Lacretia Williams
Tulsa,OK
Summary
Highly-skilled phlebotomist with 18 years of experience in healthcare settings. Provides compassionate and professional care. Proficient in collecting blood specimens and processing for further analysis. Care-focused Phlebotomist bringin 18 -year background in laboratory settings. Accomplished at easing patient anxieties and hitting veins on first attempts. Experienced in skin puncture draws utilizing varied needle gauges and collection techniques tailored to patient need. Veteran Phlebotomist with proven track record of excellence working in clinic and mobile settings. Expert in all aspects of venipuncture with success in working with difficult or needle-adverse individuals. Certified Phlebotomist well versed in venipuncture, capillary puncture and special collection procedures. Detail-oriented and committed to maintaining highest quality control and patient care standards. Adept in variety of software applications for EMR maintenance. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Traveling Phlebotomist
Club Staffing
01.2021 - Current
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Participated in continuing education programs to stay up to date on new technologies and procedures.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Followed established safety protocols and standards to minimize risk of infection and injury.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Verified proper storage and transportation of specimens to laboratories.
- Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
- Monitored supply levels and placed orders for laboratory supplies.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
- Provided guidance and support to laboratory personnel.
- Performed laboratory tests to assist physicians in diagnosis.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve phlebotomy processes.
Phlebotomist
Rml Lab
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Verified proper storage and transportation of specimens to laboratories.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
Lead Phlebotomy Technician
Brookwood Baptist Health - Princeton
02.2016 - 05.2022
- Developed and implemented training processes to achieve high quality of care for patients.
- Notified management of compliance and workplace safety issues from department and recommended simple solutions.
- Performed tasks as member of line staff to reduce wait time.
- Monitored customer service and supported staff in resolving patient concerns to maximize workflows.
- Managed daily activities and workflow of institution to collect, label and analyze samples correctly.
- Complied with internal SOPs and external regulations to achieve compliance, accuracy and efficiency in testing and administration of lab.
- Utilize cernier to track, monitor and report on test results for clients.
- order department equipment to provide personal protective equipment and testing supplies needed to safely collect and analyze samples for phlebotomy clinic.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Worked as a phlebotomist in the ER with triage
- Preformed EKG on clients
- Doing ABG's on patients
Phlebotomist Technician
Children's Hospital Of Alabama
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Participated in continuing education programs to stay up to date on new technologies and procedures.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
- Verified proper storage and transportation of specimens to laboratories.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Followed established safety protocols and standards to minimize risk of infection and injury.
- Monitored supply levels and placed orders for laboratory supplies.
- Performed laboratory tests to assist physicians in diagnosis.
- Participated in quality assurance and competency assessment initiatives.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve phlebotomy processes.
Medical Scribe
American Family Care
06.2017 - 02.2018
- Documented complete information about examinations, treatment plans, lab results, and other details directly into charts.
- Accompanied physicians through day in fast-paced, stressful environments.
- Demonstrated confidentiality in dealing with sensitive information or records to comply with HIPAA guidelines and regulations.
- Charted patient encounters by recording information such as diagnosis, treatments, and prescriptions.
- Verified accuracy of patient information and medical records to avoid discrepancies and maintain consistency.
- Use cerner to input information into computerized patient record system.
- Attended patient appointments and wrote narrative account of events using proper abbreviations, grammar, and spelling.
- Communicated with other medical staff and personnel to obtain additional patient information.
- Processed patient referrals and authorizations to enable smooth patient consultations.
- Stayed on top of current patient loads to facilitate efficient and organized workflow.
- Responded to patient inquiries to provide information and resolve issues and concerns.
- Accepted dictated notes and produced professional documents with outlined information.
- Gathered patient charts to prepare for upcoming appointments and maintain organization.
- Collected required documents to prepare discharge and release summaries of patients.
- Oversaw calendar to schedule follow-up visits and tests for patients.
- Maintained accurate and complete medical records to comply with regulations and standards.
- Communicated with healthcare providers to clarify information and resolve issues.
- Transcribed sensitive documents with complete confidentiality.
- Verified medical terminology and codes to deliver accurate and up-to-date information.
- Expertly transcribed medical reports for variety of physicians in hospital setting.
- Collaborated with team members to share knowledge and keep workflow moving smoothly.
- Determined information to be included in reports.
- Handled multiple projects simultaneously, providing clients with prompt and high-quality service.
- Provided customer service to assist clients with questions and concerns regarding medical transcription.
- Set the room up for minor surgery's as well as assist the doctor with them
- did X-rays
- give client shots and administer medication
- Do TB skin test
- Do D.O.T for truck drivers
- Given client Drug test urine, and hair samples
Education
No Degree - Licensed Practical Nurse
Miller-motte College
Tulsa, OK09.2023
No Degree - Medical Assistance And Phlebotomy
Oklahoma Health Academy
Tulsa, OK09.2006
Skills
- Medical Histories and Vital Statistics
- Measuring Vital Statistics
- Sanitation and Sterilization
- Specimen Collection and Storage
- OSHA Regulations
- Patient Data Management Systems
- Patient Confidentiality
- Package Specimens
- Creative Thinking
- Patient Flow
- Client Satisfaction
- Patient Identification
- Collections Procedures
- Specimen Collection
- Heel Sticks
- Monthly Inventory
- Pulse Oximetry
- Collect Samples
- Hazardous Waste and Disposal
- Fluid Intake Monitoring
- Sample and Form Matching
- Quality Control
- Staff Management
- HIPAA
- Phlebotomy Procedures
- MEDITECH Software
- Medical Records Maintenance
- On-Site Testing
- Proper Storage Procedures
- Donor Screening
- Computerized Tracking
- Lab Specimens and Collections
- Clerical Support
- Blood Cultures
- Conduct Tests
- Suture Removal
- Staff Collaboration
- Team Leader
- Medical Testing
- EMR Systems
- Specimen Transport
- Venipuncture and Capillary Puncture
- Preparing Devices
- Epic Software
- Time Management
- Tracking Specimens
- Disposal Procedures
- Insurance Information Collection
- Therapeutic Phlebotomy
- Office Procedures
- Vital Signs Measurement
- Saline Flushes
- Vacuum Tube and Syringe Use
- Answering Questions
- Biohazard Policy Compliance
- Peak and Trough Tests
- Medical History Taking
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
- Laboratory Information System (LIS)
- Calibrate Equipment
- Donor Suitability Determination
- Blood Sample Collection
- Medical Office Administration
- Chronic Disorders
- Specimen Labeling Procedures
- Equipment and Supply Inspections
- Manual and Finger Dexterity
- Secure Biohazards
- Patient Support
- Arterial Punctures
- Health Education
- Quality Control Guidelines
- Diagnostic Testing
- Process Monitoring
- Staff Phlebotomy Training
- Data Recording
- Processing Specimens
- Clean Equipment
- Safety Assurance
- Sharps Disposal
- Drawing Blood
- Finger Stick Method
- Biohazardous Waste Disposal
- Supply Requisition and Inventory
Timeline
Phlebotomist
Rml Lab
01.2022 - 08.2023
Traveling Phlebotomist
Club Staffing
01.2021 - Current
Phlebotomist Technician
Children's Hospital Of Alabama
09.2018 - 02.2019
Medical Scribe
American Family Care
06.2017 - 02.2018
Lead Phlebotomy Technician
Brookwood Baptist Health - Princeton
02.2016 - 05.2022
No Degree - Licensed Practical Nurse
Miller-motte College
No Degree - Medical Assistance And Phlebotomy
Oklahoma Health Academy
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