# Karina Sierra

Karina Sierra is a remote worker on Himalayas, Medical Technologist at El Paso Children's Hospital, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@karinasierra

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Medical Technologist at El Paso Children’s Hospital, analyzing blood and body fluids and troubleshooting high-complexity laboratory instruments.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ USD |
| Job categories | Medical Technologist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist |
| Skills | Clinical Laboratory Testing, Quality Control, Laboratory Troubleshooting, Flow Cytometry, FTIR, Echo Lumena, Cepheid Genexpert, Beckman Coulter DxH 900, Beckman Coulter DxH 520, BioFire FilmArray, EPOC Blood Analysis System, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint |

## About

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At El Paso Children’s Hospital-Clinical Laboratory, I perform routine and complex clinical procedures for pediatric patients. I analyze blood, body fluids, and other specimens using high-complexity laboratory instruments.

I quality control reagents and instrumentation before testing patient samples, evaluate QC results, and troubleshoot failures to address reagent or QC issues.

Earlier, at the City of El Paso Office of Emergency Management, I supported emergency response and recovery, including serving as a shelter worker and coordinating travel and transportation to available shelter. My background also includes COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing in the El Paso region.
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## Experience

### Medical Technologist (current)

El Paso Children's Hospital. Jun 2024 - Present

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Performs routine and complex clinical procedures for pediatric patients, quality controls reagents and instrumentation, and analyzes specimens using high-complexity laboratory instruments.
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Skills: Echo-Lumena, Cepheid-Genexpert, Beckman-Coulter-DxH-900, Beckman-Coulter-DxH-520, BioFire-FilmArray, EPOC-Blood-Analysis-System, Quality-Control, Troubleshooting

### Emergency Management Operations Assistant

City of El Paso Office of Emergency Management. May 2023 - Jun 2024

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Served as a shelter worker during emergencies and disasters, coordinated travel arrangements for clients, and supported response and recovery operations.
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Skills: Emergency-Response, Disaster-Relief, Coordination

### Personal Care Attendant

Caring Partners Home Care. Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

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Provided relief for primary caregivers by assisting in the care of a special needs patient, encouraged creativity through recreational activities, and assisted with daily living activities.
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Skills: Patient-Care, Activities-Of-Daily-Living-(ADL), Coordination

### Case Investigator

UTEP Department of Public Health Sciences. Sep 2020 - May 2021

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Promoted to Case Investigator with full access to Texas Health Trace database, informed patients of positive COVID-19 lab results, and interviewed bilingual patients to emphasize prevention practices.
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Skills: Covid-19, Case-Investigation, Bi-lingual, Communication-Skills

### Contact Tracer

UTEP Department of Public Health Sciences. Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

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Informed people of possible COVID-19 exposure, assessed risk factors, and implemented a Spanish translated document to better target the El Paso region.
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Skills: Contact-Tracing, Covid-19, Risk-Assessment, Bi-lingual

### Work-Study Assistant

UTEP Department of Public Health Sciences. Mar 2018 - Jul 2020

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Assisted faculty and staff with administrative duties, prepared for academic advising, organized inventory, and designed charts and research posters for faculty presentations.
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Skills: Administrative-Support, Organization, Microsoft-Word, Excel, PowerPoint

## Education

### The University of Texas at El Paso

Bachelor of Science, Clinical Laboratory Science. Grade: 3.2/4.00

Activities and societies: Dean's List Fall 2017, Spring & Fall 2018; Medical Professions Organization, Corresponding Secretary Summer 2020-Summer 2021, Historian Summer 2019-Summer 2020; Peace Corps Campus Ambassador Fall 2020-Spring 2021.

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Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science with a minor in Biology, graduated in May 2023 with an overall GPA of 3.2/4.00.
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## Tech stack

- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint

To contact Karina, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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