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Narelle Chamberlain

Bacchus Marsh,VIC

Summary

Care-focused Phlebotomist bringing 26 year background in laboratory settings. Accomplished at easing patient anxieties and hitting veins on first attempts. Experienced in skin puncture draws utilizing varied needle gauges and collection techniques tailored to patient need.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Phlebotomist

Dorevitch Pathology
Gisborne, VIC
05.2021 - Current
    • Opening and closing of clinic
    • Switchboard operation
    • All administration duties
    • Drug screening
    • Data entry / documentation
    • Pre employment examinations
    • ECG / Holter monitor
    • Infection control / Bio hazard waste
    • Infection control and OH&S
    • Training of new staff members
    • Home visits
    • Promoted mission, vision, and values of organization and trained new clinical staff in phlebotomy procedures.
    • Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
    • Organized daily work based on collection priority.
    • Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.

Phlebotomist / Medical

AllMed Consulting Clinic
North Fitzroy, Victoria
08.2016 - 10.2020
    • Administration
    • All Administration and front reception duties
    • Switchboard operations
    • Use of Pracsoft and Medical director
    • All aspects of Accounts including Banking, petty cash, Medicare online batching , HICAPS
    • Assisting doctors with minor procedures
    • Pathology Collection
    • Urine Drug screen
    • OH&S
    • ECG
    • Holter monitor
    • Infection control
    • Specialised collections for Babies and Children
    • Centrifuging of samples
    • Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care
    • Co-ordinated with Doctors and specialists to develop care plans for patients
    • Pre employment screenings
    • Train new staff
    • Patient confidentiality
    • Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
    • Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.

Phlebotomist

Melbourne Health
Flemington , Victoria
10.2009 - 05.2015
  • Inpatients & Outpatients collections
  • Data entry / Documentation
  • Administration duties
  • Collection of blood samples using S-Monovette system
  • Centrifuging samples
  • Infection control
  • OH&S
  • Liaison with Doctors , specialists and duty scientists
  • Use of Kestrel and Homer systems
  • Mobile Pathology / Home visits
  • Supervising student doctors on pathology rotations
  • ECG / Holter monitor
  • Coding of specimens
  • Blood Gas collection and analysis
  • NATA accreditation
  • Covering staff absences and annual leave
  • Training of new staff members
  • Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.

Pharmacy Assistant

U.F.S Dispensary
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Customer service
  • Meeting sales targets
  • Inventory and stock control
  • Cash and EFTPOS sales
  • Hospital accounts
  • Webster packs for Nursing homes
  • All areas of banking
  • Close of day reconciliation
  • Cleaning
  • Security camera operation
  • PBS accounts
  • Administration duties
  • Comprehensive product knowledge
  • Facing of stock and product display
  • Packing of pre-ordered medication
  • Computer packages including: Dispense link, Microsoft office, E-Health, Minfos software and Internet
  • Operated cash register and performed front counter tasks to facilitate daily operations
  • Prepared bills for clients and submitted required paperwork to insurance companies

Team Leader and Phlebotomist

ARL Pathology
Melbourne, Victoria
10.2003 - 01.2007
  • Collection of all specimens including venesection
  • Centrifuging of specimens
  • Documentation / Coding specimens
  • ECG / Holter monitors
  • Ordering of stock
  • New collection centre setup
  • Liaison with Doctors and specialists
  • Infection control / Bio hazard management
  • Providing mobile pathology
  • Staff rosters / staff timesheets
  • Supervising and training new staff to the company
  • Blood gas and analysis / CAB gas collection and analysis
  • NATA accreditation
  • Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
  • Organized daily work based on collection priority.

Education

Certificate IV - Certificate IV in Health Nursing

Victoria University
Melbourne, VIC
10.1996

Certificate in Comprehensive Pathology Collection -

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
10.1998

Spirometry Venesection BAC Screening Urine Drug Collection And Screening CAB Gas And - Pathology

Nursing Education Centre
Royal Melbourne

Skills

  • Medical terminology
  • Proficient in
  • Microsoft Office
  • 26 years Phlebotomy experience
  • Personal and Professional integrity
  • Current OH&S
  • Sound and ethical decision making ability's
  • Staffing management ability
  • Staff training and development
  • Cultural awareness and sensitivity
  • Specimen collection / Processing proficiency
  • Relationship and team building skills
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to develop and follow operational procedures
  • High level verbal and written communication skills
  • Maintain compliance logs
  • Actively participate in Quality assurance systems and help develop and implement quality care systems and standards while striving to improve medical protocol and guidelines
  • Staff Management
  • Time Management
  • Specimen Labelling Procedures

Timeline

Lead Phlebotomist

Dorevitch Pathology
05.2021 - Current

Phlebotomist / Medical

AllMed Consulting Clinic
08.2016 - 10.2020

Phlebotomist

Melbourne Health
10.2009 - 05.2015

Pharmacy Assistant

U.F.S Dispensary
01.2007 - 01.2009

Team Leader and Phlebotomist

ARL Pathology
10.2003 - 01.2007

Certificate IV - Certificate IV in Health Nursing

Victoria University

Certificate in Comprehensive Pathology Collection -

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

Spirometry Venesection BAC Screening Urine Drug Collection And Screening CAB Gas And - Pathology

Nursing Education Centre

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