Featured Staff Medical assistance: Helping clients get their lives back
Dashawn James, who has been a medical assistant at All Joshua for about one year, fills a number of roles, including handling coding and billing of clients and third party payers, checking clients’ vital signs and urinalysis results, and otherwise assisting the medical director, Robert Ball, M.D. A graduate of Fortis College in Landover, she worked for Dr. Ball at a primary care clinic, before coming to All Joshua. She plans to return to school to earn her RN degree, with hopes of becoming an ER nurse. James enjoys working with the addiction clients at All Joshua and helping them get their lives back on track. “It can be very hard for them, but they’re trying. They do appreciate it when we help them and are nice to them, because many people are not nice to them and treat them differently because of their addiction.”
“They do appreciate it when we try to help them.” – Dashawn James, All Joshua medical assistant
Walk in, Get help: Medical assistant supports AJ mission Medical assistant Nicole Winston, who joined the All Joshua staff in October, 2016, has worked in the medical field since 2008. Her responsibilities include checking clients’ vital signs, scheduling and confirming appointments, sending prescriptions, and otherwise assisting the medical director. A graduate of Tesst College of Technology, she has previously worked in endocrinology and rheumatology clinics. As a staff member at All Joshua, she appreciates “the fact that we don’t turn away anyone who is seeking treatment.” “Turning people away is the worst thing you can do, because you might be turning them away for the very last time. I like the fact that we are concerned about people and make sure that they get help, the same day that they walk in.”
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