Anna Dragolovich
Lafayette,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
MRI Clinical Rotation
UCSF
San Francisco
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Under the supervision of an ARRT certified MRI technologist
- Properly screen patients
- Explain procedure to patients
- Prepare and position patients on the MRI table
- Choose correct coil for scan
- Follow protocols to capture precise images and obtain necessary anatomical information
- Draw up contrast media
- Send images to PACS
- Communicate with radiologist.
PHLEBOTOMIST
John Muir Health
Walnut Creek
02.2017 - Current
- Obtain blood samples for testing through venipuncture or capillary puncture
- Prepare equipment, draw blood, and safely store and transport samples
- Build trust and minimize patient discomfort
- Follow infection-control and safety procedures
- Inpatient and ER phlebotomist
- Three years plus experience drawing Traumas/codes
- Pediatric/NICU experience
- Communicate efficiently with nurses and doctors.
PHLEBOTOMY INSTRUCTOR/COORDINATOR
Fast Response School of Health Care Education
Berkeley
02.2016 - 11.2016
- Phlebotomy skills instructor
- Grade students on their skills assessments
- Prepare students for externship
- Teach refresher courses
- Maintain a clean/stocked work station/order supplies
- Schedule externships
- Process student externship packets
- Marketing for new externship sites
- Communicate/maintain a relationship with current externship sites
- Participate in the Continuous Service Improvement and continuing education programs.
PHLEBOTOMIST
Health Network Laboratories
Fogelsville, PA
07.2015 - 01.2016
- Perform venipunctures
- Collect other specimens and explains the proper collection procedures for specimens provided by the patient
- Clarify orders and pre-analytical test requirements when appropriate
- Make accurate, initial assessment of specimen suitability according to criteria outlined in the Laboratory Handbook and department Standard Operating Procedures
- Process, store, and transport specimens according to the Laboratory Handbook and Standard Operating Procedures
- Respond to customer inquiries for information regarding specimen requirements and testing schedules
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of change in specimen requirements and collection devices
- Maintain an adequate inventory of supplies and ensure a meticulous work area
- Report collection statistics, patient wait times and patient satisfaction surveys as required
- Participate in the Continuous Service Improvement and continuing education programs.
PHLEBOTOMIST
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward
12.2013 - 09.2014
- Perform venipuncture and capillary blood collections for clinical laboratory testing according to accepted written protocol
- Perform all HIS and LIS functions associated with patient and specimen processing
- Communicate items requiring priority processing to the scientists
- Know and follow all isolation procedures pertaining to patients
- Comply with all regulations pertaining to employee and patient safety, patient privacy and confidentiality and Medicare fraud and abuse
- Distribute hard copies of lab results to floors during regularly scheduled rounds
- Operate some automated and semi-automated equipment
- Assist with answering phones and providing back up support for office staff when necessary.
PHLEBOTOMIST
Allied Health Group
Oakland
07.2014 - 08.2014
- Responsible for accessioning, receiving and specimen processing, answering phones, faxing results upon request, report distribution and phlebotomy
- Assists in the training of new employees and/or students as needed
- Completes assignments with accuracy and in a timely manner without comprising the quality of the patient sample
- Exercises good judgment in recognizing and correcting irregularities and/or unusual requests
- Performs other miscellaneous duties or special projects as assigned
- Complies with all aspects of the job according to written procedure
- Answers telephones, responds to inquiries regarding status of testing, giving out results, transferring calls as necessary, answering all inquiries in a polite and efficient manner
- Accurately taking results from Reference labs
- Print reports and faxes; send via US mail or interdepartmental mail as requested
- Receives samples via the pneumatic system, couriers, patients, or other hospital personnel
- Deals with patient's samples in an appropriate and efficient manner, distributing to the appropriate area of the laboratory or routing to other hospital departments as necessary according to procedure
- Accessions patient information accurately into Laboratory computer system
- Checks all requests for proper and accurate patient information
- Consults with Supervisor, Lead or Technologist when unclear or unusual requests received
- Notifies physicians, nursing units, clinics etc
- When sample received is either inappropriate for testing or otherwise compromised
- Independently resolves problems encountered in routine work
- Recognizes problems or requests which require Supervisor and/or Technologist assistance when appropriate.
PHLEBOTOMIST
John Muir Health
Walnut Creek
09.2007 - 11.2013
- Full time vacation relief/float for various PSC’s
- Perform daily PSC operations
- Patient registration- update patient demographics/insurance information
- Obtain samples for testing through venipuncture or capillary puncture
- Perform heel sticks on newborns
- Follow infection control and safety procedures in carrying out daily phlebotomy duties
- Process specimens/transport specimens to the main laboratory for testing
- Collect and order drop off specimens
- Maintain a clean/stocked workstation/order supplies
- Communicate with doctors regarding patients
- Handle timed specimens with proper procedure
- Build trust and minimize patient discomfort during phlebotomy procedures while efficiently collecting blood specimens.
Education
Associates degree in Magnetic Resonance Imaging -
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
01-2024
Vocational Training -
Phlebotomy Plus
01-2007
Phlebotomy Internship -
Department of Veterans Affairs
01-2007
High School Graduate -
Del Oro High School
01-2006
Skills
- Patient care
- MRI imaging
- MRI safety
- MRI equipment operation
- Quality control assurance
- HIPPA compliance
Certification
State of California Phlebotomy License, CPT 00022939
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
MRI Clinical Rotation
UCSF
07.2023 - 06.2024
PHLEBOTOMIST
John Muir Health
02.2017 - Current
PHLEBOTOMY INSTRUCTOR/COORDINATOR
Fast Response School of Health Care Education
02.2016 - 11.2016
PHLEBOTOMIST
Health Network Laboratories
07.2015 - 01.2016
PHLEBOTOMIST
Allied Health Group
07.2014 - 08.2014
PHLEBOTOMIST
St. Rose Hospital
12.2013 - 09.2014
PHLEBOTOMIST
John Muir Health
09.2007 - 11.2013
Associates degree in Magnetic Resonance Imaging -
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
Vocational Training -
Phlebotomy Plus
Phlebotomy Internship -
Department of Veterans Affairs
High School Graduate -
Del Oro High School