Gabriel Aguirre
San Diego,CA
Summary
Dynamic and dedicated Phlebotomist with over 15 years of experience in hospital and clinic settings, currently excelling as the Lead Phlebotomist at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista Hospital Laboratory and Outpatient Laboratory. Expertise includes overseeing inpatient and outpatient phlebotomy processes, ensuring strict adherence to blood collection protocols and safety guidelines while training clinical staff on laboratory policies. Also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Mesa College, instructing students in a comprehensive 10-week Phlebotomy course during the Fall semester. Committed to advancing into a supervisory role within phlebotomy and processing, driven by a passion for delivering optimal preanalytical samples to enhance laboratory outcomes.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Phlebotomist
Scripps Mercy Hospital
01.2022 - Current
- Supervised phlebotomy team, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and best practices.
- Oversees inpatient and outpatient phlebotomy and processing to meet deadlines and ensure pre analytical specimens meet or exceed laboratory standards
- Perform annual competencies on CPT staff on all areas of laboratory tasks expectations including age specific phlebotomy procedures
- Communicate with nursing staff and providers to troubleshoot lab order errors.
- Monitor phlebotomy and processing errors, re educate staff, and adhere to quality assurance policy.
- Ensures CPT adhere to policies and practices according to lab procedures, laboratory test menus and procedure catalog
- Provide CPT support in processing and phlebotomy.
- Excellent in and out patient care services
- Participate in Pre Analytical committes to ensure laboratory practices are up to date
- Represent laboratory in Workplace Violence committee and educate nursing staff about workplace violence in different units.
- Monitor and place orders for phlebotomy supplies.
- Maintain laboratory records according to policy
- Perform administrative duties to provide support in management of the laboratory
- Supervise CPT staff to be in complient of laboratory goals of turn around times, deadlines, work safety.
- Oversee Processing work performance on staff, correcting errors in labeling, aliquoting, preparation and storage of samples.
- Responsibile to spot errors and reporting it to proper channels that include mis identification of samples and patients.
- Adhere to policies, report errors, educate staff/students/volunteers, communicate with management and superviosors
Adjunct Professor of Phlebotomy
Mesa College
09.2025 - Current
- Instruct students in a 10 week course program in Phlebotomy
- Developed and delivered engaging course materials to enhance student learning experiences.
- Facilitated discussions and activities that promoted critical thinking and collaboration among students.
- Evaluated student performance through assessments, providing constructive feedback for improvement.
- Moinitor students in Didiatic program to ensure their expectations are met according to policy
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
Phlebotomy Technician
Innercare
11.2016 - 09.2022
- Obtained variety of blood samples through venipuncture or capillary puncture using syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles.
- Labeled blood vials with critical information like time of collection, date and patient name.
- Counseled patients to ease fears, explain procedures and enhance cooperation during blood draws.
- Coordinated workflow based on stat, schedule, or outpatient needs.
- Enforced infection control and sharps disposal procedures to protect patients, co-workers and self.
- Verified collection orders and communicated discrepancies to nurses.
- Prepared and packaged specimens for courier transport.
- Centrifuged blood specimens in test tubes and capillary tubes to separate cells and sediment from blood serum.
- Transported specimens following established protocol for temperature and light.
- Identified patients using proper procedures prior to specimen collection.
- Educate new staff on policies and train new staff of the laboratories expectations.
Director
Redeemer Discipleship Center
01.2008 - 11.2016
- Oversee Men's Rehabilitation Center by directing men to adhere to strict scheduling
- Organize spiritual group activities to provide positive outcomes in reshaping men's behaviors.
- Guided and motivated staff to drive physical and spiritual growth.
- Provided leadership skill to delegate the everyday operations of the Center's financial gains.
Phlebotomist
San Joaquin Community Hospital
02.2006 - 12.2007
- Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
- Located veins suitable for puncture to draw blood using sterilized needles, vials and other equipment.
- Promoted blood specimen integrity for laboratory testing using accurate selection of collection tubes and correct technique.
Phlebotomist
El Centro Regional Medical Center
02.2007 - 10.2007
- Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
- Obtained blood samples for medical testing and transfusion through venipuncture or capillary puncture.
- Obtained variety of blood samples through venipuncture or capillary puncture using syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles.
Phlebotomist
Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield
11.2002 - 02.2006
- Collect Arterial and Venous Blood from patients
- Follow Hospital protocols in obtaining blood
- Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
Phlebotomist
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District
04.2000 - 11.2002
- Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
- Obtain Venous or Arterial blood when orders were given.
- Observed patient for unusual reactions or events to take appropriate action under established guidelines.
Lab Assistant
Clinica De Salud Del Pueblo
01.1999 - 04.2000
- Obtained blood samples for medical testing and transfusion through venipuncture or capillary puncture.
- Verified collection orders and communicated discrepancies to nurses.
- Located veins suitable for puncture to draw blood using sterilized needles, vials and other equipment.
- Promoted blood specimen integrity for laboratory testing using accurate selection of collection tubes and correct technique.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Biology
University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA12.2022
Associate of Science - General Science
Imperial Valley College
Imperial, CA06.2018
Skills
- Bi Lingual English and Spanish
- Provide Leadership role to support all phlebotomist in all shifts
- Drawing Blood from Pediatric to Geriatric
- Specimen Collection, Storage, and Preparation
- Decision Making
- Hemoglobin Testing eg capillary collection
- Sanitation and Sterilization of work area
- Provide professional patient relations
- Clinical Laboratory General Scientist Trainee
- Proper Storage Procedures and prepare specimens for “send out” (Quest or Lab Corp)
- Data Entry Patient registration Order blood work via doctors orders
- Documentation and Recordkeeping of blood test and all in-house test
- Written and Verbal Communication between departments; nursing, providers, etc
- CPT-2 Certified Arterial And Venous blood collection
- Proficient in collecting COVID 19 samples, Influenza, Or Streptococcus A
- Operate Urinalysis, hemoglobin, A1C, PT-PTT meters, Glaucometers
- Perform CLIA waived test pregnancy, strep, flu, COVID 19, urinalysis, hematocrit
- Proficient in Epic Software
- Office Support
- Staff Phlebotomy Training
- Workplace Violence Safety Committee
- Pre Analytical Committee
- Perform annual staff competencies
- Train new phlebotomist according to policy and procedures
Certification
CPT-2 License CPA 3608
Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist) Trainee. TRL 02470239
Timeline
Adjunct Professor of Phlebotomy
Mesa College
09.2025 - Current
Lead Phlebotomist
Scripps Mercy Hospital
01.2022 - Current
Phlebotomy Technician
Innercare
11.2016 - 09.2022
Director
Redeemer Discipleship Center
01.2008 - 11.2016
Phlebotomist
El Centro Regional Medical Center
02.2007 - 10.2007
Phlebotomist
San Joaquin Community Hospital
02.2006 - 12.2007
Phlebotomist
Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield
11.2002 - 02.2006
Phlebotomist
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District
04.2000 - 11.2002
Lab Assistant
Clinica De Salud Del Pueblo
01.1999 - 04.2000
Bachelor of Science - Human Biology
University of California - San Diego
Associate of Science - General Science
Imperial Valley College