Penny Robins
Mt. Pleasant,SC
Summary
Dedicated and highly skilled Phlebotomist with experience in high-volume, fast-paced hospital and office environments. Proficient in swiftly and accurately collecting specimens using a variety of venipuncture and capillary puncture techniques, ensuring patient comfort and safety across all age groups, from newborns to geriatric individuals. Recognized for exceptional training abilities, mentoring new team members, and providing outstanding customer service while effectively addressing patient concerns. Committed to maintaining high standards of quality by reviewing laboratory test orders and collaborating with physicians to clarify discrepancies.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Phlebotomy Technician
Laboratory Corp Of America Holdings
Charleston, SC
11.2015 - 07.2023
- Collect blood samples from patients using capillary, and venipuncture techniques with tourniquets, syringes, straight needles butterfly venipuncture methods from different age groups
- Collect blood from patients located at different client accounts
- Schedule appointments, collect credit card payments perform pre-employment drug screens, paternity collection, enter patient orders into laboratory computer
- Accurately labeled vacutainer tubes with patient name, date, time of collection
- Collected blood samples following established protocols to ensure patient safety and specimen integrity.
Phlebotomist
East Cooper Medical Center
Mountpleasant, SC
09.1998 - 08.2014
- Obtained blood specimens by performing venipuncture, and finger sticks from all age of inpatients, outpatients, and patients in long-term care facilities
- Trained new phlebotomists
- Look up and release lab results to physicians
- Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays
- Accurately labeled vacutainer tubes with patient name, date, and time of collection
- Performed bedside tests like bleeding time tests, and entered placed results into patient charts
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures
- Collect specimens for employee drug screens
Education
High School Diploma -
Eastside High School
Paterson, NJ05-1986
Phlebotomy - undefined
Pharmacy Tech
West Caldwell, NJ04-1994
Nurses Aide - undefined
Phillips Business School
Paterson, NJ04-1987
Skills
- Venipuncture
- Customer service
- Multitasking
- Prioritizing
- Good listener
- Attention to detail
- Communication
Certification
- Phlebotomy Certification- NPCE
- ID# 26-CPT594
- National Certification
- EXP. DATE 2027-04-02
Timeline
Phlebotomy Technician
Laboratory Corp Of America Holdings
11.2015 - 07.2023
Phlebotomist
East Cooper Medical Center
09.1998 - 08.2014
Phlebotomy - undefined
Pharmacy Tech
Nurses Aide - undefined
Phillips Business School
High School Diploma -
Eastside High School