Kyle Norton
Lakewood Ranch,FL
Summary
**Relocating to Lakewood Ranch, FL July 2024**
Focused professional, with a diverse background of experience. Excellent problem-solving abilities, with a highly motivated and detail-oriented nature. Ready to bring years of professional experience to a challenging new role.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Phlebotomist/Medical Laboratory Technician
MedStar Shah Medical Group
2023.12 - Current
- Excelled in high volume environment (up to 120 patients seen per day).
- 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, with extreme attention to detail, ensuring proper testing and timely results.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Performed laboratory technician duties such as: Maintenance of and loading samples on Siemens Dimension and Sysmex instruments for blood chemistry and hematology testing. Streaking of agar plates for urine and throat cultures.
- Front-end tasks included patient check-in/out, communicating with other departments to ensure that all correct tests were ordered for patients, ensuring all demographic information is correct for patients, maintenance of schedules, and billing.
- Stocking, inventory, and other general lab maintenance done on an as-needed basis.
Pathology Laboratory Technician
Anne Arundel Urology, PA
2022.10 - 2023.12
- Performed all surgical specimen processing tasks, which included, accessioning, grossing, embedding, microtomy, and staining.
- Processed urine specimens and performed various tasks, including Acid Hematoxylin and Papanicolaou staining, Fluorescence in situ hybridization for DNA probing, classification of cellularity, and use of Quantum HDx instrument for telomerase visualization.
- Inventory check and general lab maintenance/upkeep performed as needed.
Laboratory Technician
Green Analytics, LLC
2022.01 - 2022.10
- Performed daily maintenance on Perkin Elmer ICP-MS, including replacing tubing, cleaning internal parts, nebulizer and other external part maintenance, preparation of rinse solutions, consumables inventory, proper waste management, and changing gas cylinders/dewars.
- Preparation of all calibration and tuning solutions.
- Performed daily tuning and calibration procedures.
- Ensured that all prepared samples were analyzed by the instrument correctly and data was acquired.
- Also performed other lab duties such as daily verification of lab and equipment conditions, accessioning and further preparation of samples for microbiological analysis and to be analyzed on HPLC, LCMS, GCMS instruments, and general lab maintenance.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals
2018.09 - 2021.07
- Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to facilitate daily trial activities and comply with research protocols
- Collected data and followed research protocols, operations manuals, and case report form requirements
- Followed informed consent processes and maintained records
- Maintained compliance with protocols covering patient care and clinical trial operations
- Screened patient records, databases, and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies
- Participated in initiation visits and investigator meetings, implementing trials in accordance with study timelines and budgets
- Gathered, processed, and shipped lab specimens
- Generated and updated daily data reports across all research studies
- Ensured trials were conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and HIPPA
- Also performed general lab maintenance and upkeep.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Camden, NJ05.2019
Certification - Phlebotomy/EKG
American Institute of Medical Sciences and Education
Piscataway, NJ12.2016
Certification - NCSF CPT
National Council on Strength and Fitness
Skills
Phlebotomy
Specimen collection and processing
Lab operations and safety
Inventory and supply management
Research SOP's understanding
Patient Care
Medical terminology knowledge
Lab equipment maintenance
Good Clinical Practices
Informed consent
Conducting assays
Research design
Publications
- The Effects of Diet on the Physical Strength of Spider Silk, Journal of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Vol. 4, 05/2018
- Use of the color Doppler twinkle artifact for teaching ultrasound guided peripheral vascular access, The Journal of Vascular Access, 09/2020
Timeline
Phlebotomist/Medical Laboratory Technician
MedStar Shah Medical Group
2023.12 - Current
Pathology Laboratory Technician
Anne Arundel Urology, PA
2022.10 - 2023.12
Laboratory Technician
Green Analytics, LLC
2022.01 - 2022.10
Clinical Research Coordinator
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals
2018.09 - 2021.07
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Certification - Phlebotomy/EKG
American Institute of Medical Sciences and Education
Certification - NCSF CPT
National Council on Strength and Fitness
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