2Nd Shift 3Rd
Resume:
Summary: ** years experience as a true Generalist with Lead roles in microbiology, blood bank, chemistry, hematology, serology and molecular. Looking to relocate to a permanent Lead position.
Experience
Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ November 2022 – 2023
Position: Lead Medical Technologist, General Lab – 2nd Shift
Performed Lead MLS generalist bench duties on weekdays, weekends, nights, holidays in all departments.
Performed daily, weekly, monthly startup, quality control, calibration, and maintenance on all instrumentation.
Performed instrument validations.
Consults with physicians, providers, pharmacists on lab results and interpretations.
Trains and mentors younger techs and new grads.
•Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ November 2020 -- 2022
Position: Lead Technologist, Bacteriology Lab – 2nd Shift
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform bacteriology culture bench duties including urines, bloods, respiratory, routine wounds, MRSA screens, GBS screens, throats, Gram Stains, all benches other than anaerobe and AFB.
Instruments/ Equipment:
Vitek 2
MS Maldi Tof
BioFire FilmArray
Virtuo Blood Culture System
GeneXpert
Light microscopes
Cerner Millennium LIS
MYLA
Verigene
•Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ March 2019 – November 2020
Position: Traveling Technologist, Bacteriology Lab – 2nd Shift
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform bacteriology culture bench duties including urines, bloods, respiratory, routine wounds, MRSA screens, GBS screens, throats, Gram Stains, all benches other than anaerobe and AFB.
Instruments/ Equipment:
Vitek 2
MS Maldi Tof
BioFire FilmArray
Bactec
GeneXpert
Light microscopes
Cerner Millennium LIS
•Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center – South Bend, IN September 2018 – March 2019
Position: Traveling Generalist – 3rd Shift
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly generalist duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform generalist bench duties in Blood Bank, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, microbiology, urinalysis, and serology
Instruments/ Equipment:
Cobas 6000 Chemistry
Sysmex XT 1800/2000 Hemotology
Sysmex CA Series Coag analyzers
ProVue Blood Bank analyzer
Clinitech Advantous
Beckman IRIS
Cerner Millennium LIS
•Val Verde Regional Medical Center – Del Rio, TX January 2018 – September 2018
Position: Traveling Generalist – 2nd Shift
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly generalist duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform generalist bench duties in Blood Bank, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, microbiology, urinalysis, and serology
Instruments/ Equipment:
Beckman Unicell DXC 600i
Beckman Access
Coulter DXH 600
Abbott Architech
Clinitech Advantous
ACL Top and Elite
McKesson Paragon LIS
•Community Memorial Hospital – Menomonee Falls, WI December 2016 – December 2017
Position: Traveling Generalist – 3rd Shift
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly generalist duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Venipuncture/Phlebotomy collection for inpatient and ER blood testing.
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform generalist bench duties in chemistry, hematology, coagulation, microbiology, urinalysis, and serology
Instruments/ Equipment:
Cobas 6000
Cobas 400 & 411
Coulter DXH 800
Coulter LH750
Verigene Nanosphere
Clinitech Advantous
ACL Top and Elite
ABL 800
Cerner Millennium
•Gila Regional Medical Center – Silver City, NM
April 2015 – November 2016
Position: Microbiology – Section Lead
Duties:
Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly microbiology duties including quality control, maintenance, and CAP requirements.
Validation and correlation studies on new equipment/methodologies
Maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for infectious disease reporting
Perform generalist bench duties in hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and serology
Built MIC module in Meditech upgrade, 5.6 to 6.14
Instruments/ Equipment:
Vitek 2 Compact with MYLA
BacT/ALERT 3D
BioFire Film Array
GeneXPERT
Quidel Sophia FIA
Beckman Coulter Iricell
Sysmex XN2000
ACL Top and Elite
Meditech 5.6 and 6.14
•United States Air Force – Mountain Home AFB
Position: Medical Laboratory Craftsman
Duties:
Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Microbiology 2003-2009
NCOIC of Transfusion Services and Coagulation 2009-2010
NCOIC of Infection Control 2010-2011
Idaho State Bioterrorist Agent LRN reference lab coordinator
Performed generalist bench duties on weekdays, weekends, nights, holidays in all departments.
Performed daily, weekly, monthly startup, quality control, calibration and maintenance on all instrumentation
Instruments:
RAPID (Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device) PCR
JBAIDS (Joint Biological Agent Identification and Detection System) PCR
Bioveris M1M Toxicity Detector
Ortho Gel System – Manual
Sysmex CA-500 Coagulation
Dade Dimension Xpand
Abbott AXSYM
Beckman Coulter LH500
Beckman Coulter Iricell
Clinitek 500
Vitek 2 compact with observa
Jan. 2001- April 2011
•Stay at home Father
Maintained ASCP certification
Skills
Providing detailed instruction for difficult tasks
Following through with clinical staff on questions
Communicating with clinical staff in a professional manner
Developing detailed guides for laboratory processes
Procedure writing
Identifying discrepant results and consulting with clinical staff for resolution
Able to multitask in an effective manner.
Executing specimen processing according to priority
Confidence in identifying QC issues and maintaining QC files
April 2011 – April 2015
Education
Community College of the Air Force Medical Laboratory Specialist A.S equivalent – Maxwell AFB, AL
Certification
•MLT (ASCP)CM
•Meets CLIA requirements for Lead Technologists role in all 5 major departments of the lab.
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