Dynamic healthcare professional with extensive experience at Southern Regional Medical Center, excelling in venipuncture and patient rapport. Proven track record in efficiently managing patient information and collaborating across departments to enhance care delivery. Skilled in medical terminology and committed to maintaining compliance with CDC and OSHA regulations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Unit Secretary for Labor and Delivery
Southern Regional Medical Center
Riverdale
10.2023 - 05.2024
Initiated the creation of patients charts to include patient admission face sheets, patient labels, prepared consent forms and collected prenatal information.
Answered/Expedited phone calls to and from the Labor and Delivery unit in a timely manner and communicating patient related information between nursing staff, physicians, pharmacy, laboratory, etc.
Efficiently stocked, organized, and prepped the nursing station and nurse medication station with medical equipment convenient to the nurses including needles for vaccination/medication administration, and gauged needles and collection tubes for blood draws.
Coordinated between the phlebotomist and the RN to confirm blood draws for testing to be done required at specific times for in-patients per physician’s order.
Will assist in transport of blood/ urine specimen transport to the lab; connect with lab to answer pending questions or inquire info about patient testing/ collection.
Associate Laboratory Project Set up Manager
IQVIA-Q2 Solutions
Marietta
03.2021 - 02.2023
Successfully developed and launched multiple project databases for different Sponsor’s clinical research trials. Captured specific details for design requirements which include configuration definition for full protocols, protocol amendments, and sponsor changes.
Accurately developed and maintained client design standards in accordance with the clinical protocol as well as IQVIA policies and procedures, while in compliance with FDA, GCP, ICH regulations and guidelines.
Efficiently maintained and organized electronic documentation significant to the client’s study’s database configuration.
Part of duties included organizing blood draws and other specimen kits for each clients’ Study Project study kits. Each study kit included 21- or 22-gauge needles, hub for connection and tubes depending on the type of lab testing needed for what particular day of the study for each Sponsor’s project.
Collaborated with colleagues from Project Management, Laboratory, Technical services, and other departments to discuss and achieve study set up including project timelines and project related issues requiring assistance.
Daily management of study related scope to evaluate any risks or potential risks to be able to come up with a strategy.
Nurse Technician
Northeast Georgia Health Systems
Gainesville
02.2018 - 03.2021
Properly cared for and satisfied the needs and requests of mothers and their newborns during the postpartum treatment and care from the Registered Nurse.
Main duties of patient care role included newborn 24-hour Metabolic Screening. Proper technique to result viable newborn blood sample via heel stick in lavender collection tube. Correctly label tube and submit paperwork to be processed by lab.
When requested by RN, successfully performed heel sticks for infants and/or capillary sticks for mothers to check blood sugar or for any other testing needed.
As needed, capillary sticks performed for the patients for mother baby or the main hospital and report blood glucose reading to the nurse. Also responsible for removing mother’s INT prior to discharge from the floor.
Patient Care Technician
The Little Clinic Inc.
All Metro Atlanta locations
04.2016 - 06.2018
Worked alongside different Nurse practitioners in multiple Metro-Atlanta Little Clinics and helped recruit thousands of patients to be seen in the clinic for their illnesses or minor injuries.
Marketed services for clinic, completed patient registration, obtaining informed consent to be seen for blood drawing/lab testing, and/or minor procedures. Initiated insurance verification and collected co-pays or past balances before patient being seen.
Accurate record keeping of weekly medical supply inventory, answering phone calls for the clinic, sending off lab samples and obtaining lab results.
Assisted the Nurse Practitioner to set up exam rooms, prescreened patients by obtaining vital signs, medical history, and medications, perform any CLIA testing (strep, flu, etc.) needed before NP sees patient, and patient follow up 48 hours after visit.
As I gained more experience in this role, I was training to perform blood draws by NP. Had performed 10 successful venipunctures under the supervision of the Nurse Practitioner.
Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, GA, 06/01/15, 03/31/16, Provide information for any visitor’s seeking assistance., Escorted discharged patients to their vehicles as they exit the hospital via wheelchair.
Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Carrollton, GA, 03/01/16, 09/30/16, Answer incoming telephone calls, called patients to remind them of their upcoming appointments., Accompanied the doctors at the clinic along their rounds with some of the patients that were in the assisted living side of the clinic.