and fill all rooms daily

CERTIFICATIONS

CPR, HIPPA and OSHA trained, Certified Nursing Assistant, Professional Medical Assistant