Elisa Arista

Mobile team

Donor Specialist/Phlebotomist - Lifestream Blood Bank - Palm Desert, CA

(2025-04 - 2026-06)

Mobile team

• Register donors, verify identity/eligibility, and manage appointments
• Conduct health screenings including vital signs, hemoglobin checks, and medical history reviews
• Perform blood collection (venipuncture), including whole blood and apheresis, while monitoring donors throughout the process
• Provide donor care by observing for reactions and ensuring safe recovery after donation
• Handle blood units and lab samples, maintain equipment, and follow strict quality control and safety procedures
• Maintain accurate records, deliver strong customer service, support donor recruitment efforts, and assist with mobile blood drives

Correction Collector - Brio Clinical Inc. - Imperial, CA

(2023-05 - 2025-02)

• Maintain strict personal adherence to infection prevention and control measures and procedures
• Administer COVID-19 point of care Rapid Antigen nasal swab
• Input patient demographics into data base
• Update results

Phlebotomist (Contract) - Kaiser Permanente - Anaheim, CA

(2023-10 - 2024-04)

• Collect blood from patients and prepare the samples for testing
• Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport
• Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients
• Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust
• Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles
• Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions

Night Shift Lead - IEM, Inc, Innovative Emergency Management - Holtville, CA

(2022-11 - 2023-09)

• Managed communication between associates and management, addressing key issues and needs
• Perform intake gather families documentation and provide tour of shelter
• Observed each team member to carry out duties and provided constructive criticism
• Trained staff members to perform inventory management, customer service and maintenance
• Collaborated with other departments to optimize production workflows
• Support and implement decisions made by management
• Enter clients demographics into the data base
• Assign rooms to clients for their 2 day stay until time of travel

FrontEnd Services - Walmart - El Centro, CA

(2021-09 - 2022-03)

• Operate POS cash registers, handling 92 transactions on an average daily
• Maintain through knowledge of store merchandise, and responsible for selling store credit cards
• Open and close the registers, assisting in the training of 4 new cashiers, monitoring cash limits and ensuring quality customer service at all times
• Remained punctual and professional at all times
• Cash checks, provide money orders, send money to different locations

Patient Service Representative - Quest Diagnostics - El Centro, CA

(2020-10 - 2021-03)

• Performed lab procedures on 40+ patients daily
• Utilized vacutainer tube, syringe, and venipuncture butterfly methods to draw blood from veins
• Recorded patients vitals when performing Blueprints
• Clean and sterilized instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies
• Enter patient records, specimen, insurance and billing information into the system
• Practice proper patient identification
• Input patient insurance & verify eligibility

High school diploma or GED