Experience

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  Webster college

  Aug 1986 - Jun 1990

  Marketing and public relations coordinator/placement director

  Provided placement services for graduating students. Achieved an 88% placement rate. Maintained weekly contact with area employers. Arranged both tours and informational interviews for upcoming graduates. Provided speakers from the local business community for “meet and greet” mixer with graduating students.

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  Eton technical institute

  Jun 1990 - Aug 1993

  Graduate service coordinator

  Provided placement services for graduating students. Achieved an 88% placement rate. Maintained weekly contact with area employers. Arranged both tours and informational interviews for upcoming graduates. Provided speakers from the local business community for “meet and greet” mixer with graduating students.

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  Career counseling, inc.

  Feb 1994 - Jan 2001

  Vocational rehabilitation counselor/co-owner

  • Provided vocational evaluation and counseling regarding return to work alternatives. • Educated individuals on job search, application and interviewing skills. • Analyzed work sites and assisted with any necessary job modification.• Researched and developed appropriate formal and/or on-site retraining plans. • Coordinated and monitored medical and/or psychological treatment.• Coordinated with employers, employer representative, claims managers, attorneys, physicians and other treatment facilities and/or professionals.• Initiated appropriate referrals to outside agencies such as DVR and DSHS. • Provided education on career planning, resume, cover letter, interviewing skills. • Supervised office staff. • Developed marketing materials. Show less

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  Pacific rehabilitation centers

  Mar 1998 - Nov 2013

  Coordinate and attend outreach activities to our referring physicians. Act as a liaison providing customer service from our three clinic locations to area medical providers. Manage and supervise the operational and administrative functions, activities and projects of a return-to-work rehabilitation clinic. Responsibilities include the managing, planning, and coordinating of the operations of the clinic to include: Supervising all clinic staff and their billing procedures, monitoring delivery of patient services, planning for space allocation, acting as liaison with patients, physicians, businesses, hospitals, vocational counselors and claims managers. • Provide return to work services to individuals with disabilities in a multi-disciplinary chronic pain management program. • Identify/analyze educational and employment histories.• Assess transferable skills and return to work alternatives. • Assist in return to work efforts, direct job placement and/or transition into rehabilitation plans. • Educate individuals regarding State /Federal laws, Workers Compensation rights and responsibilities.

  • Marketing Associate

    Sept 2013 - Nov 2013

  • Clinic Manager/Treatment Team Coordinator/VRC

    Jan 2007 - Nov 2013

  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

    Mar 1998 - Nov 2013
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  Baptist physicians lexington

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2014

  Patient access representative
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  Bluegrass career services

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2015

  Employment consultant

  Employment Consultants utilize a variety of vocational assessments, training and behavior change techniques which allow persons with employment barriers to obtain and maintain suitable employment.

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  Mercy primary care

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Practice manager

  Daily operations of a medical practice

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  Estill county high school

  Jan 2019 - now

  College and career counselor