Dipali Shah
** ****** ***** *****: 732-***-****
Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Email: *********@*****.***
Summary: A skilled, experienced Medical Laboratory Professional with verifiable track record of more than 15 years, seeking a challenging position.
Professional Experience:
St. Peter’s Univ. Hospital (Sep ’04 – Present)
Phlebotomist Technician
In-Patient and Out-Patient
Perform venous puncture for adult & pediatric patients
Out-patient registrations using Paragon, Test Orders for the labs in SoftLab
Perform EKG on out-patients
Team lead for weekends, manage schedules, training new employees
Robert wood Johnson Hospital (Apr ’12 – Aug ‘19)
Phlebotomist
Perform venous puncture for adult & pediatric In-Patient and Out-Patient
Nursing homes, as well as Doctors’ office visits
Take registrations and test ordering using Cerner and Optimum.
Cardio Vascular Family Practice (Dec ’05 – Jan’09) (Part Time)
Medical Assistant and Medical Biller
Patient checkup
Perform phlebotomy
Billing management
Somerset Medical Center (Dec ’03 – Apr ‘04) (Per-Diem)
Phlebotomist – Blood Bank
Interview donors for medical history (taking temperature, blood pressure, pulse)
Perform phlebotomy on donors
Perform daily Q.C
Prepare fresh frozen plasma from blood
Enter units into Inventory and prepare samples for donor testing
St. Joseph Medical Center (Jul ’03 – Apr ‘04) (Full Time)
Blood Bank Technical Assistant
Perform phlebotomy as needed
Perform inventory of blood products, maintain adequate supplies and order as needed
Perform daily Q.C on equipments and refrigerators
Process – Prepare blood components for transfusion, Thaw, Pool, Filter or Wash products as needed.
Select and eradiate blood products
Receive, Log and Date blood products into inventory
Inform floor staff when products are available
St. Joseph Medical Center (Dec ’02 – Jul ’03) (Part Time)
Technical Assistant
Receive the samples and entering the data in the SunQuest
Answer phones
Receive microbiology samples and plating of the different samples and blood cultures
Children’s Physician of Westchester L.L.P (Oct ’98 – Jul ’03) (Full Time)
Pediatric Specialty Lead and Endocrine Lab
Medical Laboratory Technician
Operate, Maintain and troubleshoot department’s instruments Varian AAS, Fluorometer, Chemistry Analyzer
Handle send-out samples for dispatch to reference laboratories appropriately
Data entry of all Lab specimens
Lead Screening
Handle and perform analysis of samples by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
Perform accurate data entry of all the specimen assay
Report results to New-York Health Department
Perform NY State and CDC samples for proficiency testing to compliance for licensing with state health department via Electronic submission
Accurately monitor and document quality control results
Troubleshoot and correct out of range performance
Perform Phlebotomy for all patients, large percentage of pediatric for Lead testing
Lyme Testing
Elisa Assay
Western Blot
Computer Skills:
Windows 98, NT, 2000 MS Word, MS-Excel, Data Processing.
Paradox 4.5 - Knowledge of Collection and interpretation of laboratory data
Communication:
Interface with the doctor's offices and patients
Set up appointments for the specific testing protocol
Education:
Medical Laboratory Technician (M.L.T.) (Aug’96 – Jul’97)
The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute (M.P.Shah Cancer Hospital), India
BS (Microbiology) (Jun ’93 – May’95)
Gujarat University, India
Molecular Biology, Virology and Microbial Metabolism
Immunology and Medical Microbiology
Training
Blood collection, Staining & microscopy of cells, WBC counting, Hematological tests, Urine analysis, Stool examination
Microbiology - Media preparation, Screening and isolation of colonies
Blood Bank - Phlebotomy, blood grouping, Compatibility Test, Tapping, Du Test
Cytology - Staining and Microscopy of malignant cells
Histology – Tissue preparation, section cutting, block preparation, staining
Pediatric Department – Blood collection and all hematological tests
References available upon request.