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Gabriela McFadden

Phoenix,Arizona

Summary

Bilingual phlebotomist and medical assistant with more than ten years of experience providing excellent care with efficiency, reliability, communication and customer service skills. Team player with strong work ethic.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Phlebotomist

LabCorp
09.2021 - 05.2025
  • Performed venipuncture and other blood collection procedures according to established standards.
  • Assisted in the preparation of laboratory specimens for analysis and testing.
  • Maintained a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
  • Followed all safety protocols when handling hazardous materials.
  • Processed samples accurately and efficiently.
  • Adhered to HIPAA guidelines regarding patient privacy.
  • Located veins suitable for puncture to draw blood using sterilized needles, vials and other equipment.
  • Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
  • Prepared and packaged specimens for courier transport.

Tech Assistant/ Phlebotomist

Simon Med
01.2020 - 05.2019
  • Responsible for setting up patients in MRI machine, collecting patient history, and going over instructions with patient
  • Technical assistants work in some type of administrative capacity to support other professionals in their field
  • Administered IVs, collected vitals and collected blood samples for renal checks prior to scanning contrast patients
  • Front desk duties
  • Administration and reception, greeting patients, answering phones, auths for insurance, making apts, confirming apts, and covering front and back when short staffed

Phlebotomist/ Lab Assistant

Arizona Oncology
05.2017 - 03.2018
  • Processed, managed, and broke down all samples, distributed the specimens to the correct labs
  • Collected blood from difficult sticks, geriatric patients as well as cancer patients
  • Entered and released lab orders while multitasking, locating patients in main lobby, bringing them to the lab, and drawing they’re blood
  • Ran controls for the glucose and PT/INR machines
  • Practiced proper patient identification, centrifuge blood sample, practiced infection control at all times

Phlebotomist/Lab Assistant

Abrazo Scottsdale
07.2012 - 04.2017
  • Collect blood draws from geriatric, pediatric and difficult sticks in emergency room hospital setting
  • Dispatching and managing laboratory, I organize lab assistant work flow, independently coordinate send-outs, receive specimens in and ensure that they are sent out in a timely manner
  • Utilize computer skills with Center Millennium, Power Chart and Microsoft Word
  • Utilize excellent customer service and communication skills, answering all calls within hospital, including calls from doctors, nurses and patients
  • Provide English-Spanish translation for nurses and team members as needed; speak, read and write in Spanish and English

Phlebotomist/Medical Assistant

Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona
06.2011 - 04.2012
  • Performed blood draws on all patients and assisted in lab, processing specimens
  • Performed administrative duties including recording lab results to patient charts and reporting results to patients
  • Ran tests for patients according to doctors orders, including electrocardiograms (ECGs), vital signs, updating medical lists, and printing preliminary reports
  • Informed and educated patients in English and Spanish regarding office visits, tests and procedures

Phlebotomist/Medical Assistant

Arizona Cardiology Group
11.2007 - 09.2009
  • Setting up nuclear testing, I entered patient data in required systems, collected resting ECG and baseline vitals, and completed stress test worksheets
  • Started intravenous line insertion (I.V.) for nuclear testing, ECHOgrams and bubble studies
  • Collected blood work- withdrawing blood, completing request forms and insurance forms, and talking for patients during blood draws
  • Provided English-Spanish translation throughout the entire office
  • Provided excellent one-on-one service while greeting and rooming patients and taking vitals

Phlebotomist

Banner Estrella Medical Center
08.2004 - 07.2006
  • Responsible for morning run; drew up to forty patients in a four-hour period
  • Drew blood in emergency room for trauma patients, ICU patients, geriatric and pediatric patients
  • Assisted with starting I.V.s
  • Worked in both hospital and PSC settings
  • Ensured that all specimens were collected in a timely manner
  • Managed and dispatched laboratory; collected specimens from tubing system and ensured that they reached their destinations in a timely manner

Education

Medical Assistant/ Phlebotomist Certificate - Medical Assistant/ Phlebotomy

Brookline College (formerly Arizona Institute of Business and Technology)
Phoenix, Arizona
05.1998

Skills

  • Strong phlebotomy skills
  • Strong translating skills
  • Hardworking
  • Reliable team player
  • Flexibility between phlebotomy and medical assisting duties
  • Great communication skills
  • Ability to maintain focus
  • Ability to remain positive in stressful situations
  • Data Entry
  • Specimen Preparation
  • Anatomy and physiology

Timeline

Phlebotomist

LabCorp
09.2021 - 05.2025

Tech Assistant/ Phlebotomist

Simon Med
01.2020 - 05.2019

Phlebotomist/ Lab Assistant

Arizona Oncology
05.2017 - 03.2018

Phlebotomist/Lab Assistant

Abrazo Scottsdale
07.2012 - 04.2017

Phlebotomist/Medical Assistant

Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona
06.2011 - 04.2012

Phlebotomist/Medical Assistant

Arizona Cardiology Group
11.2007 - 09.2009

Phlebotomist

Banner Estrella Medical Center
08.2004 - 07.2006

Medical Assistant/ Phlebotomist Certificate - Medical Assistant/ Phlebotomy

Brookline College (formerly Arizona Institute of Business and Technology)

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