Melissa Bridges

Experience

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  Summit Fitness - Kansas City

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Personal trainer
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  Federal Occupational Health

  Jan 1998 - May 2003

  Introduced and developed the EPA's first fitness center; Supervised Wellness/Fitness Associate; Managed wellness programs; Provided wide range of comprehensive fitness assessments; Purchased and maintained records and equipment. Scheduled and marketed multiple health services for various federal agencies, i.e., Mammograms, flu vaccinations, etc.

  • Wellness/Fitness Coordinator

    Jan 1999 - May 2003

  • Wellness/Fitness Associate

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
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  Sylvester Powell Community Center

  Apr 2002 - Mar 2009

  Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer
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  Professional Fitness Institute

  Apr 2003 - Mar 2004

  Regional Fitness Director/Lead Personal Training Instructor
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  Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program-Kansas

  Aug 2004 - May 2018

  Area Instructor Coordinator

  Duties include: instructor evaluations, training of instructors working in the Healthways provider network with Healthways products, support for Network events, community, and public relation activities

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  Tivity Health

  Aug 2004 - May 2018

  Instructor Coordinator

  Trained and evaluated instructors for 36 facilities in the Kansas City area. Locally and nationally taught practical hands-on programs (Brain Fitness) as well as lecture classes (Nourish, Thrive and Discover) for the Humana.

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  Penn Valley Community College

  Sept 2004 - Jan 2008

  Personal Training and Group Fitness Program Instructor
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  CIGNA

  Jan 2005 - Nov 2011

  Team Lead

  Directly responsible for the coordination of on-site health screenings at community and employer locations. Coordinates all assessments to ensure the events and programs are implemented smoothly and efficiently. This includes, but is not limited to: the proper set-up and break-down of the event, greeting and facilitation of participants, collecting and processing blood samples using finger-sticks with the Cholestech and Cardio-check instruments, taking manual blood pressures with a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope, checking pulses, height, weight, body composition (calipers and Tanita methods) and various other fitness assessments, while providing participants results through health coaching.Instructs and trains new staff on proper protocols of tests performed, supervises screening technicians, and solves on-site problems Show less

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  Woodside Health Club

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2009

  Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
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  Interactive Health

  Sept 2009 - May 2018

  Health Screen Team Lead

  Provided services, training and team supervision at health screens; which include Cholestech and Cardiocheck, blood pressure, body composition, height/weight, waist and health education.

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  Uber

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2020

  Professional Driver
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  EHealth, Inc.

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2020

  Screening Technician
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  Lyft

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2020

  Professional Driver
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  Abbott

  May 2018 - Oct 2018

  Occuptional Health Coordinator

  Managed escalated medical services client concerns, emails, faxes and phone calls, with timely issue resolution.

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  United States Postal Service

  Oct 2018 - Dec 2018

  City Carrier Assistant

  Case, sort, and deliver incoming mail to routes all over the Mid-America region.

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  Rover.com

  Jul 2019 - now

  Dog sitter
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  BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES

  Nov 2019 - Aug 2020

  Technician
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  Kansas City Research Institute

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  FibroScan Technician
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  Saving Sight

  Dec 2020 - now

  Vital Tears Client Services Specialist