Jennifer Manzon
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in hospital settings. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization and organizational skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN Floor Nurse
The Avenues Transitional Care Center
08.2022 - Current
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas and performing catheterizations.
- Managed medication cart and dispensed pills, oral therapies and intramuscular injections to patients on floor.
LVN Charge Nurse
Springs Road Health Care
08.2022 - Current
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Developed and implemented specific nursing care plans to cater to individual patient needs.
- Complies with state and Federal Regulations
- Works Collaboratively with members of the healthcare team
- Maintains standards of professional nursing practice
Hospital Laboratory Technician II
UCSF Parnassus
04.2022 - Current
- To act as a liaison between the Clinical Laboratory and all hospital and non-hospital sites submitting laboratory specimens.
- Performs all duties of a HLT 1 processor and assists in HLT 3 non- supervisory duties as assigned. Such as assisting with taking inventory of supplies, working on problem specimens, monitoring workflow, training new employees, maintaining communication between outpatient HLT staff and all Clinical laboratory sections, assists in accessioning localization studies, cancels and credits sample as needed, assists in filling out specimen mislabeling form and follows up with nursing unit and problem solving and assisting or covering in answering staff questions.
- Monitors and troubleshoots equipment issues and opens Service tickets.
- Oversees un-received specimen DPL pending logs. Reviews Metafile errors.
- Monitors TUG sample delivery robot and helps troubleshoot with hotline as needed.
Laboratory Assistant
Sutter East Bay Medical
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Performs clerical functions to register and verify eligibility of the patient
- Enters laboratory tests, collects, and processes clinical blood and non- blood specimens and drug screens; dispenses collection instructions to patients, and assists manager as requested.
Laboratory Assistant
Contra Costa Regional
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Obtains samples for testing following standard protocols
- Maintains clean and organized work area with adequate supplies and reagents
- While proactively replenished for convenience and availability
- Isolates, identifies, and prepares specimens for examination
- Implements lab procedures to prevent errors and protect staff
- Collects information and samples in support of staff research
- Maintains detailed logs of experiments and relevant data and updated databases with new information
- Collects, labels and stores lab samples according to laboratory specifications
- Verifies quality of specimens by centrifuging specimens for logistics courier to pick up
- Monitored and tracks samples using Meditech, notifying supervisors and clients of missing samples or database errors.
Patient Service Technician
LabCorp
03.2019 - 09.2019
- Performed blood collections by venipuncture and capillary techniques for all age groups
- Collected specimens for drug screens, paternity tests, alcohol tests etc
- Performed data entry of patient information in an accurate and timely manner
- Processed billing information and collect payments when required
- Prepared all collected specimens for testing and analysis
- Maintained patient and specimen information logs
Area Phlebotomy Supervisor
Diagnostic Laboratories, Radiology
03.2013 - 04.2019
- Ensured all routes and all homes / facilities are covered daily (or as scheduled) by Maintaining an adequate, professional looking and competent phlebotomy staff
- Verified that all phlebotomists correctly obtain, process and transport their specimens in accordance with the manufacturers' recommendations
Education
Nurses Certificate in IV and Blood Withdrawal -
Astutes
Glencove, CA07.2022
Certificate of Completion in Vocational Nursing - undefined
Health Career College
Pleasant Hill, CA2022
Certified Phlebotomy Technician - Phlebotomy
Health Career College
Pleasant Hill, CA08.2012
Skills
- Skills and Certifications
- Technician Oversight
- Inventory Control
- File Organization and Maintenance
- BLS Certification
- Problem Solving
- Data Tracking
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Troubleshooting
- Aseptic Techniques
- HIPAA Compliance
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Phlebotomy
- Data Entry
- Quality Control
- Staff Management
Timeline
LVN Floor Nurse
The Avenues Transitional Care Center
08.2022 - Current
LVN Charge Nurse
Springs Road Health Care
08.2022 - Current
Hospital Laboratory Technician II
UCSF Parnassus
04.2022 - Current
Laboratory Assistant
Sutter East Bay Medical
10.2021 - 04.2022
Laboratory Assistant
Contra Costa Regional
08.2020 - 02.2021
Patient Service Technician
LabCorp
03.2019 - 09.2019
Area Phlebotomy Supervisor
Diagnostic Laboratories, Radiology
03.2013 - 04.2019
Nurses Certificate in IV and Blood Withdrawal -
Astutes
Certificate of Completion in Vocational Nursing - undefined
Health Career College
Certified Phlebotomy Technician - Phlebotomy
Health Career College
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