Simone Rees
Parkdale,VIC
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Assistant
Dr Bernard Infeld, Neurologist
Richmond, VIC
03.2024 - Current
- Coordinated daily schedules, managing appointments and meetings for enhanced time efficiency.
- Typing of all patient correspondence and reports in a paperless office (Zedmed).
- Streamlined communication between Dr. Infeld and patients, ensuring timely responses to enquiries.
- Organised patient admissions, investigations, follow up of results, and coordinated outpatient review. Patient focussed private medical practice for the complete individual patient experience.
- Maintained confidential patient records with accuracy, adhering to privacy regulations consistently.
- Developed office systems that improved workflow efficiency (e.g Healthlink).
- Maintained appropriate filing of personal and professional documentation.
- Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
- Patient inpatient and outpatient invoicing and billing, daily banking and settlement.
Medical Specialist Secretary/Practice Manager
Drs Walter Plehwe and Hilary Hunt
Richmond
03.2011 - 02.2024
- Performing all aspects of medical administration in a private specialist practice. Permanent part time role working with another part time practice manager. Dr Walter Plewhe, consultant physician and endocrinologist & Dr Hilary Hunt, consultant neurologist. The Epworth Centre, Richmond
Medical Specialist Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist
Professor Richard de Steiger
Richmond
05.2013 - 02.2018
- Initially part time medical secretarial administrative role for three months in 2013. Performing duties such as running clinic sessions, following up referrals, X-rays, surgery payments, patient admissions and rehab bookings, etc. Ongoing casual position as a medical audio-transcriptionist for a very busy and highly regarded orthopaedic surgeon at Epworth Richmond.
Medical Specialist Secretary/Practice Manager
Drs Walter Plehwe and Hilary Hunt
Richmond
05.2000 - 10.2005
- Practice Manager and full time principal medical secretary working with a part time medical secretary. Dr Walter Plehwe, consultant physician and endocrinologist & Dr Hilary Hunt, consultant neurologist. The Epworth Centre, Richmond
Medical Specialist Secretary
Dr Geoff Markov
South Melbourne
09.1999 - 05.2000
- Sole medical secretary performing all aspects of medical administration for a consultant rheumatologist. Central administration location, file management, specialist working at various clinic locations in Melbourne.
Medical Specialist Secretary/Receptionist
The Private Eye Clinic
East Melbourne
07.1996 - 09.1999
- Performing all tasks of medical administration including reception in a very busy specialist ophthalmology practice. Drs Lionel Kowal, Laurence Sullivan, Mark Steiner, Helen Steiner and Fabian Burgess. Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital.
Medical Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist/Receptionist
Allendale Private Hospital
Hawthorn
11.1995 - 07.1996
- Medical secretarial and administrative services including reception and medical audio transcription in a very busy private hospital. Specialising in mainly orthopaedics for sports injuries. Working also for a gynaecological practice within the hospital. All typing tasks including patient letters, operation reports and discharge summaries.
Medical Specialist Secretary
Dr Christopher Lavy
London, UK
09.1995 - 09.1995
- One week temporary position as private medical secretary for specialist physician at University College Hospital.
Medical Audio-Transcriptionist
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, UK
09.1995 - 09.1995
- One week temporary position working as a medical audio typist for the neurology department and executive office.
Medical Specialist Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist
Drs Geoff Schott & Paul Nandi
London, UK
05.1995 - 08.1995
- Temporary medical secretary performing all secretarial and administrative duties. A busy specialist clinic located at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery. Primary secretary to Dr Geoff Schott, consultant neurologist and Dr Paul Nandi, pain management specialist.
Medical Audio-Transcriptionist
The Royal Children's Hospital
Parkville
05.1993 - 05.1995
- Based at the Secretarial Centre and Medical Records Department. Providing all aspects of typing services including patient clinic letters, operation reports and discharge summaries. Medical records file management for a large hospital in all gamuts of general paediatric and subspecialty practices.
Education
Certificate - Advanced Paediatric Medical Terminology Course
Royal Children's Hospital
ParkvilleDiploma - Medical Secretarial/Administrative Studies
Melbourne Administrative Staff Colleges
Melbourne1992
VCE - Secondary School
Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Canterbury1991
Diploma - Interior Design
Interior Design Institute
Sydney2009
Skills
- Medical audio transcription typing 80-100wpm
- Proficient in medical terminology
- Practice management and business administration
- Medical software including MS Word, Outlook, Blue Chip, Medical Director, medEbridge, Zedmed, Healthlink
- Strong office IT skills in medical accounting/Medicare/Eclipse
- Maintaining a high level of patient confidentiality
- Solid verbal and written communication skills
- Detail orientated
- Customer Service
Hobbies
Travel, Cinema, Markets, Music concerts and theatre, Interior design and decorating
Personal details
- Place of birth: Kew
- Nationality: Australian
- Covid - fully vaccinated
- Current Working With Children Check
Qualities
- Pleasant and professional telephone manner
- Ability to multi task, delegate and perform under pressure
- Empathetic and caring
- Proven time management and organisational skills
- Enthusiastic and loyal team member
- Well presented
Timeline
Personal Assistant
Dr Bernard Infeld, Neurologist
03.2024 - Current
Medical Specialist Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist
Professor Richard de Steiger
05.2013 - 02.2018
Medical Specialist Secretary/Practice Manager
Drs Walter Plehwe and Hilary Hunt
03.2011 - 02.2024
Medical Specialist Secretary/Practice Manager
Drs Walter Plehwe and Hilary Hunt
05.2000 - 10.2005
Medical Specialist Secretary
Dr Geoff Markov
09.1999 - 05.2000
Medical Specialist Secretary/Receptionist
The Private Eye Clinic
07.1996 - 09.1999
Medical Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist/Receptionist
Allendale Private Hospital
11.1995 - 07.1996
Medical Specialist Secretary
Dr Christopher Lavy
09.1995 - 09.1995
Medical Audio-Transcriptionist
Great Ormond Street Hospital
09.1995 - 09.1995
Medical Specialist Secretary/Audio-Transcriptionist
Drs Geoff Schott & Paul Nandi
05.1995 - 08.1995
Medical Audio-Transcriptionist
The Royal Children's Hospital
05.1993 - 05.1995
Certificate - Advanced Paediatric Medical Terminology Course
Royal Children's Hospital
Diploma - Medical Secretarial/Administrative Studies
Melbourne Administrative Staff Colleges
VCE - Secondary School
Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Diploma - Interior Design
Interior Design Institute