Marla Dooley
Nashua,NH
Summary
Highly-skilled mobile phlebotomist with 17 years of experience in healthcare settings. Provides compassionate and professional care. Proficient in collecting blood specimens of all age groups and processing samples for further analysis. Travels to different territories when needed and works independently. Experienced in drug screening, biometric screenings and insurance exams. Orders supplies for multiple locations. Organized, hardworking, dependable and willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Phlebotomist 11 Float
Quest Diagnostics
08.2022 - Current
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
- Participated in continuing education programs to stay up to date on new technologies and procedures.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- 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.
- Monitored supply levels and placed orders for laboratory supplies.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Handled insurance verification tasks using [Software] and [Software] to validate patient insurance information.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Assisted in training and onboarding new phlebotomists.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
- Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
- Followed established safety protocols and standards to minimize risk of infection and injury.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
Donor Room Phlebotomist
Mt Auburn Hospital
04.2010 - 08.2015
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- 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.
- Followed established safety protocols and standards to minimize risk of infection and injury.
- Monitored supply levels and placed orders for laboratory supplies.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Generated requisitions from ordering Physicians.
- Traveled to Nursing Homes and performed home draws.
- Set up Blood drives 2 days a week.
- Processed specimens for shipment to the main lab.
Education
Bunker Hill Community College
Charlestown, MASkills
- Experienced in drug screening, biometric screenings and insurance exams
- Paperwork Processing
- Venipuncture
- Patient confidentiality
- Data Entry
- Patient preparation
- Patient support
- Travels to different territories when needed and works independently
- Medical office administration
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Specimen labeling procedures
- Quality Control
- Medical Records Management
- Quality control guidelines
- Communication abilities
- Sample and specimen collection
- Hemoglobin Testing
- Specimen handling
- Recording data
- Processing specimens including: aliquoting, centrifuging
- Venipuncture Expertise
- HIPAA Compliance
- Specimen Preparation
- Infection Control
Timeline
Phlebotomist 11 Float
Quest Diagnostics
08.2022 - Current
Donor Room Phlebotomist
Mt Auburn Hospital
04.2010 - 08.2015
Bunker Hill Community College