Quality Control Technician

Joanne Marshall

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City: Corning

State: NY

Zip: 14830

Country: USA

Phone: 607-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

I have 20 years experience working in the health care field. I have experience in all areas of the laboratory. I have performed numerous venipuctures on adults children, older patients and infants in my 20 years. I worked my way up from a CLA in St. Joseph's hospital in Elmira, NY to Assistant Chemistry Supervisor in Southwood Community Hospital in Norfolk, Massachusetts. While I worked at Southwood, I was responsible for training of students and new employees. I also was required to perform maintenance on all machines in the Chemistry department. I also implemented a procedure for entering Quality Control on a computer and also, at that time, implemented a procedure for uploading and downloading patient results into our Kodak Chemistry machine. Through those 20 plus years, I have gained much experience. I have worked rotation shifts. Learned how to perform and draw arterial blood gases, learned how to perform EKG's and learned how to work with and without supervision.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Alfred Ag and Tech College, Alfred NY 1/2001 to 5/1974 (Medical Technician)

High School Dipolma from St. Joseph's School of CLA, Alfred NY 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Background

I have 20 years experience working in the health care field.

I have experience in all areas of the laboratory.

I have performed numerous venipuctures on adults children, older patients and infants in my 20 years.

I worked my way up from a CLA in St. Joseph's hospital in Elmira, NY to Assistant Chemistry Supervisor in Southwood Community Hospital in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

While I worked at Southwood, I was responsible for training of students and new employees. I also was required to perform maintenance on all machines in the Chemistry department. I also implemented a procedure for entering Quality Control on a computer and also, at that time, implemented a procedure for uploading and downloading patient results into our Kodak Chemistry machine.

Through those 20 plus years, I have gained much experience. I have worked rotation shifts. Learned how to perform and draw arterial blood gases, learned how to perform EKG's and learned how to work with and without supervision.

Skill Highlights

Performed hundreds of venipunctures on adults, children and infants.

Proficient working with a computer.

Skilled in performing arterial draws.

Able to work under supervision and without supervision

Great communication skills

Superb Organizational skills

Accomplishments

Developing a procedure for entering Quality Control on the computer.

Developing a procedure for uploading and downloading patients test results into the computer.

Developing and maintaining workbooks on all machinery in the Chemistry lab in Massachusetts.

Training of new personnel and students in Chemistry procedures.

Also trained students and new personnel in phlebotomies.

Professional Experience

February 1984 to August 1988

Southwood Community Hospital MA

Assistant Chemistry Supervisor

Assistant to the supervisor in Chemistry.

Worked testing blood, urine samples, blood gases.

Did morning and afternoon phlebotomy runs on inpatients and out patients.

Trained other workers and students in department.

Also worked second and third shift when needed in all areas of the lab.

Proficient in entering lab results into computer.

Was in charge of setting up quality control program on the computer for chemistry at that time.

In absences of Chemistry Supervisor, I did daily and weekly statistics.

In charge of keeping and recording maintenance logs for all machinery in the Chemistry department.

In absence of the supervisor, I was required to check and sign all patient results before they went out of the Chemistry department.

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June 1980 to February 1984

Corning Hospital Corning, NY

Medical Technician

Worked 2nd and 3rd shift in all areas of the lab.

Proficient in working unsupervised on the evening and night shift.

Worked day shift occasionally in Chemistry.

June 1979 to June 1980

Downeast Community Hospital Machias, ME

Medical Technician

Worked in Chemistry Department processing tests on blood, urine and blood gases.

Trained and required to draw blood gases.

Trained and required to run EKG's.

Took call rotation.

Proficient in all areas of the lab, including blood bank.

Also was required to draw blood donors if needed.

Worked under supervision and with supervision depending on the shift.

July 1977 to May 1979

Minor and James Medical Clinic Seattle, WA

Medical Technician

Worked in laboratory of large medical clinic.

Worked in all areas of the lab.

Also was required to do phlebotomy draws on patients.

March 1975 to June 1977

Downeast Community Hospital Machias, ME

Medical Technician

Worked in all areas of the lab.

performed EKG's and worked primarily in Chemistry.

Took call rotation which required me to work in all areas of the lab, unsupervised.

Was required to perform phlebotomies on inpatients and outpatients.

March 1974 to March 1975

Calais Regional Hospital Calais, ME

Medical Technician

Worked in all areas of the lab.

Worked call rotation.

Also because the hospital was quite rural, it was necessary to call in donors in an emergency and draw units of blood from donors and process the units of blood for transfusions.

Worked call rotation and weekends unsupervised.

September 1972 to March 1974

St. Joseph's Hospital Elmira, NY

Medical Technician

Trained as a CLA at hospital.

Also worked part time as a student drawing preop patients.

After graduating, I worked full time as an evening tech in all areas of the lab.

Worked night shift occasionally.

Education and Training

1974 Alfred Ag and Tech College Alfred, NY

finished one year of Medical Technician in Medical Technician Medical Technician

1973 St. Joseph's School of CLA Elmira, NY

CLA CLA

Certifications

CLT certification.

Was a licensed CLA in Seattle. Took the CLT test in Seattle in 1979 and passed to get the CLT certification.

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