Nandika Brijlall

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SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Internationally trained Laboratory Improvement Professional with Seven years ‘experience while completing the Biotechnology program.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Conducting management reviews of the Quality Management System to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.

Ensuring the availability of necessary resources to effectively develop, implement and maintain the Quality Management System and enable successful completion of objectives set.

Granting appropriate responsibility and authority to those required to develop, implement and maintain the Quality Management System and ensure continuous improvement of this system.

Competent to work in a team and independently while being an active participant.

Prepare, maintain, and communicate scientific results effectively.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and pipetting skills

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Biotechnology Sept 2018- April 2020

Humber College, Toronto, ON

Graduated with honours (3.8 GPA)

Training: Gained hands-on lab experience by implementing various chemical and biological laboratory techniques such as sample and chemical reagent preparations, DNA isolation, conducting BCA and western blotting assay, performing Polymerase Chain Reaction, acid-base titrations, recording the temperature of incubators and chemical reactions and perform advanced separation and purification techniques to purify complex mixtures

Course highlights: molecular biology, organic/biochemistry, immunology, cell physiology, Biotechniques and chemical techniques I, II, III, applied microbiology

Quality Management System September 2023- Present

The Michener Institute

Design, implement, maintain, and improve a quality management system.

Create a customized quality management system to meet the specific needs of your laboratory.

Refine fundamental skills-including communication skills, working with teams and the essentials of project management.

Use quality improvement tools and techniques, including process mapping, benchmarking, root cause analysis and gap analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quality Assurance Support- July 2023- Present

Specimen Processing Dynacare laboratories

Recommend changes to maintain high level quality in conjunction with the leadership of the department manager.

Utilize quality metrics to make recommendations to reduce re-handling, data entry error rates, patient recall and incorrect/adequate samples.

Provide input and expertise in CAPA investigations and report to manager on investigation, documentation and implementation of preventative measures for all quality related incidents.

Ensure the department is always audit and inspection ready. Facilitates GEMBA, 5S, and Root Cause Corrective action activities.

Provides customer and patient centric care while demonstrating Dynacare’s core values of Compassion, Ingenuity, Accountability, Collaboration and Customer Focus.

Quality Management Projects- Microbiology Laboratory Jan 2022- July 2023

Dynacare Laboratory

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)s- Creation and Revision- ensure all documents are up to date, verified, reviewed, and distributed in an organized and controlled manner.

Preparing Documents, Review and Verification Through an Approval Process and Obsolete documents

Internal Audits- Assist with the preparation for external regulatory inspections and accreditations.

Checking for compliance with health and safety, privacy requirements, confirming previously identified audit findings are complete, and corrective actions to previous audit findings remain effective, as appropriate.

Review employee files for completion. Contents reviewed: competency license, certificates.

Training files to be maintained in the department for delivering clinical services.

Senior Clinical Laboratory Assistant- ((Dynacare Med. Laboratories) Jan 2021-July 2023

Operates Hamilton & ThermoFisher instruments following department procedures independently.

Responsible for the follow-up on missing samples, documentation and results as and when required.

Conducting quality control and assurance records including calculation verification

Responsible to follow all relevant pre and/or post analytical quality protocols as described in company quality assurance manual.

Observe and report troubleshooting in equipment and maintain all required logbooks for routine check-ups.

Provide training to and technical oversight of Clinical laboratory Assistants where this responsibility is assigned.

Coordinate inventory; tracking and ordering of supplies and ensuring adequate quantities are maintained where this responsibility is assigned.

Store and discard specimens according to appropriate department procedure manuals

Clinical Laboratory Assistant- (Dynacare Med. Laboratories) Sept 2020- Dec 2020

Ensures all samples are properly labeled and identified before testing respectively as routine samples or priority considering the turnover time for samples (TAT) and date received

Performs Manual procedures (aliquot ting) when required.

Operates Hamilton STARlet following procedures as outlined.

Ensures all missing samples or exclusion samples from Hamilton STAR are pulled for re-test, storage and results when required.

Prepares reagents for Hamilton STARlet, in addition to ensuring there is enough supplies and reagents (testing kits) for upcoming runs.

Assist Senior CLAs with maintenance, housekeeping, troubleshooting and inventory management.

Assist with samples discard as instructed by MLTs following procedures as outlined.

Provides training for new CLAs as instructed.

Provides full support and effort to the team as we complete shifts successfully.

Ensures quality control checks are done on BSC area and Hamilton room before starting shift.

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Biotechnologist- Humber College (Internal Student Intern) Sept 2018- April 2020

Apply culture techniques to manage cell lines in vitro

Apply techniques to according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Extract RNA and induce differentiation from C2C12 Myoblasts and Myotubes

Analyze genomics and proteomics using bioinformatics appropriately.

Ion exchange, Thin-layer chromatography and spectroscopy for chemical analysis

Monitor testing procedures to ensure compliance with set quality control measures

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