Sarah Dozal Vergara
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Self starting hardworker with three years of specimen handling experience. Expert communicator with ability to multitask. Ready to be an asset to a team with proven ability to adhere to safety requirements, SOPs, and directives. Looking to take on new challenges in a fascinating field.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Life, Physical, Social Sciences Tech
NMDOH, Scientific Laboratory Division, Toxicology
06.2021 - 08.2022
- Log blank blood and reference drugs as needed
- Seal and organize specimen kits after drug testing is complete
- Destroy expired and completed specimen kits per required storage time limits
- Silanize glassware for testing
- Enter carbon monoxide test requests from OMI with precision and accuracy
- Ensure proper organization and documentation of subpoena-related data
- Track expedited testing requests
- Gather documents and redact information on case files for subpoena duces tecum
- Hazardous material handling and shipping training
- Assisted with proofreading College of American Pathologists certification document
- Document incoming and outgoing phone calls accurately for record keeping purposes
- Maintain organization of case files
- Order supplies
Necropsy Laboratory Technician
Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute
04.2021 - 05.2021
- Maintain accurate documentation on necropsies performed in lab
- Adhere to GLP standards for studies conducted
- Follow safety procedures within the lab including the proper use of PPE
- Follow individual study SOPs with high degree of precision
- Verify accuracy of all scales in the lab on a daily basis
- Ready paperwork for upcoming necropsies according to study plan and SOPs
Office Assistant
Robert Half for Norfolk Southern
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Accurately enter and scan drug and alcohol test lab result backlogs, completing approximately 40 per hour
- Assist with document compilation and quality assurance check for regulatory audit
- File documents according to compliance regulations
- Scan document backlogs from 2017 and 2018 into online employee files
- Follow HIPAA guidelines and confidentiality in employee files and lab results for all communications
Lab Assistant
TriCore Reference Laboratory
11.2018 - 03.2019
- Using sterile techniques, aliquot plasma, serum, stool, and urine, typically 15 stools and 15 urines per shift and additional plasma or serum each shift
- Incubate blood cultures
- Spin serum separating tubes while ensuring proper balancing in the centrifuges, ordinarily 20 tubes per shift
- Scan incoming samples into the lab tracking system at a rate of approximately 100 per hour
- Hand-deliver specimens to internal departments for time sensitive testing
- Special Training: Hazardous material handling and shipping; specimen packaging and shipping; bloodborne pathogens; chemical safety; regulated medical waste management; personal protective equipment; centrifuge cleaning
Volunteer, Museum Assistant
MSB, Division of Genomic Resources
09.2018 - 03.2019
- Accurately complete data entry in Arctos database for specimen tracking
- Identify endoparasites
- Identify flea sexes
- Dissect mammalian gastrointestinal tracts for endoparasite collection
- Catalogue frozen specimens
- Attend Mammalogy class field trip to assist with field dissections and trap setting
- Assist in digitizing donor collection notes
Specimen Accessioner
LabCorp
11.2017 - 05.2018
- Safely aliquot plasma, serum, urine
- Special Training: Hazardous material handling and shipping; specimen packaging and shipping; bloodborne pathogens; chemical safety; regulated medical waste management; personal protective equipment
- Accurately complete manual entry of, on average, 31 requisitions per hour
- Scan and upload lab requisition forms
- Assist team lead in correction of invalid test codes
- Run end-of-day reports for team lead to review
- Maintain clean lab bench workspace
Volunteer
BioPark Aquarium
10.2017 - 12.2017
- Effectively communicate information to visitor at the touchpool
- Inform visitors of touchpool rules and safe handling of stingrays, sharks, and other inhabitants
Office Billing Manager
E.B. Hall, M.D.
06.2009 - 03.2016
- Track office financials for accounts receivable and accounts payable, increasing monthly revenue by approximately $30,000
- Verify insurance benefits daily for 50 to 80 patients across roughly 25 insurance companies
- Execute routine data entry on new patients and insurance updates
- Prepare insurance and self-pay billing for 50 to 80 patients per day
- Follow up on unpaid insurance claims using EMR reports
- Review patient billing and mail new statements at intervals of initial responsibility, 30, 60, and 90 days
- Complete provider credentialing and license renewals annually or tri-annually as required
- Organize and complete submissions to collection agency
- Organize shredding of old patient files in compliance with regulations on a yearly basis
- Materials Development (collaboration with Office Manager): establish personnel handbook, standard operating procedures, and job descriptions for seven employees
- Personnel Training: train replacement billing manager and bookkeeper; cross train employees on billing, medication refills and prior authorizations, insurance verification, new patient intake procedures and interviews, scribing for provider, and reception duties; complete cross training on all of the above listed jobs
- Supervision (co-lead with Office Manager): complete payroll entry on a weekly basis; maintain employee files for seven to ten employees to be reviewed no less than quarterly; perform hiring and termination interviews at least yearly; conduct mediation for patient complaints at least weekly and employee complaints every two months
- Client Service: Coordinate three to five intake interviews per day; conduct claims follow-up; serve in reception duties; answer multi-line telephone system
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque07.2017
Skills
Organization
Multitasking
Verbal and Written Communication
Data Entry
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Teamwork
Independent Work
Pipetting
Safety
LIMS
Measurement
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Timeline
Life, Physical, Social Sciences Tech
NMDOH, Scientific Laboratory Division, Toxicology
06.2021 - 08.2022
Necropsy Laboratory Technician
Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute
04.2021 - 05.2021
Office Assistant
Robert Half for Norfolk Southern
08.2019 - 12.2019
Lab Assistant
TriCore Reference Laboratory
11.2018 - 03.2019
Volunteer, Museum Assistant
MSB, Division of Genomic Resources
09.2018 - 03.2019
Specimen Accessioner
LabCorp
11.2017 - 05.2018
Volunteer
BioPark Aquarium
10.2017 - 12.2017
Office Billing Manager
E.B. Hall, M.D.
06.2009 - 03.2016
Bachelor of Science - Biology
The University of New Mexico
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