LVN/Clinical Research Coordinator Resume

Desired Industry: Healthcare	SpiderID: 19740
Desired Job Location: Houston, Texas	Date Posted: 3/7/2008
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 03/10/2008
Desired Wage: 45,000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: No
Highest Degree Attained: Other	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
To provide the highest quality patient care in a challenging, fast-paced environment as an effective, motivated, and versatile team member.

Experience:
8/2007-11/2007
Intake Coordinator/Medical Data Specialist
Samaritan Care Hospice

Performed duties as the primary admissions intake coordinator for a hospice provider. Received initial hospice referrals via fax or telephone from physicians, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and/or family members. Ensured retrieval of all pertinent patient data in order to submit referral information to Medicare/Medicaid utilizing Consolo. Responsible for hospice certification and re-certification as necessary. Reviewed and maintained all medical data and ensured documentation was complete. Performed all necessary chart auditing to check for completion in order to remain compliant with State requirements.

10/2006-7/2007
Clinical Research Coordinator II
SCIREX Research Center

Ensured quality, consistency, and accuracy in the conduct of clinical research trials and completion of case report forms. Screened potential patients and targeted specific study and enrollment goals. Developed source documents for new clinical research projects. Maintained accurate communication with project manager, study monitors, and related study personnel. Coordinated study procedures and activities with participating co-investigators regarding ongoing and/or upcoming studies. Conducted initiation meetings in conjunction with study sponsors. Maintained drug accountability, protocol compliance, and FDA regulatory compliance. Maintained updated patient logs in study. Assisted in the interviewing and orientation of new employees and study site coordinators.

10/2005-9/2006
Study Manager
Novum Pharmaceutical Research

Performed as the study manager for Phase I confinement and outpatient research studies within the confines of Novum PRS (Contract Research Organization) for generic pharmaceutical and biotechnical companies. Managed a staff including senior research associates, research technicians, phlebotomists, and all other staff involved in study activity. Responsible for study activities including but not limited to protocol initiation meetings, review of all participant screening data to determine eligibility, study check-in duties, supervision and participation in all related study activity, monitoring subjects during study for safety and assessing for adverse events, and responsible for all data collected during the study to ensure accurate information is reported to the client. Additional duties performed included: scheduling of staff, evaluation of staff performance, computer data entry for study-related spreadsheets, administration of study drugs, rapid blood draws, rapid EKG�s, and maintenance of all source documents and case report forms.

4/2005-9/2005
Clinical Research Coordinator
Clinical Trial Network

Duties included coordinating clinical trials for various pharmaceutical companies under the supervision of a physician. Responsibilities included overseeing study conduct at assigned sites, maintaining regulatory documents, performing nursing duties as designated by protocol, screening potential subjects and determining eligibility, conducting informed consent process, obtaining medical histories, vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen processing and shipping, dosing of study participants, recording and reporting adverse events, maintaining source documents and case report forms, conducting monitoring, site-initiation, and close-out visits with clinical research monitors, communication with study sponsors, assisting with procedures designated by protocol, query response, reviewing charts from database for potential subjects, and attending investigator/coordinator meetings for the clinical trials.

2005
HEDIS Medical Record Auditor
Unival, Inc.

Contracted to perform HEDIS required medical record audits for Texas Health Spring, a Medicare managed care organization. Duties included accepting assignments from Unival, scheduling appointments with multiple physicians, reviewing specified medical records to determine if specific Medicare treatment guidelines are followed and documented properly, filing reports, copying pertinent documents from the medical record, and forwarding all data to Unival while maintaining HIPPA standards at all times.

2004
LVN Office Nurse
Digestive and Liver Specialists

Performed nursing duties in a large gastroenterology practice. Responsibilities included assisting physicians with endoscopic procedures, monitoring patients, collecting patient medical histories, telephone triage, patient results, and general back office duties.

1999-2004
LVN Office Nurse
Reichman and Associates

Performed nursing supervisory duties in a busy family practice and industrial medicine office. Responsibilities included scheduling appointments and medical procedures, triage, all patient referrals and pre-certifications, patient education, reporting test results, medical/surgical history collection, EKG�s, drug screening, vision and hearing testing, spirometry, tympanograms, bone densitometry screening, ankle-brachial index dopplers, Pap smears and wet preps, throat and wound cultures, administration of immunizations, assisting physician with Workman�s Compensation examinations, pre-employment and executive physicals, assisting physician with minor emergency and invasive surgical procedures (laceration repair, suture and staple removal, splinting, endometrial biopsies, cyst and mole excision, incision and drainage of abscesses, foreign body extraction, toenail removals, intra-articular aspiration and injections, hemorrhoid drainage, and all associated wound care), autoclaving and packing surgical instruments, ordering medical supplies and medications, and direct supervision of Medical Assistants.

1998-1999
LVN Office Nurse
Seton Health Partners

Administered direct patient care in a fast-paced family practice office. Responsibilities included telephone triage, assisting physician with medical procedures, reporting results to patients, administering immunizations, autoclaving surgical instruments, and patient education.

1996-1998
LVN Office Nurse
Doctors on Wilcrest

Practiced similar duties as the position more recently implemented at Reichman and Associates, as I was working with the same physician, Dr. Alan Reichman, while he was in group practice.

1995-1996
LVN Office Nurse
Diagnostic Clinic of Houston

Duties included telephone triage, scheduling appointments and procedures, basic computer operation, Medicare coding, as well as assisting physicians with minor office procedures.

1993-1995
LVN Medical-Surgical Unit
Ben Taub General Hospital

Performed as staff nurse in a busy med/surg unit. Responsibilities included assessment and documentation, IV therapy, EKG, administering medications, wound/ostomy care, assisting physicians with invasive procedures, and general clerical duties.

Education:
Texas Vocational Nurse Licensure, 1992 #139227

Victoria College, Vocational Nursing Program, Degree 1992

Victoria High School, Diploma 1991

Reference:
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Dawn Bryant
Street:	Phone: 832 264-7693
City: Houston	Fax: -
State: Texas
Zip: 77036
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