#TogetherWeZoom is our monthly employee spotlight—a place to celebrate the work employees do inside of Zoom, and the lives they lead outside it.
For this month's #TogetherWeZoom, we talked to Kieran Doherty: a Clinic Associate at our East Burnside location. Kieran has been with Zoom for just over a year, and—during his time here—has had an undeniable impact our company. He always goes above and beyond for both patients and fellow co-workers—whether it's putting in extra work to reorganize a clinic, or lending an empathetic ear to those around him.
Read on to learn all about Kieran: what his (many!) hobbies are, what he loves most about his job, and what his proudest ZOOM+Care moment was.
I think what inspires me most about working in medicine is making a real palpable change in patients' lives, sometimes right then and there. Being that resource for someone when they are in need the most, is what helps me at the end of a long and arduous day look back and feel fulfilled from the day rather than drained. I love having the privilege of playing a role in helping someone feel better.
My favorite perk has to be the schedule, getting half the week off to be a normal human being is an absolute dream, especially in a medical job where burnout is far too prevalent.
My favorite project so far, with the help of my lovely former clinic partner Miranda, was whipping the East Burnside clinic into shape. It was rather neglected since ZA's were coming and going, but after reorganizing the space and re-doing everything from the ground up (batch cards, labels, lab area), I feel like EB is now back fighting shape and is a functional space for anyone to come in and use.
Something most people don't know about me is I have FAR too many passions that intrinsically motivate me. To name a few, music (both playing and traveling for events), the outdoors, a cooking youtube channel, film, and the list goes on. It got so out of hand my college mentor shortened my name from Kieran just to Ren (short for renaissance man).
One of my proudest moments at Zoom thus far has been sitting with a hysterical patient in the lobby, working with her to take deep breaths, and recompose herself so we could work on a 827 form together. I quickly realized it wasn't the help with the process she needed but rather someone to give her a hug and hear out what was causing her so much distress (an abusive workplace environment). We were able to send her out of the clinic with a smile on her face when it was all said and done.
I have learned so much from my time here at Zoom that I've actually started to keep a journal with info I want to retain from going over cases with providers. But one of the more big-picture takeaways I gleaned from my experiences here is about what really good patient care means and looks like. Some of the best providers I've worked with meet the patient wherever they are in life and work up from there together, rather than trying to get the patient up to speed with them. Always working with the patient as if you are co-pilots together, and the destination is their health and wellness, rather than being the captain of the ship.
