Jennifer A. Hernandez
Fort Lupton
Summary
Student-focused professional with a background in health services and school administration, looking to contribute as a paraeducator. Passionate about creating a safe, supportive learning environment and helping all students reach their full potential
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Preschool Registrar/Health Aid
Bob Sakata Campus
Brighton, CO
08.2024 - Current
- Greeted every guest with personable approach and provided knowledgeable service.
- Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.
- Ensured accurate student records by diligently maintaining and updating information in the database.
- Verified paperwork accuracy and checked for completion prior to processing.
- Coordinated effectively with admissions offices to streamline acceptance notifications and enrollment procedures for incoming students.
- Monitored enrollment processes to meet regulations and accreditation standards.
- Organized, reviewed, and filed paperwork for secure recordkeeping.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of individualized healthcare plans for students with chronic health conditions.
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date student health records, adhering to confidentiality regulations.
- Provided first aid assistance during emergencies and accidents on campus, following established protocols for injury management.
- Coordinated immunization programs within the school, ensuring compliance with state requirements.
- Supported the school nurse in providing medical attention to injured or ill students.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities related to school health services, staying current on best practices in the field.
- Ensured timely communication with parents regarding their child''s medical needs or changes in their condition while under school care.
Attendance Secretary
Fort Lupton Middle School
Fort Lupton, Colorado
08.2022 - 06.2024
- Enter attendance data into the computer, run attendance reports, hand out tardy slips, and write student passes, answer office phones, take messages, provide information to callers, and greet visitors, contact absent students and call parents whose children are absent or have excessive absences and truancies, assist the secretary with mail distribution, sorting documents, and newsletters, file materials and records, make copies for teachers, assist Health Aid with medical needs of students, including first aid, administering medications, and assisting ill students, perform special office projects as needed, mailed out report cards or any additional important student or school information, typed and translated letters, memos, and newsletters from English to Spanish, helped prepare cum folders and helped register new students.
- Facilitated smooth administrative operations by managing incoming phone calls, emails, and visitors related to attendance matters.
- Maintained student attendance records for students and recorded in student information system.
- Ensured accurate record-keeping by diligently maintaining and updating attendance records in the school database system.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Medical Records
Clinica Family Health
Boulder, Colorado
09.2017 - 04.2019
- Managing incoming and outgoing records, answering any phone that pertained to medical records requests or any questions in regards to medical records. Ran reports, ending pregnancies, scanning, filing, audits,tasks, MCC, incoming and outgoing faxes. Helped with creating a new employee folder. Trained new employees, helped create MR New Employee folder, finished,work in a timely manner, sent out STAT records as well requested,data entered DI's, referrals, or anything that provider wanted entered into patients chart, incoming and outgoing medical records,interoffice from other internal clinics that needed to be distributed to providers, answering calls, faxing any records that outside providers request. Manage assigned paper records within 48 hours or less, ended pregnancies OB charts, ran reports Etc. Managed RCM and MR
Medical Records
Salud Family Health Centers
Frederick, Colorado
07.2014 - 01.2017
- Finishing work on a timely manner, 24 hours to finish faxes that contain release of records, STAT records, labs, DI's, referrals,incoming and outgoing medical records,interoffice from all nine Salud clinics that need to be scanned into patient's electronic chart, answering calls, faxing & emailing any records that outside providers request. Manage assigned paper records within 48 hours or less trained new employees. Ect
Call Center Agent
Salud Family Health Centers
Frederick, Colorado
05.2010 - 07.2014
- Answering and scheduling medical & dental appointments for patients Transferring calls to the correct clinic site if needed. Creating telephone encounters with any medical questions Rx refill request, lab results request etc
Education
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Masters Learning Institute
03.2020
Certified Phlebotomist - undefined
PIMA Medical Institute
Denver, CO01.2008
Skills
- Basic first aid & CPR certified (if applicable)
- Student health & safety monitoring
- Medication administration support (as allowed)
- Health documentation and record keeping
- Communicating health concerns to parents and staff
- Confidentiality (HIPAA/FERPA awareness)
- Crisis response and calm under pressure
- Student enrollment & registration
- Handling sensitive documents (immunizations, legal docs)
- Working with student information systems (eg, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Frontline, TMS)
- Accurate data entry and filing
- Parent communication and customer service
- Scheduling assessments and screenings
- Managing daily attendance records
- Tracking and reporting student absences
- Following up on truancy or tardiness
- Generating reports for staff or administration
- Maintaining up-to-date contact information
- Time management & multitasking
- Attention to detail
LANGUAGES
English/Spanish
Timeline
Preschool Registrar/Health Aid
Bob Sakata Campus
08.2024 - Current
Attendance Secretary
Fort Lupton Middle School
08.2022 - 06.2024
Medical Records
Clinica Family Health
09.2017 - 04.2019
Medical Records
Salud Family Health Centers
07.2014 - 01.2017
Call Center Agent
Salud Family Health Centers
05.2010 - 07.2014
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Masters Learning Institute
Certified Phlebotomist - undefined
PIMA Medical Institute