Annie Kolandjian
Address: Hadath, Beirut
Mobile +961*******
Email: *****.**********@*******.***
Objective
A highly competent and versatile Clinical Laboratory Graduate with over 15 year experience in healthcare domain, including 11 years within the Clinical Laboratory sector. Demonstrates exceptional knowledge in patient health care combined with extensive clinical laboratory experience. Now seeking the opportunity to utilize nursing skills and experience within a new and challenging role.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, May 2017
Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, July 2007
American University of Sciences and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanese Baccalaureate II in life sciences, 2001
Secondary Evangelical School, Zahle, Lebanon
Key Expertise
Patient handling: Extensive experience of patient case handling throughout both current and previous roles; including but not limited to patient reception, understanding the case of the patient, providing help whenever needed with the available resources. Within nursing field I am committed to be patient centered including: Educating (patient and parents), preventing disease, assessing, diagnosing, implementing/planning care/ and evaluating the outcome. Within my career responsibilities nursing students rotate with us on the medical surgical unit as trainees.
Career History
LAUMC-Rizk Hospital Registered Nurse (2017-until now) Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Medical Surgical Unit (post-op patients mainly Open Heart and Orthopedics)
Internal medicine units and geriatric care.
Covid 19 unit: Deal with patients with severe symptoms of the virus to mild symptoms.
Geitawi Hospital Blood Bank Technologist, (July 2014-2017) Geitawi, Beirut, Lebanon
Responsibilities: Prepare blood components (Packed RBCs, Platelets, & Plasma)
Deal with emergencies.
Do cross match, screening antibody panel, and coombs direct and indirect.
Tutoring LAU program, fall semester 2016. Byblos campus, Lebanon
Responsibilities: Help students develop their understanding to Health and Illness and pathophysiology courses
Belle Vue Medical Center, Laboratory Technologist and Blood Bank, November 2011-2014.
Mansourieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
Responsibilities: Handled rotation in all sections (phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and administrative assistant).Handled agar preparation, streaking, microscopic reading, and culture plate reading with antibiogram. As administrative assistant I used to prepare stock for the whole lab sections with the needed quantities for each section and item type.
Mount Lebanon Hospital, Laboratory Technologist and Blood Bank, January 2011.
Boulivard Camil Chamoun, Beirut, Lebanon.
Responsibilies: Deal with patients, draw blood, run serology and immunology tests required in all sections, read slides in hematology and parasitology sections, and deal with donors and all blood units preparation.
Modern Laboratories, Laboratory Technologist, June 2007-2010.
Msharafieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
Requirements: Front desk receptionist, microbiologist.
Hotel Dieu Hospital, Practical nurse 2003-2007.
Lebanese Red Cross Certificate for participation in First Aid Basics March 2006
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Promotion in supermarkets for various nutritional products during my education period.
Teaching students at home during my university education.
Community Service
Volunteer at the NGO Donner Sang Compter September 2013 up to date
Dekwani, Beirut, Lebanon
Activities done:
- Prepare for blood drives and events such as Cancer day, Armenian Genocide day and others.
- Train qualified DSC medical domain staff for drawing blood component samples.
Nursing Club activities
Blat Street, Byblos, Lebanon
- Joining activities such as bake sale day for fund raising purposes
-Community awareness campaigns outside LAU
-United Nation of LAU activity October 2014
Awards, Certificates and Honors
Certificate of Participation Interprofessional Education Practical Activity Entitled: “IPE Simulation & Impact on Self-Assessment & Knowledge of Teamwork spring semester march 2017 at LAU Nursing School Byblos.
Certificate of Attendance Schizophrenia and Prodrome: Updates in 2016 held on August 2016 at Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross Beirut-Lebanon
Distinguished list during fall 2016 semester 2016 at LAU Nursing School for a GPA of 3.56
Certificate of Attendance of American University of Beirut for the Nurses’ Open House, May 2016 at AUBMC Beirut
Certificate of Attendance in recognition of attending PACE 2016 at University Hospital Notre Dame Des Secours, Byblos Lebanon
Honors list during fall and spring semesters 2014-2015 at LAU Nursing School for a GPA of 3.34 and 3.4
Graduated in May 2017 as Honor list with a GPA of 3.2
Attend Continuing Education Courses provided by LAUMC-Rizk Hospital
-Medication reconciliation
-Medication Error reporting
- Pressure Ulcer care and prevention
Champion of the month in 2013 at Belle Vue Medical Center for exemplifying organizational outstanding performance.
Skills
Excellent communication skills and experienced in delivering presentations.
Demonstrates ability to work autonomously or as part of a team.
Works well under pressure and multi-tasks effectively ensuring that tasks are completed within deadlines without compromising on quality.
Possesses excellent problem solving skills.
Software and hardware knowledge, word, excel, power point, and internet explorer
Languages
Fluent in Arabic and English.
Fair in French and Armenian.
References
Dr. Fady Hobeiche my director at Geitawi Hospital Blood Bank
Contact number: +961*******
Mr. Abdo Saad Manager at NGO Donner Sang Compter
Contact number: +961*******.
Dr. Nancy Hoffart previous Founder and Dean of Nursing School
Dr. Anahid kulwicki recent Dean of Nursing School
Dr. Myrna Doumit Advisor at Nursing School
For the last three references contact the Nursing School of LAU Byblos