Tiffany Elam
Dallas,TX
Summary
Veteran Phlebotomist with proven track record of excellence working in clinic and mobile settings. Expert in all aspects of venipuncture with success in working with difficult or needle-adverse individuals.
Care-focused Phlebotomist bringing 20-year background in laboratory settings. Accomplished at easing patient anxieties and hitting veins on first attempts. Experienced in skin puncture draws utilizing varied needle gauges and collection techniques tailored to patient need.
Dedicated professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Reliable employee seeking Flight Attendant position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Phlebotomist
LabCorp
Dallas, TX
02.2006 - Current
- Customer service, satisfaction, and safety
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating and noting times of collection.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
- Promoted mission, vision and values of organization and trained new clinical staff in phlebotomy procedures.
- Followed established guidelines for reporting significant medical errors or unanticipated outcome in patient care.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Obtained blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks 40 times per day.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
- Maintained exam rooms by ordering supplies, transporting specimens, washing and packing instruments and changing solutions.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
Education
Diploma -
Athens High School
Athens, TXAssociate Degree - Early Childhood Education
Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, TXCertificate - Medical Assisting
Arlington Medical Institute
Arlington, TXSkills
- Sharps Collection
- Blood Alcohol Testing
- Fluid and Tissue Disposal
- Vacuum Tube and Syringe Use
- Sample Processing
- Glucose Screening
- Patient Relations
- Equipment and Instrument Sterilizatoin
- Tray Organization
- Butterfly Venipuncture
- Sample and Form Matching
- Blood Culturing
- Patient Monitoring
- Paperwork Processing
- Data Recording
- Patient Identification
- Blood Specimen Storage
- Patient Confidentiality
- Patient Draping
- Therapeutic Phlebotomy
- Tracking Specimens
- Critical Thinking
- Biohazard Waste Disposal
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Listening
- Donor Screening
- Stress Management
- Time Management
- Phlebotomy Functions
- Manual and Finger Dexterity
- Heel Sticks
- OSHA Regulations
- Creative Thinking
- Goal Minded
- Physician Order Review
- Client Satisfaction
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Medical History Taking
- Monthly Inventory
- Operation Monitoring
- Team Leader
- Supply Requisition and Inventory
- Safety Rules Regulations
- Problem-Solving
- Writing
- Speaking
- Instructing
- Monitoring
- Service-Orientation
- Infection Control
- Answering Questions
- Creative Solutions
- Information Gathering
- Medical Histories and Vital Statistics
- Reading Comprehension
- Specimen Transportation
- Sanitation and Sterilization
- Medical Screening
- Proper Storage Procedures
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Phlebotomist
LabCorp
02.2006 - Current
Diploma -
Athens High School
Associate Degree - Early Childhood Education
Trinity Valley Community College
Certificate - Medical Assisting
Arlington Medical Institute
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