Lynelle Mentzer

My primary position is in gynecologic oncology.

• Review patient charts before appointments to confirm that all necessary information is available.
• Room patients for the providers - gathering updated health history, reconciling medications and allergies, and obtaining vitals.
• Assist in simple procedures.
• Triage phone calls.
• Complete any FMLA or disability paperwork.
• Ensure exam rooms are stocked and clean.
• Order supplies for the office.
• Help with imaging prior authorizations.
• Assist with genetic testing (via buccal or blood).

UPMC Magee Women's Health Services on Wheels (Mobile Unit) - Women's Cancer Center Initiative

• Register patients to be seen by the provider. This often requires me to build them into our system, track down insurance information, and scan in documents such as Consent to Treat, HIPAA, and insurance cards into the chart.
• Obtain vitals prior to seeing the provider on-site.
• Chaperone exams, and help with ordering tests, drawing blood, collecting urine, and printing out orders.
• Administering HPV vaccines.

I consistently help with Breast Health.

• Room patients for the providers - gathering updated health history, reconciling medications and allergies, and obtaining vitals.
• Assist in simple procedures
• Help with imaging prior authorizations.
• Assist with genetic testing (blood).
• Order supplies for the office.
• Perform SOZO (lymphedema screening) on patients who are due for this screening.

I consistently help with Palliative Care.

• Room patient for the provider (both in person and telemedicine)- gathering updated health history, reconciling medications and allergies, and obtaining vitals.
• Providing teaching on advanced care documents, and scanning completed forms into the chart.

Housekeeping (2006 - 2010)

• Working with a small team, I helped clean the family practice office as well as a few other rooms in the building (suites).

Nursing Assistant (2010 - 2013)

• Roomed for the provider - obtaining vitals, health history, reconciling medications and allergies
• Assisted in small procedures.
• Administered vaccines.
• Performed blood draws and collected urine specimens.

LPN (2013-2018)

• Roomed for the providers - obtaining vitals, health history, reconciling medications and allergies.
• Assisted in small procedures.
• Administered vaccines.
• Performed blood draws and collected urine specimens.
• Triaged nurse phone calls.
• Performed spirometry (PFTs).
• Worked with a small, select team of nurses to perform chart prep for all providers (I was assigned specific providers), as well as review completed schedules to ensure that nurses were completing all tasks. This helped to highlight nurses that needed extra training to ensure patients were getting the same standard of care.
• Trained new hires and students in the medical assistant program, as well as continued training for nurses who were identified as needing help in our Allscripts system.