SAMANTHA BARNETTE

I am the charge technologist performing routine chemistry, urinalysis, hematology, and lab processing. I perform manual differentials on complicated leukemia cases and processed bone marrow biopsies. As the charge technologist I was responsible for inventory and ordering supplies for all sections. I am experienced with Excel, Word, Workday, and Epic. I assist my manager with staying up to date with our CAP regulations and keeping up with our internal safety guidelines. I deal with fellow employee issues, quality control, and customer service towards our patients, providers, and nursing staff. Training new staff and teaching students is also a large part of my job also.

• When I started at River Region my job responsibilities included monitoring the registering of referral and clinic patients
• While checking that those patients are registered correctly I also check that all tests have been ordered correctly
• These duties lead directly into billing issues that come up which I troubleshoot and resolve
• I also take care of all esoteric testing that is sent to our referral lab, Quest Diagnostics
• Resolving all items in RevID is a daily duty of mine, and I also order all phlebotomy supplies
• I am now the Core Lab supervisor over the Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Chemistry, and Processing departments.

• At the reference lab at UMMC we sent to over 20 different labs
• As a tech I processed, ordered, packaged, and shipped samples
• We also researched rare tests that providers requested, and dealt with genetic testing
• Due to the nature of the testing many of the tests had to be manually billed which introduced me to the billing aspect of the lab
• I kept data on miscellaneous testing orders for tracking purposes along with monthly QA
• I became responsible for keeping track of all invoices for the reference department and, in turn, was asked to find ways to save money at the University Lab
• I was invited by my director to serve on several committees to help UMMC save money so we could better serve our patients.

• I was the main technologist in the special chemistry department performing PCR and ELISA testing
• I also rotated through the processing, urinalysis, coagulation, and hematology areas.

• I worked in the coagulation, special coagulation, and urinalysis departments
• As a technical supervisor I was responsible for monitoring daily turnaround times, master logs, and weekly and monthly QC trends.

• I worked as a generalist at River Oaks hospital working in the areas of Hematology, Urinalysis, Chemistry, and Blood Bank.