Bianca Castro
Austin,TX
Summary
Highly-skilled phlebotomist with 7 years of experience in healthcare settings. Provides compassionate and professional care. Proficient in collecting blood specimens and processing for further analysis.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Phlebotomist
Clinical Pathology Labs
10.2017 - 01.2020
- Duties and responsibilities
- Collecting blood samples from patients, labelling them and dispatching them for analysis and testing.
- Decipher the best method for drawing blood depending on the specific patient
- Collecting laboratory specimens in a safe and accurate way.
- Entering data into laboratory and hospital data systems.
- Maintaining patient confidentiality according to applicable laws.
- Obtaining appropriate medical information from patients.
- Identifying and preparing patients.
- Ensuring appropriate equipment and supply usage.
- Maintaining neat, organized records and work station area.
- Friendly, courteous and sympathetic when it comes to working with patients
- Make sure patient or donor is calm and comfortable
- Monitor and take patient vital signs and heart rate as needed
- Conducted venipuncture and other procedures.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
Phlebotomist III
AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC
06.2022 - 11.2023
- Duties and responsibilities
- Checking in patients
- Identifying patients
- Blood draws
- Training
- Translating
- Processing
- Sending blood specimens out
- Test add ons
- Stocking
- Disinfecting
- Pediatric blood draw, heel sticks, finger sticks
- Elderly blood draws
- Adult blood draws
- Ordering supplies
- COVID swabs, strep, flu processing
- Faxing test results doctors
- Quality control checks
Phlebotomy Technician III/ NRCM
Quest Diagnostics / Texas Children Specialty
11.2023 - 02.2024
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Logged patient information and recorded results into system.
- Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- New born screening
Education
Medical assistant, EKG -
The Goodwill Excel center
Austin, TX10.2021
High school credits completed -
Goodwill Career and Technical academy
Austin, TX05.2021
Phlebotomy Courses -
The Goodwill Excel Center
Austin, TX09.2017
Internship clinic assistant hours (120 hours) -
TPA3
Austin, TX07.2017
Medical Terminology complete -
The Goodwill Excel Center
Austin, TX06.2017
CNA Licensed -
The Goodwill Excel Center
Austin, TX06.2017
Skills
- Patient and environmental safety
- Proficient in basic skills of patient care
- Vital signs and patient observation
- Knowledgeable in medical terminology
- HIPAA and patient privacy
- Excellent communication skills
- Use of proper documentation standards
- Supportive of family members
- Strong organizational skills
- Willing to learn new skills
- Infection Control
- Supply Restocking
- Patient Flow Management
- Documentation Management
Honorsandawards
Motivational award - The Goodwill Excel Center
References
Upon Request
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Phlebotomy Technician III/ NRCM
Quest Diagnostics / Texas Children Specialty
11.2023 - 02.2024
Phlebotomist III
AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC
06.2022 - 11.2023
Phlebotomist
Clinical Pathology Labs
10.2017 - 01.2020
Medical assistant, EKG -
The Goodwill Excel center
High school credits completed -
Goodwill Career and Technical academy
Phlebotomy Courses -
The Goodwill Excel Center
Internship clinic assistant hours (120 hours) -
TPA3
Medical Terminology complete -
The Goodwill Excel Center
CNA Licensed -
The Goodwill Excel Center
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