Experience

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  Mayo Clinic

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Reporting Specialist/transcription neuromuscular pathology

    • Nov 2022 - Present

  • Clinical Research Coordinator, Kogod Center on Aging

    • Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

    Coordinating research subject visits for Investigators regarding treatments for various things including influenza and Covid-19.

  • Clinical Research Coordinator Department of Medicine Clinical Research Unit

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

    Coordinating research subject visits and data collation for PI, investigating Influenza, Covid 19 viruses and Grave’s disease.

  • Clinical Research Coordinator - Cardiology

    • Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

  • Visitor/patient screening for covid

    • Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

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  Mayo Clinic

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Clinical Research Coordinator - Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery

    • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Finance Operations Associate P2P

    • Aug 2014 - Apr 2018

    Continual development of purchasing skills. Tasks have included contributing to Just-in-Time purchasing team, working expedite/unconfirmed reports, bill only purchase orders, ordering patient education materials, p-card ordering, INR report investigation, return/repair processing and report resolving. Contributing to project to fuse finance purchasing for over 20 new locations joining the Mayo Clinic Health Systems. Trouble shooting ordering/shipping/logistics/defective product issues and challenges that arise, and contributing ideas to resolve the challenges causing disruptions to system efficiencies.

  • Medical Simulation Technologist

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2014

    Successful planning, preparing props/makeup, operation of high fidelity mannequins to over 60 assigned courses, and collaborating with team that manages approximately 200 courses/year, for internal and external continuing education, medical specialty, health sciences, nursing, respiratory therapy, and multidisciplinary learners. Collaborated with U.S. Military including Army and National Guard units to stage military medical simulations for soon-to-deploy medic unit deployment training. Participated and assisted as a part of a team to revamp workflow processes within the Simulation Center course intake-system. Contributed many new and creative ways of executing and staging scenarios and props.

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  Mayo Clinic

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Donor Service Tech II

    • 2003 - 2012

    Contributed to the successful donor recruitment, scheduling, and acquisition of quality blood, platelet, and plasma products by screening potential donors following strict guidelines outlined by FDA, CDC, JCAHO, CAP, and AABB. Encouraged and developed use guidelines for electronic blood donor communication, including email, website updating, and social media usage, single-handedly handling up to 250 email responses per week while performing regular duties. Tracking critical materials as a part of Parstocking/ordering team. Offered many ideas used by donor recruitment team for encouraging blood donations, and reward programs for repeat donors.

  • Cardiovascular Monitor Technician/CCU Technician

    • Oct 1997 - May 2003

    Prioritized and maintained patient care on night shift of up to 32 patients' monitoring systems, as well as responding to emergencies in operating rooms, and cardiac catheterization labs. Overseeing and assisting in procedure room in cardiac CCU. Maintaining large database of all internal monitoring lines to be reported to Infection Control Department. Performed preventive maintenance on equipment, assuring patient safety at all times. Prepared patients for transfers in and out of operating rooms and ICU rooms, assuring patients in critical condition could be adequately monitored while being moved. Executing BLS and placing arterial lines during code situations, as well as assisting Swan-Ganz, and IntraAortic balloon pump placements. Performing cardiac outputs, ACTs, femoral sheath removals.

  • Electrocardiography Technician

    • Nov 1994 - Oct 1997

    Performing and interpretation of ECGs on inpatient and outpatients. Placement of Holter Monitors and patient education for documentation. Headed a task force to change dress and decorum policy in which technicians were allowed to wear scrubs instead of white uniforms.

  • Desk Attendant

    • Feb 1990 - Oct 1994

    Patient reception, rooming, history/x-ray filing, scheduling tests, phone coverage, educating patients of test preparations and directing patients where/how to utilize Mayo's various systems of service/care.

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  North American Van Lines, a SIRVA Company

  • Rochester, MN

  • Bookkeeper/Secretary

    • 1989 - 1990
    • Rochester, MN

    Billing, Shipping, Booking household and IBM computer moves locally and national/internationally, General office duties, Organizing auction event and arranging legalities to unclaimed/unpaid storage items, Processing paperwork for local and national truck drivers

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  Herberger's

  • LaCrosse, Wi

  • Credit office clerk

    • 1988 - 1989
    • LaCrosse, Wi

    Extending credit and taking payments for credit card use, cash register daily audits, bank deposits, inventory control, shipping/receiving, invoice processing, telephone operator, general office duties, resolving minor disputes of customer credit.

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  Cub Foods-LaCrosse, Wi

  • LaCrosse, Wi

  • Pricing coordinator/programmer

    • 1986 - 1987
    • LaCrosse, Wi

    Programming UPC codes into register system, pricing shelves, making signs, reviewing competition advertising to match prices, backing up computer system, evaluating displays and other product presentations throughout store.

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  Herberger's

  • LaCrosse, Wi

  • Credit Office Clerk

    • 1985 - 1986
    • LaCrosse, Wi

    Extending credit and taking payments for credit card use, cash register daily audits, bank deposits, inventory control, shipping/receiving, invoice processing, telephone operator, general office duties, resolving minor disputes of customer credit.

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  Sears, Roebuck and Co.

  • Rochester, MN

  • Sales Clerk and pricing coordinator

    • 1979 - 1984
    • Rochester, MN

    Various departmental clerk duties including household decorating department, ladies fashion department, menswear department, children's department, hardware department, and pricing department; stocking; inventory; ringing up sales; changing signs/shelf pricing; mixing paint; measuring suits for alterations in men's department; arranging layaway items; calculating drapery sizes/needs for custom drapes and window blinds. Worked here during high school and intermittently during college breaks and some time after college, so employment was not documented as continuous.