Darcy Scherrman

Experience

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  Lourdes Hospital

  Sept 2010 - May 2011

  Patient Care Assistant

  Assisting Nurses and Physicians in the care and treatment of Emergency Room patients. Regular taking of vitals, transporting patients, performing EKGs, assisting in various exams and procedures. Exposure to all ages and a wide variety of conditions and situations.

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  Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

  Nov 2011 - May 2015

  Primarily a solo night shift generalist, including phlebotomy. Multi tasking and prioritization of orders was key to providing accurate and timely results for patient care in a 16 bed ED and 90 bed inpatient hospital. Four months of work on evening shift, addressing large quantities of outpatient and send-out testing. Extensive experience with Sysmex, Vitros, and Meditech. Phlebotomy, outpatient registration, test ordering, specimen handling and assisting in the core lab under supervision of MT/MLTs.

  • Medical Laboratory Scientist

    Sept 2014 - May 2015

  • Medical Laboratory Technician

    Jul 2012 - Sept 2014

  • Technical Laboratory Assistant

    Nov 2011 - Jul 2012
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  Northern Arizona Healthcare

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  Medical Laboratory Scientist

  Contract general scientist in the core laboratory of a busy, Trauma 1 hospital with over 200 beds; maintenance, quality control, and running a variety of analyzers, assays, and software, training of students and new hires. Became efficient in a high volume lab and built a strong teamwork ethic.

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  Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Medical Laboratory Scientist

  Contract generalist on a solo night shift in a small community hospital. Responsible for daily maintenance, calibrations, QC and prioritizing patient specimens.

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  Northern Arizona Healthcare

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2023

  Leader of a team of 25 Medical Lab professionals aiming to grow engagement, build knowledge and skills, standardize processes, and take ownership and pride in our work to ultimately provide excellent patient care. Collaboration with fellow Lab and Hospital Leadership to work toward improved efficiency and communication. Responsible for all Hematology, UA/BF, Coagulation department training, technical operations, data monitoring, policy writing, process improvement, and accreditation compliance. Shift leading of all Core Lab departments. Responsible for making and adjusting the schedules of 25 MLT/MTs. Evening shift generalist (including blood banking) at a Trauma I, 270 bed hospital.

  • Clinical Laboratory Manager

    Oct 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Hematology, UA/BF, Coagulation Lead MLS

    Jul 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Medical Laboratory Scientist

    Sept 2017 - Jul 2018