Vanessa Lopez
Laguna Niguel,CA
Summary
Dependable professional employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Committed job seeker with a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Caregiver
Senior Helpers - TX
Southlake, Texas
12.2023 - Current
- Help clean and meal prep for clients in their home
- Drive the client to their appointments as needed
- Provided companionship for elderly clients by engaging in conversation and participating in recreational activities.
- Monitored vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate.
- Prepared meals according to dietary requirements and assisted with feeding when necessary.
- Drove clients to shop for groceries, attend doctor appointments and run errands.
- Maintained accurate records of services provided, changes in client condition, medications administered and other pertinent information.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, and grooming.
Private Nanny
Care.com
Haslet, Texas
02.2022 - 11.2023
- Organized and planned a variety of activities to stimulate physical, mental and emotional growth for the children.
- Transported the children safely to appointments, social engagements or recreational activities.
- Instructed proper hygiene habits such as brushing teeth or washing hands before meals.
- Maintained a safe, healthy and nurturing environment for the children in their home.
- Communicated with parents regularly to discuss progress, concerns and any other issues related to the care of their children.
- Engaged in creative play with the children such as reading stories, playing games or drawing pictures.
- Provided positive reinforcement through rewards systems for good behavior.
- Assisted with bedtime routines such as bathing, changing clothes or reading stories.
- Prepared meals according to dietary needs of the family's children.
Phlebotomist
College Hospital
Costa Mesa, CA
10.2017 - 07.2021
- Perform phlebotomy following standard procedures and protocols
- Administrative duties including excellent customer service to all patients, clients and employees
- Answer phones in a timely manner following company standards on proper phone etiquette
- Assist the other department personnel with their questions regarding specimen
- Process the specimen for the send out tests
- Collect miscellaneous samples for culture
- Receive samples from clients and other Interpath sites
- Accurately process samples in timely manner to ensure Interpath meets established routine and Stat turnaround times
- Maintain specimen integrity from collection point and up to point transferred to technical staff
- Assist in draws while helping alleviate patients anxiety before and during blood draws
- Trained the new Phlebotomist how to run our laboratory
- Communicate well with other departments of nursing staff in hospital
- Run the urinalysis tests
- Collect all stat orders on time
- Collect specimen at other local facilities as needed during the week
- Follow HIPAA guidelines
- Follow all safety guidelines for COVID-19 precautions.
Volunteer: Lab Assistant
Veterans Affairs Department
Los Angeles, CA
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Assist in preparing and handling specimens for QC (quality and quantity) testing
- Assisted with inputting send out orders in the system
- Fast paced averaged 45 patients a day
- Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, and support instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed
- Venipuncture sticks.
Courier
Diligent delivery systems
Orange, CA
02.2017 - 12.2017
- Communicated with customers to coordinate delivery times.
- Delivered items to addresses within specified time frames.
- Provided excellent customer service by answering questions about delivery status.
- Assessed size, weight, and special handling requirements of each package.
- Ensured all packages were properly labeled and sealed.
- Collected payments from customers upon delivery of goods as required.
- Followed safety protocols when loading, unloading, driving, and delivering items.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries and pick-ups using computerized tracking systems.
- Verified accuracy of shipping documents such as manifests, bills of lading, invoices.
- Adhered to traffic laws while operating company vehicle according to DOT regulations.
- Checked contents of shipment against shipping documents prior to leaving warehouse.
- Assisted in the sorting and organizing of packages for efficient delivery routes.
Phlebotomist
Lab Corp
Laguna Hills, CA
05.2016 - 01.2017
- Perform blood collections by venipuncture and capillary techniques for all age groups
- Collect specimens for timed sugar tests
- Perform data entry of patient information in an accurate and timely manner
- Process billing information and collect payments when required
- Prepare all collected specimens for testing and analysis
- Maintain patient and specimen information logs
- Provide superior customer service to all patients
- Administrative and clerical duties as necessary
- Travel to additional sites when needed
- Stocking supplies in rooms, worked in a teamwork environment
- Fast paced environment averaged 50 patients a day
- Processed tests such as aliquot, spinning specimen
- Also performed wellness checks for insurance, taking vitals, patients weight and venipuncture tests.
Education
Phlebotomy Training Specialist -
Westminster, CA06.2015
Pursuing A.A/B/A Human Service -
Fullerton College
Fullerton, CA01.2012
Skills
- Patient education
- Phlebotomy
- Excellent customer service
- Administrative duties
- Specimen processing
- Urinalysis tests
- HIPAA guidelines
- COVID-19 precautions
- Laboratory procedures and calibrations
- Venipuncture techniques
- Data entry
- Billing and payment processing
- Specimen preparation
- Administrative and clerical duties
- Stocking supplies
- Wellness checks
- Vitals measurement
- Insurance checks
- Phlebotomy
- Vital signs
Certification
- Phlebotomy
- CPT 1 license of California
Personal Information
Title: Phlebotomist / Lab Assistant
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Caregiver
Senior Helpers - TX
12.2023 - Current
Private Nanny
Care.com
02.2022 - 11.2023
Volunteer: Lab Assistant
Veterans Affairs Department
04.2018 - 07.2018
Phlebotomist
College Hospital
10.2017 - 07.2021
Courier
Diligent delivery systems
02.2017 - 12.2017
Phlebotomist
Lab Corp
05.2016 - 01.2017
Phlebotomy Training Specialist -
Pursuing A.A/B/A Human Service -
Fullerton College
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