Manager Quality
Resume:
RESUME
Maricela Alvarez
HOMESTEAD FL, 33032- 4649
Home Phone No. : 786-***-****
Cell Phone No :786-***-****
E-mail: ********.*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position of Histotechnologist with an organization which will require me to utilize my skills, abilities, and experience to ensure the laboratory’s success.
Work Experience
May, 2016 to nov, 2017
Histology Supervisor and Immunohistochemistry.
Mark & Kambour Pathology associates, Coral Gables, Fl.
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•Supervise the daily operations of the histology department and personnel to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and established procedures.
•Assist the Manager in developing, implementing, revising, interpreting, and enforcing the Standard Operating Procedures, company policies and procedures, and service standards.
•Advise Manager of problems and concerns in the department and laboratory.
•Complie data and prepares reports.
•Assist Manager with budgetary requirements for staffing, and purchasing supplies.
•Assist Manager in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, orienting, training, monitoring, evaluating, and supervising assigned personnel, delegates work activities, and recommends merit increases, and disciplinary actions.
•Attend required meetings, and participates in professional development activities and maintains professional affiliations.
•Perform all necessary functions required of a Histology Technician including:
• • Ensure compliance with all regulatory agencies.
•Coordinate the proper storage of hazardous materials and the laboratory safety program.
•Examine slides and/or blocks to ensure tissue preparation is meeting laboratory requirements.
•Perform and documents daily quality control and quality assurance measures,
•Prepare sections of human tissue for microscopic examination and patient diagnosis, using techniques to gross (dissect tissue), embed (orient specimen in paraffin block), section (cut thin sections of tissue), stain (enhance contrast of tissue and highlight specific features of interest with routine hematoxylin and eosin stains), and mount tissue from surgical procedures.
•Perform recuts, unstained, deeper, and additional stains including special and Immunohistochemistry stains, as requested by a Pathologist.
•Perform inventories, orders, and validation of all antibodies in Immunohistochemistry, to keep them up to date according to expiration date and lote
• Accession specimens, label requisitions, specimen containers, cassettes and slides and affixes coverslip to slides.
• Processing, embedding, cutting, and staining by hand mega cassettes.
• Perform cytology (smears, thin prep, touch press, and cell block).
• Maintains laboratory equipment and tracks all routine maintenance and quality controls performed.
•Operate computerized laboratory equipment to fix, dehydrate, and infiltrate with wax, tissue specimens to be preserved for study by Pathologist.
•Maintain strictest confidentiality.
•Training and teaching students of histology program in their lab practicum and projects from different universities.
•Complie with all State, Federal, professional regulations as well as company and departmental rules, polices, and procedural manuals.
•Adherence to CAP, CLIA, State Regulations, HIPAA, Safety and OSHA Regulations.
Jan 2010 till april 2016:
Immunohistochemistry.
Mark & Kambour Pathology associates, Coral Gables, Fl.
Aurora diagnostics
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•Coordinate the proper storage of hazardous materials and the laboratory safety program.
•Examine slides and/or blocks to ensure tissue preparation is meeting laboratory requirements.
•Perform and documents daily quality control and quality assurance measures,
•Perform recuts, unstained, deeper, and additional stains including special and Immunohistochemistry stains, as requested by a Pathologist.
•Perform inventories, orders, and validation of all antibodies in Immunohistochemistry, to keep them up to date according to expiration date and lote
•Accession specimens, label requisitions, specimen containers, cassettes and slides and affixes coverslip to slides.
•Processing, embedding, cutting, and staining by hand mega cassettes.
Perform cytology (smears, thin prep, touch press, and cell block).
Maintains laboratory equipment and tracks all routine maintenance and quality controls performed.
•Operate computerized laboratory equipment to fix, dehydrate, and infiltrate with wax, tissue specimens to be preserved for study by Pathologist.
Training and teaching students of histology program in their lab practicum and projects from different universities.
•Complie with all State, Federal, professional regulations as well as company and departmental rules, polices, and procedural manuals.
•Adherence to CAP, CLIA, State Regulations, HIPAA, Safety and OSHA Regulations.
•Mar 1999 till Dec 2009:
•Histotechnology.
•Mark & Kambour Pathology associates, Coral Gables, Fl.
•Aurora diagnostics
•Coordinate the proper storage of hazardous materials and the laboratory safety program.
•Examine slides and/or blocks to ensure tissue preparation is meeting laboratory requirements.
•Perform and documents daily quality control and quality assurance measures,
•Perform recuts, unstained, deeper, and additional stains including special and Immunohistochemistry stains, as requested by a Pathologist.
•Processing, embedding, cutting, and staining by hand mega cassettes.
•Perform cytology (smears, thin prep, touch press, and cell block).
•Maintains laboratory equipment and tracks all routine maintenance and quality controls performed.
•Complie with all State, Federal, professional regulations as well as company and departmental rules, polices, and procedural manuals.
•Adherence to CAP, CLIA, State Regulations, HIPAA, Safety and OSHA Regulations.
•Oct 1996 till Feb 1999:
•Science Teacher.
•Lincoln Marti School, Miami, Fl.
•Teaching science and laboratory to students of 7th through 12th grade.
July 1984 till Aug 1996:
Head of the department of Histo-Embryology
Histology Professor.
Faculty of Medicine Zoilo Marinello, Las Tunas, Cuba.
Directing and controlling all the methodological activities, of the specialties Histology, Embryology, Immunology, Parasitology and Genetics.
Teaching Histology I, II, and III in medicine career in the basic science.
Participating in investigation of cerebral cortex lesion in neurosciences as line of searching long-term.
Searching about means and methods of teaching in the morphological specialties.
October 1981 till June 1984:
Technical assistant teaching in Histology.
Faculty of Medicine Zoilo Marinello, Las Tunas, Cuba.
Assisting in the practical classes of histology with the observation of different structures to the M / O.
Preparing the histological slides for the teaching practice classes of Histology I, II and III.
September 1973 till May1981
Histotechnician.
Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna Hospital, Las Tunas, Cuba.
Processing, cutting, staining routine, mounting, special stein, by hand, and filling blocks and slides.
Education
Sep 1996 till July 1997:
G.R.E.A.T vocational english.
Miami Dade College, Wolfson campus, Miami, Fl.
Sep 1981 till July 1984:
Histology profesor specialist.
Institute go Giron, Medicine School, Havana, Cuba.
Sep 1976 till July 1981:
Bachelor degree in biological Sciences and Education.
University of Holguin "Pepito Tey", Holguin, Cuba.
Sep 1979 till July 1981:
Technical assistant teaching in Histology.
Institute of basic sciences of medicine, Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba
Sep 1971 till July 1973:
Histo-Technician.
Technology Institute Carlos J. Finlay, Havana, Cuba.
Skills
• Knowledge of CLIA regulations regarding proficiency testing, quality assurance and quality control.
•Knowledge of clinical laboratory policies and procedures and laboratory standards to evaluate department and recommend improvement.
•Knowledge of laboratory equipment and testing to monitor quality control checks and determine needs and evaluate equipment for purchase.
•Knowledge of medical terminology to communicate with laboratory staff.
•Knowledge of safety requirements to provide instructions and recognize and correct hazardous conditions.
•Knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
•Knowledge of business methods including productivity/workload analysis and scheduling.
•Skill in performing a full range of laboratory tests and operating a variety of laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
•Skill in using computer programs and applications.
•Skill in personnel management and effective training sessions.
•Skill in appropriate collection/analysis//presentation of staffing, productivity, and cost data on a routine and special-project basis.
•Ability to analyze workload requirements and schedule personnel appropriately.
•Ability to listen, read, understand, and follow oral, and written instruction.
•Ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
•Ability to identify and resolve problems.
•Long record of making the correct decisions.
•Using own initiative to solve problems.
•Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with employees, physicians, vendors, clients, and external agencies.
• Knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
•Good skills, working well with others in a spirit of team work and cooperation.
•Can establish a rapport with people from all social groups.
•Adept at managing multiple, diverse tasks simultaneously, work well under pressure.
•Excellent and Long experience in Histology laboratory
Qualifications
Bachelor degree in biological Sciences and Education, Cuba
HTL- State of Florida
HT- ASCP.
Histology supervisor-State of Florida
REFERENCES
I am confident that i would be a great addition to your team and I am excited about the position and the ability to help to succeed.
Prefer to contact by E-mail.
Available upon request
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