Stephenie Briceno

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Summary

• An accomplished professional with 26+ Years of exceptional experience as a Phlebotomy (CPT1)/ Lab Technician.

• Ability to work in high-volume, fast-paced laboratory, clinic, and hospital settings.

• Highly knowledgeable in routine blood drawing procedures and in using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles.

• Committed to maintaining the highest quality of standards when collecting, labeling and processing samples and specimens. Focused on policy standards. Work well under pressure, and with others.

• Skilled in Lab Assistant, Phlebotomy, Specimen collection, Draw Blood, etc.

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

• Infection Control

• Team Work

• Sample and Specimens Collection Efficiency

• Diagnostic Testing

• Blood Specimen storage

• Specimen Labeling Procedures

• Quality Control Storage

• Recording Data

• Patient Confidentiality

• BAC Screening/Drug Screen Collection

• Analytical Thinking

• ICD-9/10 Knowledge

• HIPPA COMPLIENCE

• Laboratory Experience

• Phlebotomy

• Triage

• Laboratory Procedures

Education

High School Diploma, Southern California Independent Education Studies- CA Work Experience

Adventist Family Practice Clinic – Simi Valley CA July 25 2022 - Present Phlebotomist

• Responsibilities include looking up result faxes and sending results to other doctors upon approval.

• Proficient in drawing all ages and medical conditions.

• Requested by colleagues to perform challenging draws.

• Effective at communicating with patients and staff in a positive manner.

• Foster a comfortable and caring draw experience for patients. Providence St. Johns Santa Monica California- Santa Monica CA January 2021- May 2021 Lab tech 1/Phlebotomist

• Process specimens.

• Enter patient’s orders on epic.

• Drew patient’s blood.

• Deliver specimen in different department.

• Work with rover scan patient ID.

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center - California September 2020 to November 2021 Phlebotomist/Lab Assistant

• Enter patients orders on epic and crybaby, processed specimens, drew patient’s blood, travel to different locations as needed, ordered supplies per supervisor request.

Santa Barbara County Heal Department November 2019 to January 2020 Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist

• Enter patients orders on epic and crybaby, processed specimens, drew patient’s blood, travel to different locations as needed, ordered supplies per supervisor request.

1Heart Caregiver Services March 2019 to November 2019 Caregiver

• Worked out of the Reseda and Thousand Oaks offices providing caregiver and companion services to a variety of clients. Services provided include, assistance in bathing and dressing, catheter care, administering medication, driving to appointments, providing meals and light housework. Medpro Tem Agency November 2018 to March 2019

Lab Technician

• Ensure proper and time efficient specimen collections/blood draws, customer service, proper patient identification, quality control, specimen processing, Stat Draws.

• Prepared specimens for analysis and established proper chronological priorities in testing.

• Specialty testing on broad spectrums of patients. HIPPA compliance, Private/Caregiver January 2018 to November 2018

• Live in caregiver for disabled client, prepared meals, light cleaning, medication management, daily grooming, personal daily care, transportation to and from appointment’s, help with mobility exercises, assist client with all daily necessities medically, and non-medical.

Dignity Health Hospital March 2014 to January 2018 Phlebotomist- Lab Technician

• Worked in the emergency room, handled traumas as a phlebotomist and also in

• The triage. Administration and monitoring of EKG’s. Entered patient’s data.

• Always practiced proper patient safety including positive identification.

• Consistently and successfully performed blood draws within a 10 minute time frame. Processing specimens,

• Performed diagnostic and therapeutic laboratory procedures.

• Efficiently handled all laboratory needs in/out of lab settings, while maintaining policy and procedures. On Assignment Temp Agency September 2012 to December 2012 Phlebotomist

• High volume Blood draws from veins by vacuum tube, syringe or butterfly venipuncture methods.

• Accurately labeled vacutainer tubes with patient name, date and time of collection, Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear or anxiety and optimize cooperation, Assembled tourniquets, needles and blood collection devices to prepare work trays,

• Resolved unusual test orders by contacting physicians, nursing stations or reference laboratories Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazardous waste disposal procedures. United West Lab August 2009 to August 2012

CPT Lab Technician

• Intake, front office, insurance verification, customer service, supply orders and stocking. Specimen processing, packaging, properly storing and preparation for transporting, blood cultures, stat draws. HIPPA compliance, CLIA and OSHA compliance, prepared specimens for analysis and established proper chronological priorities in testing, performed diagnostic and therapeutic laboratory procedures.

• Carefully reviewed test results for accuracy. ICD 9.ICD10 forms specialist, protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazard waste disposal procedures, high volume efficient blood draws. Penrose St. Francis Hospital August 2008 to June 2009 Phlebotomist Technician

• Routine blood drawing procedures, diagnostic testing, BAC screening/ drug screen collection, glucose testing / specially timed testing, prepared samples for shipping and disposed of bodily fluids in proper containers, resolved unusual test orders by contacting physicians, nursing stations or reference laboratories, maintained current knowledge of developments in technical instrumentation, verify test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log; bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel.

• Verify patient by reading patient identification. Obtain blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger-sticks. UCLA Medical Center & AMP Medical Plaza August 2001 to October 2006 CPT / Lab Technician

• Customer/client services, specimen processing, packaging, properly storing and preparation for transporting, worked in the emergency room, handled traumas as a phlebotomist and in the triage.

• Received specimens from in-patient draws, processing and delivery of specimens to appropriate department.

• Delivered results efficiently.

• Entered patient’s data. Ran my own outpatient draw station.

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