Ousman L. Njie

903-***-****

adwxb4@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

Dependable, results-driven, high-energy professional with a track record of working in both research and diagnostic laboratories and seeking MLS Position.

EDUCATION:

Weber State University: Ogden, Utah

Bachelor of Science Degree: Dec. 2018

Major: Medical Laboratory Science:

Tyler Junior College: Tyler, Texas

Associate of Applied Science Degree: June 2013

Major: Medical Laboratory Technology

St. George’s University of London, UK

Certificate in Undergraduate studies: May 2010

Major: Biomedical Sciences

HONORS: President’s List, Dean’s List, Phi Theta Kappan.

LIS: Meditech, EPIC, Novius, SoftLab and LigoLab

ASCP: Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist.

EXPERIENCE:

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist—Avero Diagnostics: Irving,Texas: 11/22–Present

AMN HealthCare Staffing Agency

Clinical Core Lab

Uses XN 2000 for CBC, ran QC and routine maintenance

Uses Cobas Pro (Roche) for chemistry and immunoassay testing on patients. Also perform routine QC, calibration, and maintenance.

Perform urinalysis with DxU iRIS– QC and maintenance routinely performs.

Helped write SOPs for various tests perform in the clinical core lab

Did validation and correlation study on XN 2000, Cobas Pro and IRIS.

Created the clinical Lab MSDS for all the materials that needed it.

Helped with orders, supplies and purchasing of instruments, reagents, and consumables needed in the set -up of a new clinical core lab.

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist —Kaiser Permanente Urgent Care: Bellevue, WA, 07/2022-11/2022

AMN Healthcare Staffing Agency

Core Lab

Used AU480 for patients’ assays and ran daily QC and calibration plus daily and weekly maintenance on the analyzer.

Used DxH 600 for hematological analysis and ran daily QC and maintenance on the analyzer

Used Stago Compact Max for coagulation studies

Used Access 2 for Special chemistry assays.

Used Cobas Liat for Covid/Flu tests and Clinitek Advantus for urinalysis.

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist – St. Joseph Hospital: Bryan, TX 11/2021- 05/2022

AMN Healthcare staffing agency

Microbiology

Read urine, stools, genital cultures at 24 and 48 hrs.

Used the Verigene Nanosphere to identify positive blood cultures, C-Diff and respiratory panels.

Use Vitek to perform bacterial identification and susceptibility, help set up cultures, and read gram stains.

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist – Christina Hospital Newark, DE: 05/2021-11/2021

Cross country Allied staffing agency

Manual Chemistry : which comprises of urinalysis with IRIS and blood gases with I-STAT, osmolarity with OSMOPRO, oxy and carboxyhemoglobin with ABL-80, ionized calcium with GEM 3500, BOHB and plasma hemoglobin tests.

Perform coagulation studies with LTOP analyzer.

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist – Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX: 01/2021-04/2021

Cross country Allied staffing agency

Molecular micro

Test for COVID specimens using Simplexa and Panther Fusion analyzers.

Test for respiratory pathogens and gastrointestinal pathogens using biofire.

Medical Laboratory Scientist - University of Texas Health East Texas Tyler, TX: 06/2019-01/2021

Work in Hematology, Chemistry and Processing departments to run patients’ specimens, QC and maintenance on

Vista, XPand Siemen, LH, LTOP, Elite and AUWi urinalysis.

Help train new hires and students doing clinicals.

Microbiologist - University of Texas Health Science Center Tyler, TX: 12/2014-01/2021

Process AFB specimens (sputum, blood, washings, CSF) daily using NALC Pac

Decontaminate, inoculate AFB specimens into 7H11 media and VersaTrek bottles.

Stain AFB slides with auramine/rhodamine and read with fluorescence microscope

Make reagents, media and autoclave as needed

Perform set-up for all cultures on bodily fluids for processing

Load and work-up positive blood cultures into VersaTrek

Perform gram stain, microscopy and report results through Meditech

Perform daily maintenance and set up cultures on microscan 40 and 96plus

Use gene probe luminometer technique to speciate MAC,TB, and other mycobacteria species for susceptibility and Identification

Read 24Hrs/48Hrs plates of various cultures including urine, wound, stool and respiratory specimens

Use Allere and Cepheid PCR machine to detect C.Diff, influenza virus and rapid strep.

MLT (ASCP) - Good Shepherd Medical Center Longview, Texas: 08/2013 – 12/2014

HEMATOLOGY

Worked on patients, ran QC and routinely performed maintenance on LH 750 and XN 2000 and IRIS 1Q200

Ran patients, QC and maintenance on the automated IRIS Plus for urinalysis. Performed manual hematology as needed.

Worked on patients, ran QC, and performed maintenance on LTOP analyzers for coagulations studies.

CHEMISTRY

Worked on patients, ran QC and maintenance on DXC and DXI analyzers.

BLOOD BANK

Performed type & Screen & cross match with tubes and gel-card methods.

Performed DAT, antibody ID and mother to baby protocol blood banking.

Used the Provue analyzer to perform type, screen, cross match, and DAT.

Trained on how to carefully and effectively issue blood using the Meditech.

MICROBIOLOGY

Performed set-up for all cultures on bodily fluids.

Trained on how to load and work-up positive blood cultures into BacT/Alert

Performed gram stain, microscopy and reported results through Meditech

Performed all the rapid tests

Used molecular DNA amplicode technique (PCR) to detect Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.

LABORATORY ASSISTANT – TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE, CHEMISTRY LAB 08/2010 – 05/2013

Ensured that the lab is cleaned and tidy

Did inventory on all lab stocks including glassware and solutions

Helped grade papers and tests for professors

Set-up laboratory experiments for students

Prepared solutions, chemicals as needed by professors.

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