Sara E. Pavelka
Canterbury, CT 06331
Email: adkcj5@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 860-***-****
My goal is to obtain a position where I can build a long lasting career with opportunity to advance and room to grow. I want to maximize my education, experience, and skills I have gained over the last 10 years.
Professional Experience
New London Cancer Center now HHCMG Oncology Waterford December 2013-October 2020
Medical Laboratory Technician
Responsible for opening and closing the laboratory
Performs daily calibrations and QC on multiple instruments
Maintaining and documenting daily,monthly, yearly maintenance
Updates pending list to make sure all specimens are run and resulted in a timely manner
Reads and follows SOP’S
Ordering lab work with proper diagnostic codes
Maintain patient confidentiality and data integrity in accordance with Health Information Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), and company policies and procedures.
Verifies/contacts insurance companies of patient pre-approval for in office procedures
Responsible for inventory in the department
Hiring process of employees, disciplinary action policies, kronos timesheet for employees
New employee competencies, yearly evaluations with practice manager
Knowledge of handling specimens for inhouse labs and outside requisitions
Helping the secretaries with answering phones, updating patient charts, verifies/updates insurance, update invoices, copy/fax patient information/history to other referring offices
Works with internal and external customers to obtain appropriate medical documentation, work orders, proof of delivery, or other documentation necessary to resolve open account issues.
Promoted to Lead Medical Lab Technician at Hartford Healthcare in February 2017
Stop and Shop Stonington, CT October 2014-April 2016
ACSHD
Analyzing/preparing financial statements
Ordering and paying for store change
Deposit Entry/Bank Deposits
Maintain cash office according to the cash office manual
Performed money counts with cashiers of drawers and addressed discrepancies.
Keeping records up to date for Audit Procedures
Provide Customer Service
Lifting product to Stocking/blocking of shelves
Breaking down loads/ restocking sales floor
Checking dates/codes of both perishable and non-perishable product
General housekeeping (cleaning)
Brandtech Scientific August 2012-April 2013
Administrative Assistant/Customer Service Lead
· First line of communication through heavy incoming calls, emails, faxes-troubleshooting products, pricing of products, forms (warranty, promotions, new customer evaluation forms).
·Utilizes web site for products and marketing promotions within the company
· Attention to detail processing orders
Scan, file and save daily, monthly and yearly orders.
·Ensures outstanding issues and pending matters are brought to closure
·Sets up refunds on products and ensures proper handling of billing is handled correctly
·Keeps current contact with orders on hold/pending orders
·Assists warehouse with UPS system for outgoing packaging
·Assists warehouse with general out going mail
·Process end of day billing (ADX system) and credit card transactions
Quest Diagnostics, Wallingford CT October 2008-August 2012
Medical Lab Technician 1
Automated Chemistry Department
·Perform daily QC
·Prepares solutions and sterilizes equipment for testing
·Completes records for tests performed
·Insures all quality control criteria are met.
·Recognizes equipment malfunctions and notifies supervisor immediately.
·Read and follow SOP's
·Proper handling of product
·Work on pending lists
·Daily and weekly maintenance to the Auto Chem 5400 instrument
·Lot to Lot on instrument
·5X5 study on instrument-hands on experience at homocysteine verification and instrument correlation
·Maintain turnaround time including stat patients
CVS Pharmacy, Berlin CT July 2005-October 2008
Cashier,Stock,Photography Technician, Key Holder
Certification in OSHA standards for photography department
Training staff on development, proper use of machine, inventory count, promotional items
Creative merchandising for new products
Daily cash transactions-check outs, returns, exchanges, reports
Record cash out on registers
Education
Tunxis Community College
Associate of Science September 2003-May 2006
Other Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel Access, and Power Point. Dentrix. Antrim, QLS, EDI, ADX, ONCO, Labdaq, EPIC, Telcor QML