Laura Coward

Laura coward

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Practice Manager at Glenfield Family Practice

  • Education

    • Our lady of mercy college, beaumont

      2003 - 2009
    • Dublin city university

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of science (b.sc.) athletic training/trainer 1.1

      Activities and Societies: DCU swimming and waterpolo club Throughout my time at the university I worked as the sole athletic trainer for different sports teams providing cover for all training sessions and matches. I also took part in a student led clinic every week where any person with an injury could come to be assessed and treated by the students under the supervision of one of the staff from the Athletic Therapy and Training course.

  • Experience

    • Miriam page swimming lessons

      Feb 2007 - Oct 2011
      Swim instructor

      Introducing non-swimmers to the basic components of swimming such as kicking their legs, putting their face in the water and floating. The main aim was increasing their confidence in the water.

    • St. james's hospital dublin

      Jun 2010 - Nov 2015
      Clerical worker

      I worked in various departments throughout the hospital including Medical Records, the Omega Directorate (maxillofacial, orthopaedic and plastics departments), the Psychiatric Department and Freedom of Information.Duties included locating patient files for outpatient clinics, running outpatient clinics, booking appointments, dealing with the public, doctors, solicitors and Gardaí inquiries over the telephone.

    • Dubdoc

      Sept 2011 - Sept 2021
      Secretary

      Receptionist/Secretary for the out of hours GP service run out of the hospital. I am responsible for answering phones and making appointments, as well as checking in patients and typing work. I am responsible for inputting patient information and visit details to the computer system and faxing these details to the relevant GP.

    • University of pittsburgh

      Aug 2014 - Dec 2014
      Student athletic trainer

      I worked with teams at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh and West Mifflin High School as part of the athletic training team. I was responsible for injury prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation as well as general first aid.

    • Sports surgery clinic

      Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

      My responsibilities included administration for the ACL pathway, co-ordination of scheduling and appointments with the biomechanical lab, physiotherapy department and surgeons, monitoring data completion rates and developing interventions as appropriate with the aim of improving compliance. I dealt with patients in person, over the phone and via email and co-ordinated closely with the secretaries of all orthopaedic surgeons involved in the ACL pathway. I compiled a weekly report consisting of the relevant research statistics which includes the attendances, cancellations, surgeries and completion of yearly follow up reviews. Show less

      • ACL Research Co-ordinator

        Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
      • Clerical Officer Radiology Department

        Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Medserv

      Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
      Practice support services

      My duties included management of the private practice of 8 different Medical Consultants in varying specialties. The level of responsibilities varied from taking phone calls to scheduling every aspect of the consultants’ private clinic, including answering patient queries, scheduling outpatient appointments, scheduling day case procedures, dictation and issuing of all correspondence, taking payments for appointments and dealing with correspondence received via email, fax or post in an appropriate and efficient manner. I worked as part of a team to ensure that every client’s needs were met in the most efficient manner possible. During my time here, I streamlined activities and increased efficiency through standard operating procedure changes, as well as input into IT improvements. Show less

    • The vein and hernia clinic/medico legal chambers ireland

      Sept 2017 - Mar 2018
      Medical secretary

      My duties included scheduling appointments, dealing with patient queries in person, over the phone and via email, scheduling day case/inpatient procedures, audio typing of clinic letters, operation notes and legal documents/reports, answering solicitor queries and general administration of the office such as creating patient files, posting correspondence, banking and filing.

    • Glenfield family practice

      Mar 2018 - now

      provided phlebotomy services while our nurse was on maternity leave and now as necessary to maintain skills and cover nursing leave

      • Certified Phlebotomist

        Sept 2021 - now
      • Practice Manager

        Mar 2018 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Gymedge fundamental movement skills development

      Gymnastics ireland
      Feb 2014
    • Cardiac first responder

      Pre-hospital emergency care council
      Apr 2015
    • Emergency first responder

      Pre-hospital emergency care council
      Dec 2012
    • Management in practice

      Irish college of general practitioners
      May 2021
    • Assistant swim teacher

      Swim ireland
    • Certificate in phlebotomy

      Kingsbridge training academy
      Sept 2021
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Race Day Volunteer

      Issued by RNLI on Dec 2012
      RNLIAssociated with Laura Coward