Jordan K. Lindqvist
Medical Laboratory Assistant, Hospital Core Laboratory
Milwaukee, WI · (414) 555 0153 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/jordanklindqvist
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Three years in a hospital core laboratory after a year of outpatient phlebotomy
SETTINGS
380 bed hospital core laboratory processing about 4,000 specimens a day
SPECIALTIES
Accessioning, centrifugation, aliquoting, automated line loading, inpatient phlebotomy
SYSTEMS
Epic Beaker laboratory information system, automated preanalytic line, pneumatic tube
LICENSURE
Medical Laboratory Assistant, American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification
EDUCATION
Medical laboratory assistant certificate, Lakefront Technical College
Executive Summary
Medical laboratory assistant with three years in the core laboratory of a 380 bed hospital that processes about 4,000 specimens a day. Works accessioning, centrifugation, aliquoting and loading the automated line on the evening shift, and draws blood on the floors when the phlebotomy team runs short. Certified by the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Signature Achievements
- Accessions about 600 specimens a shift with a labeling discrepancy rate under 0.1 percent over three years.
- Cut evening receipt to analyzer time from 22 minutes to 14 by resequencing the centrifuge racks for urgent tubes.
- Reduced specimen rejections from two nursing units by teaching order of draw and tube fill at their huddles.
- Passed the medical laboratory assistant examination three months after finishing the program.
- Trained four new assistants on the automated line and the downtime process.
Professional Experience
Medical Laboratory Assistant, Core Laboratory
Kinnickinnic Valley Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI August 2023 to present
Core laboratory of a 380 bed hospital processing about 4,000 specimens a day; specimen processing and phlebotomy on the evening shift
- Receive, sort and accession specimens from the pneumatic tube, couriers and the emergency department in Epic Beaker.
- Centrifuge, aliquot and load tubes onto the automated line and route microbiology and blood bank samples by hand.
- Apply rejection criteria for unlabeled, hemolyzed and underfilled tubes and call the unit to recollect.
- Draw blood on inpatient units when the phlebotomy team is short, about 20 patients a shift.
- Record refrigerator, freezer and centrifuge checks and follow the laboratory's rules under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.
Phlebotomist
Root River Outpatient Laboratory, Franklin, WI June 2022 to August 2023
Outpatient draw station collecting from about 60 patients a day
- Collected venous and capillary blood from about 60 outpatients a day at a draw station.
- Prepared specimens for courier pickup with temperature and timing requirements met.
- Registered patients, verified orders and checked identity before every draw.
Licensure and Certification
Medical Laboratory Assistant, American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification, certified 2023
Phlebotomy Technician, American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification, certified 2022
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and bloodborne pathogen training, renewed each year
Education
Medical laboratory assistant certificate, Lakefront Technical College, Milwaukee, 2023
Phlebotomy technician certificate, Lakefront Technical College, Milwaukee, 2022
Core Skills
Specimen accessioning · Centrifugation · Aliquoting · Automated line loading · Rejection criteria · Inpatient phlebotomy · Order of draw · Epic Beaker receiving · Temperature logs · Downtime procedures