Administrative Assistant
Posted on: 2011-05-16
PROFILE: Completed extensive coursework in the Medical Office Assistant Program including: System Technology and Application, Basic ICD-9-CM Coding I, Basic CPT Coding I, Anatomy & Physiology I & II, Medical Terminology, Medical Administrative Procedures, Medical Insurance, Medical Office Management, Developmental Psychology, and Introduction to Gerontology.
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Education:
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Medical Office Assistant: Certificate in Billing and Coding Specialist 2009-2010
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Plaza College, Jackson Heights, NY
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GPA: 3.85
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Honors and Awards: Trustees’ List
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Associate Degree: Occupational Studies 1985-1987
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Plaza College, Jackson Heights, NY
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Honors and Awards: Dean’s List
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PROFESSIONAL Experience:
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Kaplowitz Davis, LLP, New York, NY 7/2006 - 5/2008
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Administrative Asssistant
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- Supervised daily office operations including greeting clients \\r\\n
- Received callers and directed them to appropriate destinations \\r\\n
- Sorted incoming and outgoing mail and couriers \\r\\n
- Scheduled meetings, depositions and conference calls \\r\\n
- Drafted, typed and reviewed office documents \\r\\n
- Coordinated office travel arrangements \\r\\n
- Maintained senior partners’ calendars and e-mails \\r\\n
- Placed office supply orders \\r\\n
- Maintained and monitored office equipment, filing system and related tasks \\r\\n
- Performed clerical duties such as faxing, filing, photocopying and scanning \\r\\n
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documents
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- Managed A/P and A/R records and processed company payroll \\r\\n
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Davis & Davis, LLP, New York, NY 10/1999 - 6/2006
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Receptionist/Secretary
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- · Performed extensive secretarial and reception duties which included answering \\r\\n
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phones, client interaction, sorted mail and all deliveries
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- · Acted as liaison to senior partners, performed data entry, typing and filing \\r\\n
- · Performed light bookkeeping duties and ordered office supplies \\r\\n
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Dulce Hernandez (Cont.) 74-13 87th Road, 1st.
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Woodhaven, NY 11421
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(646) 469-7009
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- · Interpreter for Spanish-speaking clients and translated legal documents into \\r\\n
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office database
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- · Supervised all office equipment maintenance \\r\\n
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The New York and New Jersey Port Authority, New York, NY 2/1998 - 8/1999
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Legal Secretary, New Jersey Law Division
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- Answered phones and directed callers to appropriate destinations \\r\\n
- Transmitted, sorted and distributed mail and faxes \\r\\n
- Scheduled meetings, depositions and conference calls \\r\\n
- Booked all office travel \\r\\n
- Typed correspondence and transcribed documents \\r\\n
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Law Offices of Barry E. Schulman, Esq., Brooklyn, NY 8/1990 - 1/1998
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Legal Assistant/Secretary
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- · Prepared clients for probation interviews and bail hearings \\r\\n
- · Assisted attorneys at trials, interpreted for Spanish-speaking clients \\r\\n
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and translated documents
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- · Typed correspondence, legal memos, motions and briefs \\r\\n
- · Booked travel arrangements for attorneys \\r\\n
- · Scheduled meetings and client debriefings \\r\\n
- · Sorted and distributed mail \\r\\n
- Answered phones and forwarded messages to appropriate parties \\r\\n
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SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS:\\r\\n
· Type 55wpm; PC Literate; Software applications: MediSoft, Microsoft Word,\\r\\n
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· Certified in Billing and Coding Specialist, ICD-9 and CPT\\r\\n
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Languages: Spanish (fully bilingual – reading, writing, conversation)