I am an accomplished Medical Technologist with broad expertise in all areas of the clinical laboratory. I have been
actively employed in the Medical Laboratory Technology field since 1995. I have enjoyed working in several positions
spanning from bench technologist to manager of a small hospital laboratory. I enjoy challenges and strive everyday to
improve the lives of my patients and customers by bringing quality lab results and a caring, concerned attitude.
Licenses
MLT-ASCP
Professional Experience
Lead Medical Laboratory TechnologistNov 2012 to Current Quest Diagnostics － Albuquerque, NM
Oversee daily operation of the technical laboratory.
Assist manager with scheduling, and improvement of workflow.
Act as interim manager during absence of manager.
Maintain all procedure manuals ensuring accurate placement and availability of technical requirements.
Responsible for training and competency testing of staff technologists in all areas of the laboratory, including blood bank.
Work as a team with the hospital to improve customer service and turnaround times for the emergency department testing.
LIS validation and test validation for new testing in the laboratory.
Key operator for two Siemens Dimension chemistry analyzers, and 2 Siemens RapidPoint 405 blood gas analyzers.
Responsible for weekly and monthly review of QC records for chemistry, blood gas analyzers and blood bank records.
Responsible for monitoring QC in all areas of the laboratory and determining mean changes, troubleshooting procedures, etc.
Medical Laboratory TechnologistNov 2011 to Nov 2012 Quest Diagnostics SED Medical Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Generalist working in all areas of the clinical laboratory.
Lead Medical Laboratory TechnologistAug 2010 to Nov 2011 Quest Diagnostics SED Medical Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Oversee the technical operation of the laboratory in the absence of the manager.
ManagerMay 2008 to Aug 2010 SED Medical Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Manager of laboratory, oversee the daily operation of the technical staff, scheduling, management of CAP surveys,.
timekeeping and annual review of technical staff.
Lead Medical TechnologistJul 2007 to May 2008 SED Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Oversee the daily operation of the Core Laboratory, including technical staff.
Assist the manager with scheduling,.
monitoring turnaround time, productivity, monthly QC review and maintenance of the procedure manuals.
Medical Laboratory TechnologistAug 2005 to Jul 2007 SED Medical Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Blood Bank technologist responsible for routine blood bank testing, antibody identification, crossmatching, antigen.
testing of units of blood and patient cells.
Also assisted in the main laboratory in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis when.
needed.
Medical Laboratory TechnologistApr 2004 to Aug 2005 SED Medical Laboratories － Albuquerque, NM
Night technologist in the Core laboratory.
Only technologist on shift.
Responsible for all maintenance, QC and.
performance of any analytical testing requested.
Medical Laboratory TechnologistApr 1997 to Apr 2004 Miners Colfax Medical Center － Raton, NM
Generalist certified to work in all areas of the laboratory.
Lead technologist in the microbiology laboratory.
Responsible.
for all policies and procedures in the microbiology laboratory.
Key operator for the Abbott Axysm analyzer.
Responsible.
for all QC review, corrective action, training and implementation of testing in the chemistry and microbiology.
departments.
Medical Laboratory TechnicianSep 1995 to Apr 1997 Northwest Texas Hospital － Amarillo, TX
Generalist accredited in all areas of the laboratory.
Hired immediately after graduation from the MLT program and.
worked night shift with 3 other technologists.
Responsible for management of specimens, performance of required.
analytes and review and delivery of patient results.
Also responsible for general maintenance and QC of all analyzers.
Education and Training
Associate of Applied Science, Medical Laboratory Technology1995Amarillo College － Amarillo, Texas, USAMedical Laboratory Technology
Bachelor of Science, Medical Laboratory Sciences2016University of Cincinnati － Cincinnati, OH, USAMedical Laboratory Sciences
