Sandra Sawyer

209 Rialto Road
Poinciana, FL 34759
Cell 321-403-2667

e-mail
ssawyer57@gmail.com

Last Update 8/11

OBJECTIVE
An opportunity to bring an expansive range of technical and interpersonal skills and valuable work experience to a position that provides me with a challenge.

Current Employer: Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL,
February 2008
to Present 		Clinical Trials: Research Project Coordinator
Involved in regulatory start up and maintainance for numerous sponsored and academic research studies. Assists the Director of Clinical Trials in a variety of tasks including grant writing/applications, budgets and contracts, authoring of SOPs and standard federal and state regulatory compliance and GCP for clinical trials. Act as liaison between institution and sponsors including all IRB submissions. Coordinates active clinical trials, implementing and overseeing all aspects of research protocols including seeing patients from enrollment through end of study.
January 2007
to Present 		Clinical Trials: Assistant to the Director of Clinical Trials Research.
Involved in regulatory start up for numerous research studies. Assist the Director of Clinical Trials in a variety of tasks including grant writing/applications, budgets and contracts, authoring of SOPs and standard federal and state regulatory compliance and GCP for clinical trials. Act as liaison between institution and sponsor including all IRB submissions.
October 2005
to January 2007 		Trauma Administration: Trauma Registrar
Trauma Registrar for the Level I Trauma Center gathering data on all trauma patients for a national database registry including Abbreviated Injury Scaling and Injury Severity Scoring. This database is used for a variety of justifications including Level I status, research, funding and study of trauma.
April 2002
to October 2005		 Emergency Department: Unit Secretary
Unit Secretary in the Level I Trauma Center and Emergency Department implementing diagnosis and treatment as prescribed by a variety of physicians including Trauma and Neuro Surgeons, Emergency, Hospitalist physicians and other specialists. This includes entering all orders, scheduling diagnostic testing, medications, initiating consults and equipment charging and billing while in the Emergency Department. Also receiving and relaying medical reports via radio from incoming Ambulance and Helicopter Emergency Medical Personnel and management of a large multi-line phone system. This position involves intensive relations with patients and family as well as physicians and other departments and services throughout the hospital as well as the medical community
April 2002
to October 2005
(Additional Work) 		Nursing Operations: Bed Control Coordinator
Bed Control Coordinator for the Nursing Administrative Offices coordinating all facets of interhospital transfers and placement of newly admitted patients from private physicians offices, extended care facilities, Emergency and Trauma Centers as well as hospital to hospital transfers.
Past Employment History: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, MI
March 1982
to June 2000

Radiology: Lead Tech, Special Procedures
Eighteen years experience as a CAT Technologist, 15 years experience as a Special Procedures Technologist, eight years experience in Cardiac Catheterization, two years experience as a Radiologic Technologist and nine years as Lead Technologist, including hands on assisting of physicians during procedures. Assisted Special Procedures Supervisor with day to day operations of department. As Lead Technologist responsibilities included:


• Administrative paperwork (Quality Assurance, budgets, equipment justification and procurement)
• CPT-4 coding and billing of procedures
• Managing personnel and facility scheduling
• Procurement of all supplies necessary for day to day operations as well as special non-invasive procedures
• Arranging for preventive maintenance, upgrades and emergency repairs of equipment
• Providing all training, including technical procedures, customer service, computerized informational systems, quality control and continuing education license requirements
• Technical consultation during vendor meetings
• Assisting with evaluations and with interview process of prospective employees
Past Employment History: Oxford Schools, Oxford MI
January 1978
to December 1980

Continuing Education Paraprofessional

Worked one on one with:

  • Mentally and physically impaired
  • Geriatrics
  • Pregnant teen students
  • Infant through 4 year old children in child development
Education & Training:
2001 Keiser College for certification in medical coding and billing
1992 to 2000

 Attended for B.S. in Allied Health field at Oakland University and Oakland Community College
1980 to 1982 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital School of Radiologic Technology (AMA accredited)
1976 to 1978 Michigan State University, major-International Relations, minor-German
Oct. 2006 Abbreviated Injury Scaling, 2 day Seminar, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
Consulting Credits:
Applications Training Consultant, working in conjunction with General Electric Medical Equipment Corporation, for Henry Ford Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan
Technical consultant for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan in reference to equipment selection and procurement
Authored Protocol/Procedure Manuals for CT and Special Procedures, in use at St. Joseph Mercy and Henry Ford Hospitals, Pontiac and Detroit Michigan
Certifications:
National Health Career Assoc. certification for Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

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