Emily Romero
Timberlake,NC
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Room Phlebotomist
Wake Medical Center
06.2021 - Current
- Collected blood samples using various techniques to ensure patient comfort and safety.
- Maintained accurate patient records and documentation for regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
- Trained new staff on phlebotomy procedures, equipment handling, and safety protocols.
- Implemented process improvements that enhanced sample collection efficiency and reduced wait times.
- Conducted quality control checks on equipment and supplies to ensure operational readiness and reliability.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to coordinate patient care and optimize phlebotomy workflows.
Lead Phlebotomist
Freedom House Recovery
06.2018 - 06.2021
- Supervised daily phlebotomy operations, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and quality standards.
- Mentored and trained junior phlebotomists, enhancing team performance and service delivery.
- Developed and implemented efficient workflows, improving patient throughput and satisfaction rates.
- Evaluated blood collection techniques, promoting best practices for accuracy and patient comfort.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care strategies during blood draw procedures.
Phlebotomist
Person Memorial Hospital
04.2017 - 06.2018
- Collecting specimens from inpatients as well as outpatients.
- Responsible for morning rounds on all inpatients as well as collecting specimens from nursing homes in the area.
- Collect specimens from all emergency room patients.
- Collected specimens from anyone that was brought in by law enforcement that was suspected of being intoxicated.
- Collected specimens for drug analysis for employers needing drug testing on employees for any reason.
- Preformed glucose tolerance testing on patients.
- Responsible for completing urinalysis, strep test, pregnancy test and RSV test.
Patient Care Technician
Davita Dialysis
12.2012 - 01.2017
- Provide treatment to patients requiring dialysis, monitor patients vital signs while on treatment, enter info in computer obtaining to patients treatments, assist patients, if needed discuss treatment options with patients, I also help translate to Spanish speaking patients about their treatment.
Plasma Donation Processor
Biomed
10.2010 - 12.2012
- Obtain plasma from donors for medical use.
Phlebotomist (Temp)
Person Memorial Hospital
03.2011 - 10.2011
- Collecting specimens from inpatients as well as outpatients.
- Responsible for morning rounds on all inpatients as well as collecting specimens from nursing homes in the area.
- Collect specimens from all emergency room patients.
- Collected specimens from anyone that was brought in by law enforcement that was suspected of being intoxicated.
- Collected specimens for drug analysis for employers needing drug testing on employees for any reason.
- Preformed glucose tolerance testing on patients.
- Responsible for completing urinalysis, strep test, pregnancy test and RSV test.
Phlebotomist
Granville Medical Center
02.2009 - 01.2010
- Collect specimens from inpatients as well as outpatients.
- Responsible for morning rounds on all inpatients as well as collecting specimens from nursing homes in the area.
- Collect specimens from all emergency room patients.
- Collected specimens from anyone that was brought in by law enforcement that was suspected of being intoxicated.
- Collected specimens for drug analysis for employers needing drug testing on employees for any reason.
- Preformed glucose tolerance testing on patients.
- Responsible for completing urinalysis, strep test, pregnancy test and RSV test.
Phlebotomist
UNC Hospital
06.2008 - 11.2008
- Collect specimens from mostly pediatric patients for testing; I performed PKU’S on newborns for the state lab to rule out abnormalities.
- I worked with children with varying ages and degrees of sickness.
Phlebotomist
Person Memorial Hospital
06.2007 - 06.2008
- Collect samples for both in patients and out patients, register patients, file doctors reports, enter data into MediTech system, perform venipunctures on all age groups.
Education
GED - undefined
Piedmont Community College
Phlebotomy Certificate - undefined
Piedmont Community College
CPR and First Aid - undefined
Person Memorial Hospital
Skills
- Venipuncture
- Order of draw
- Patient care
- Specimen handling
- Sample and specimen collection
- Butterfly needle technique
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient confidentiality
- Venipuncture expertise
- Blood collection techniques
- Specimen labeling procedures
- HIPAA
- Patient support
- Blood culture collection
- Capillary puncture
- Data entry
- Specimen preparation
- Infection control
- Quality control
- Paperwork processing
- Pediatric phlebotomy
- Recording data
- Patient preparation
- Syringe method
- Quality control guidelines
- Sample storage
- Geriatric phlebotomy
- Skin puncture
- Adaptable approach
- Medical records management
- Hemoglobin testing
- Health education
- Medical office administration
- Quality assurance
- Medical records maintenance
- Staff management
- Medical testing
- Medical records review
- Diagnostic testing
- Personal protective equipment usage
- Health and safety
- Medical terminology
- Technical troubleshooting
- Emergency response training
- Patient assessment
- Regulatory compliance
- EMR recordkeeping
- Specimen collection and storage
- Multi-sample collection
- Process improvement initiatives
- Medical records handling
- Blood component separation
- Anatomy and physiology
- On-site testing
- Venipuncture and capillary puncture
- Communication
- Sanitation and sterilization
- Therapeutic phlebotomy
- Laboratory procedures understanding
- Blood collection
- Donor screening
- Proper labeling
- Sample labeling
- Time management
- Multitasking Abilities
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Customer service
- Organizational skills
- Specimen collection
- Butterfly venipuncture
- Excellent communication
- Phlebotomy technician (PT)
- Finger stick method
- Problem-solving
- Sample processing
- Decision-making
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Task prioritization
- CPR/AED
- Phlebotomy technician
- Multitasking
- Data confidentiality
- Interpersonal communication
- Sample collection
- Active listening
- Goal minded
- Staff phlebotomy training
- Workload management
Certification
Phlebotomy certificate
Timeline
Emergency Room Phlebotomist
Wake Medical Center
06.2021 - Current
Lead Phlebotomist
Freedom House Recovery
06.2018 - 06.2021
Phlebotomist
Person Memorial Hospital
04.2017 - 06.2018
Patient Care Technician
Davita Dialysis
12.2012 - 01.2017
Phlebotomist (Temp)
Person Memorial Hospital
03.2011 - 10.2011
Plasma Donation Processor
Biomed
10.2010 - 12.2012
Phlebotomist
Granville Medical Center
02.2009 - 01.2010
Phlebotomist
UNC Hospital
06.2008 - 11.2008
Phlebotomist
Person Memorial Hospital
06.2007 - 06.2008
GED - undefined
Piedmont Community College
Phlebotomy Certificate - undefined
Piedmont Community College
CPR and First Aid - undefined
Person Memorial Hospital
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