JOSHUA CASTILLO
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Friendly and reliable offering unmatched customer service and workplace focus. Quick and accurate in cash and card transactions with excellent multi-tasking aptitude. Responsible And proficient in handling money, restocking merchandise and helping customers locate products. History of keeping work areas clean, neat and professionally arranged. Good listening skills combined with attentive and detail-oriented nature.
Newly Certified Phlebotomist with extensive training and hands-on experience in venipuncture, capillary puncture and special collection techniques. Quick to build rapport with patients and successful at reducing patients' anxiety or discomfort.
Detail-oriented Phlebotomist with strong track record in painless venipuncture. Highly familiar with centrifugation and aliquoting procedures and medical terminology. Responsible and hardworking professional dedicated to using compassionate and caring approach to provide outstanding services to patients.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
12.2022 - Current
- Act as lead processor for weekend night shifts
- Perform various phlebotomy techniques throughout the hospital
- Assist respiratory department and nursing staff with difficult blood draws
- Represent organization in the inpatient and outpatient setting
- Inform nursing staff and patient care technicians on how to perform/collect lab specimens such Covid and flu tests
Phlebotomist
Octapharma Plasma Center
San Antonio, TX
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Perform Venipunctures successfully and in a timely manner
- Perform daily quality checks on equipment
- Respond to donors having reactions to being on machines
- Adjust needles when needed
- Maintained fully-stocked phlebotomy cart, carrier and station.
- Obtained blood samples for medical testing and transfusion through venipuncture or capillary puncture.
- Observed patient for unusual reactions or events to take appropriate action under established guidelines.
- Located veins suitable for puncture to draw blood using sterilized needles, vials and other equipment.
- Identified patients using proper procedures prior to specimen collection.
Education
Associate of Science - Respiratory Care Technology
St Phillips College
San Antonio, TX05-2026
High School Diploma -
Harlandale High School
San Antonio, TX05.2022
Skills
- Reliable offering strong multitasking, problem-solving and communication skills, as well as strengths
- In promoting products and finalizing sales Successful at upselling target items and giving customer
- Positive experiences to drive loyalty and repeat business Trained in many different areas and flexible
- With changing business needs
- Drawing blood
- Manual and finger dexterity
- Sharps disposal
- Sanitation and sterilization
- Biohazard waste disposal
- Data entry
- Quality control
- HIPAA
- Teambuilding
- PPE use
- Decision-making
Accomplishments
- Achieved my certification of Phlebotomy technician by completing NHA test with accuracy and efficiency
Timeline
Clinical Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital
12.2022 - Current
Phlebotomist
Octapharma Plasma Center
06.2022 - 12.2022
Associate of Science - Respiratory Care Technology
St Phillips College
High School Diploma -
Harlandale High School
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