Katherine Callen
Wichita,Kansas
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Phlebotomist
Newton Medical Center
Newton, Kansas
04.2024 - Current
- Enhanced patient experience through compassionate care and communication during blood draw procedures.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Maintained a high level of accuracy in labeling and tracking specimens, ensuring proper testing and timely results.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Excelled in high-pressure situations, maintaining composure and professionalism during peak hours and emergency scenarios.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Reduced contamination risks by strictly adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining a clean work environment.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Grace Cottage LLC
Wichita, KS
12.2023 - 03.2024
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
Phlebotomist
Heartland Pathology
Wichita, KS
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Enhanced patient experience through compassionate care and communication during blood draw procedures.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Maintained a high level of accuracy in labeling and tracking specimens, ensuring proper testing and timely results.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
Phlebotomist
West Wichita Family Physicians P.A
Wichita, KS
04.2023 - 06.2023
Phlebotomist
Griffolds Plasma Center
Wichita, KS
02.2021 - 08.2021
Education
Medical Insurance Billing And Coding
Wichita Technical Institute
Wichita, KSCertified Nursing Assistance Program
Bethel House Training
2024
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Bethel House Training
2023
Skills
- Venipuncture
- Order of draw
- Patient Care
- Specimen handling
- Sample and specimen collection
- Butterfly needle technique
- HIPAA Compliance
- Venipuncture Expertise
- Blood collection techniques
- Specimen labeling procedures
- Communication abilities
- Blood culture collection
- Data Entry
- Specimen Preparation
- Infection Control
Timeline
Phlebotomist
Newton Medical Center
04.2024 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Grace Cottage LLC
12.2023 - 03.2024
Phlebotomist
Heartland Pathology
07.2023 - 12.2023
Phlebotomist
West Wichita Family Physicians P.A
04.2023 - 06.2023
Phlebotomist
Griffolds Plasma Center
02.2021 - 08.2021
Medical Insurance Billing And Coding
Wichita Technical Institute
Certified Nursing Assistance Program
Bethel House Training
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Bethel House Training