Christian Tessandori
CPT1
San Clemente,California
Summary
Hard working, empathic, trustworthy, dependable, patient, courteous, personable, and always wiling to learn. Experience with newborns, infants, children, adults and geriatrics in trauma and critical care situations. Accurate with heel sticks, butterflies, syringes and vacutainer. Able to work well under pressure and maintain a calm exterior for the patients.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Lab Assistant
Hospital Medical Center
Mission Viejo, California
04.2004 - Current
- As a lead lab assistant, duties include receiving specimens, add-ons, body fluids, 24hr urines, CSF, answering phones, trouble shooting, problem solving for units and other co- workers, multi-tasking, faxing to Dr's offices, creating/receiving batches to/from other facilities, organizing breaks and dispatching codes as well. Additionally, resolving unusual test orders by contacting physicians, nursing stations and or reference laboratories.
- As a phlebotomist, my current duties include phlebotomy of infants, pediatrics, adults and geriatric patients, via vacutainer, butterfly or syringe.
Lab Assistant
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
Laguna Hills, California
02.1999 - 02.2003
- Lead phlebotomist with duties that included, morning rounds of newborns for PKU's, pediatrics, adults and geriatric patients
- Managed specimen sample handling, receiving, storage and inventory, phones/filing as well.
- Ordering of lab supplies, including send-out supplies.
- Would also assist with outpatient lab services as needed.
Phlebotomy Supervisor
Bio-Path Laboratories
Van Nuys, California
10.1997 - 05.1999
- Job duties included supervising a handful of phlebotomists to oversee the south region of Orange County.
- Serviced facilities including convalescent homes, board and care, developmental and rehabilitation centers.
- Supervised employees at multiple sites and reporting locations to maintain consistent practices across company.
- Phlebotomy performed on adolescent to elderly patients in a variety of settings, including drug and alcohol recovery programs.
- Drawing methods used: vacutainer, syringe or butterfly.
Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist
Irvine Medical Center
Irvine, California
02.1994 - 09.1997
- Duties included phlebotomy, venipuncture (including syringe and butterfly) on infants, children, adults and geriatrics in critical care situations.
- Processing of specimens, trouble shooting, problem solving for co-workers and or nursing.
- Ordering of supplies for lab and send-outs
- Drew blood from veins by vacutainer, syringe or butterfly methods.
- Stocked phlebotomy tray with appropriate supplies.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
Skills
Qualities
- Train new grads or employees to the facility
- Empathic
- Good listener
- Problem solver
- Thirst for knowledge
Education
GED -
North High School
Bakersfield, CA 09.1986 - 06.2021
Phlebotomy Trade School
Key Associates
Bakersfield, CA 09.1989 - 01.1990
Skills
Faxingundefined
Timeline
Lead Lab Assistant
Hospital Medical Center
04.2004 - Current
Lab Assistant
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
02.1999 - 02.2003
Phlebotomy Supervisor
Bio-Path Laboratories
10.1997 - 05.1999
Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist
Irvine Medical Center
02.1994 - 09.1997
Phlebotomy Trade School
Key Associates
09.1989 - 01.1990
GED -
North High School
09.1986 - 06.2021
Skills
Qualities
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