Monique Gutierrez
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Highly skilled lab technician demonstrating self-motivation, punctuality, and meticulous attention to detail while delivering exceptional patient care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical/ Customer Service Rep.
VA Hospital
San Antonio, TX
- Current
- A healthcare professional responsible for drawing blood from patients for various medical purposes, such as testing. I play a vital role in patient care by ensuring accurate and safe blood collection and handling procedures.
- Key Responsibilities is Blood Collection: Drawing blood from patients using venipuncture (puncturing a vein) or other methods.Patient Interaction includes explaining the blood draw process to patients, addressing their concerns, and ensuring their comfort and safety. Specimen handling includes properly labeling and storing blood samples, and preparing them for transportation to the laboratory for testing.
- Maintaining a Safe Environment: Ensuring proper sanitation and safety protocols in the work area, and adhering to infection control guidelines.
- Patient Identification and Verification: Accurately verifying patient information before drawing blood.
- Equipment Maintenance: Maintaining and cleaning phlebotomy equipment.
- Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate patient records related to blood draws.
- Essential Skills and Qualifications:
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in venipuncture and other blood collection techniques, as well as proper handling and labeling of specimens.
- Communication Skills: Ability to effectively communicate with patients, explain procedures, and address their concerns.
- Attention to Detail: Accuracy in labeling, record-keeping, and following safety protocols. Interpersonal Skills: Ability to put patients at ease and build rapport.
- Physical Stamina: Ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive tasks.
- One Stop-San Antonio, TX
VA disability coordinator
Life health inc.
San Antonio, TX
05.2018 - 05.2025
- VA disability coordinato performing a variety of task in support of a veteran pre examination disability claim. This includes patient care, phlebotomy , collecting and verifying medical record, and entering medical data from multiple sources. I also review and edit reports in software applications to ensure accuracy in context, grammar, spelling, and consistency.
- San Antonio, TX
Lead Phlebotomists
SA solution
01.2015 - 05.2017
- Lead Phlebotomist at a military installation ensuring newly hired Phlebotomist have all required paper work completed for human resource and security clearance, ensure employees adhere to policies and procedures
- Maintain communication with managers in regards to employee issues (counseling, hiring, and termination).
- Accomplishments
- Trained students, nurses and employees to become successful phlebotomist pediatric and Geriatric proficient
- Skills Used
- Strong leadership skills excellent patient care efficient communication and accurately training individuals to become successful.
Lab technician
CCMS
San Antonio, TX
01.2014 - 09.2015
- Working at Brook Army Medical Center obtaining blood collections from a wide variety of patients, urine samples, processing specimens, data entry, accessioning and labeling. Properly identifying patients providing fast and effective patient care. Training military personnel
- San Antonio, TX
Lab Tech
Aerotek/ Atherotech
San Antonio, TX
09.2014 - 02.2015
- I am responsible for running the in-house lab for a clinic of five Doctors. Data entry, specimen collections including venipuncture, stat collection, processing specimen by requirements. Ordering supplies for my location and maintaining an orderly work environment and providing excellent patient care.
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
University Hospital
San Antonio, TX
11.2013 - 10.2014
- Stat and Code collections out patient phlebotomy obtaining urine specimens patient care and data entry. PKUs and patient care.
- San Antonio, TX
- Accomplishments
- Providing excellent care
Phlebotomist
Southwest General Hospital
San Antonio, TX
10.2013 - 01.2014
- Performing venipuncture on a wide variety of patients. Accessing, stat and code collection. Preparing and consolidating labels. Pku, urinalysis and out patient processing.
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
Aerotek/ Atherotech
San Antonio, TX
04.2013 - 10.2013
- Phlebotomist processing, and collecting specimen from a wide variety of patient age groups. Stat collection, urinalysis, verified patients orders, wellmed and Berkley collections. Data entry, collecting payments, verifying
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio, TX
01.2013 - 04.2013
- Phlebotomist processing, and collecting specimen from a wide variety of patient age groups. Stat collection, urinalysis, verified patients orders, data entry, collecting payments, verifying insurance, and ordering supplies
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
03.2011 - 01.2013
- Phlebotomy on a wide variety of patient age groups. Stat collection, urinalysis, verified patients orders, data entry, collecting payments, verifying insurance, and ordering supplies.
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
CPL
San Antonio, TX
04.2010 - 02.2011
- Phlebotomist processing, and collecting specimen from a wide variety of patient age groups. Stat collection, urinalysis, drug urine testing,verified patients orders, data entry, collecting payments, verifying insurance, and ordering supplies
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
Wilford Hall
San Antonio, TX
12.2008 - 03.2010
- Preforming phlebotomy on patients on different floors having to collect at specific times, blood cultures, PRU'S on newborn babies, proper tube labeling, data entry and patient care.
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
Lackland Airforce Base
San Antonio, TX
11.2008 - 03.2010
- Worked as a Phlebotomist collecting units of blood from volunteer donors, stat collections, hematocrit testing, height weight, and blood pressure. Data entry patient interview and patient care.
- San Antonio, TX
Phlebotomist
LabCorp
San Antonio, TX
09.2006 - 12.2008
- Performing phlebotomy on a wide variety of patients, drug testing, urinalysis, stool cultures, timed draws, glucose tolerance testing, blood times and patient care.
- San Antonio, TX
Education
High school - undefined
Skills
- VENIPUNCTURE
- EMR Systems
- Microsoft Excel
- Medical Collection
- Medical office experience
- Microsoft Word
- PATIENT CARE (7 years)
- Word Processing
- English
- Phlebotomy
- GERIATRIC (1 year)
- Laboratory Experience
- Data Entry
- COLLECTIONS (10 years)
- COLLECTION (10 years)
- ICD-10
Timeline
VA disability coordinator
Life health inc.
05.2018 - 05.2025
Lead Phlebotomists
SA solution
01.2015 - 05.2017
Lab Tech
Aerotek/ Atherotech
09.2014 - 02.2015
Lab technician
CCMS
01.2014 - 09.2015
Phlebotomist
University Hospital
11.2013 - 10.2014
Phlebotomist
Southwest General Hospital
10.2013 - 01.2014
Phlebotomist
Aerotek/ Atherotech
04.2013 - 10.2013
Phlebotomist
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
01.2013 - 04.2013
Phlebotomist
Methodist Hospital
03.2011 - 01.2013
Phlebotomist
CPL
04.2010 - 02.2011
Phlebotomist
Wilford Hall
12.2008 - 03.2010
Phlebotomist
Lackland Airforce Base
11.2008 - 03.2010
Phlebotomist
LabCorp
09.2006 - 12.2008
Medical/ Customer Service Rep.
VA Hospital
- Current