UCLA MPH Student Seeking Summer Internship Opportunities
Resume:
Hadassa Alexander BS MLS ASCP CM
Los Angeles, CA 90004
*********@*****.***
Education:
Bachelors of Science, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
August, 2006
Andrews University
Licenses, Affiliations, Certifications:
· Member ASCP (2006-present)
· American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)CM—Medical Laboratory Scientist
· The National Association of Professional Women, member and Woman of the Year, 2016-2017
· Frontline Supervisor Training, 2017
· Volunteer: Food Not Bombs Los Angeles Chapter
· Volunteer: Burrito Project LA
· Volunteer: American Red Cross
· Volunteer: Project Angel Food
· CLS State Licensure for California MTA00044712, Expires May 12, 2025
· Los Angeles County Fire Card, Expires June 1, 2029
· Member Pasadena Royals Rugby Football Club - October 2019 · Green Belt Certification, Six Sigma Global Institute, July 2024
Skills:
●Experience with the following LIS: Cerner Millennium, Epic Beaker, Meditech, Sunquest Misys, Apple Orchard, HCLL/Wellsky and Safetrace for blood bank
●Familiar with JCAHO, CAP, and COLA regulatory agencies
●Update, revise and maintain lab procedure manuals, SOPs and other quality documents
●Review TAT, productivity, and results reports
●Maintain training and competency documents
●Maintain proficiency testing schedule and assignments for all testing personnel ● Assist in planning and facilitating preparations for accreditation inspection by assuring compliance with all federal, state, local, JCAHO, CAP or COLA, NCCLS, hospital regulations, policies and procedures
●Perform ABO Rh typing and antibody screen by tube, solid phase, and gel methodologies ●
Perform antibody ID by tube, solid phase and gel methodologies
●Perform DATs, elusions, antigen typing, compatibility testing, fetal/maternal testing (fetal screens, KB stains, cord blood testing), blood inventory management
●Perform and oversee testing in clinical lab
Oversee Point-of-care training, testing, competency assessment and proficiency testing of all end users
●Maintain instrumentation service and maintenance records
●Perform and review QC
●Review testing results for accuracy
●Liaison with operation manager and other hospital departments to improve patient care ● Specimen collection (general phlebotomy, DOT specimen collection, BAT certified collector, sweat chloride specimen collection, bone marrow specimen preparation)
●Blood and body fluid cell counts and differentials, and other miscellaneous hematology testing
●Instrumentation: Roche cobas, e411, Integra, Urisys; Siemens Advia Centaur and Atellica,
Dimensions EXL, Vista and CA540; Sysmex XS and XN; Beckman DxC, DxH, DxI, Access, Iris; Diagnostica Stago; ACL Top 500; Immucor Galileo Echo and Neo; Ortho Provue, Ortho Vision; Biomérieux Vidas.
Education:
Andrews University, School of Arts and Sciences Berrien Springs, MI
Bachelor Degree, Clinical Laboratory Sciences 2006
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Public Health Los Angeles, CA
Master of Public Health (MPH) – Program Planning/Health Policy Expected June 2027
Employment History:
Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center Laboratory October 2024- Present Quality Manager
●Monitor and further develop the comprehensive, laboratory-wide Quality Assurance and Management Plan to include clinical and anatomical pathology
●Monitor performance benchmarks and quality assurance metrics, and delineate appropriate corrective measures for instances of noncompliance
●Evaluate laboratory operations for adherence to compliance standards and operational efficiency.
●Collaborate with supervisory staff to identify, track, analyze, report, and enhance specific areas such as specimen rejections, nonconforming events, quality indicators, and inspections.
●Review proficiency testing results for errors and facilitate corrective action plans and documentation
●Review validation and implementation plans
●Establish online competency assessment system, MediaLab Compass, for tracking and recording competency assessment of all personnel
●Suggest and make updates to SOPs
●Prepare agenda for monthly QA meetings
●Facilitate inspection preparedness utilizing various accreditation checklists
●Designed and published Cell Reception, a monthly newsletter for GLA’s three facilities and numerous CBOCs with a focus on employee engagement and recognition
California State University Dominguez Hills Department of Clinical Science August 2024-Present Adjunct Professor
•Provide instruction for CLS 307-2 and CLS 307-3 Hematology Laboratory, and Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science CLS301-02
Prepare lecture material on the basics of laboratory safety, phlebotomy procedures, QA, and subdisciplines in laboratory science
•Prepare laboratory activities with instructions, demonstrations and visuals
•Provide feedback on laboratory reports prepared by students
•Assess learning via laboratory participation, laboratory report evaluation, quizzes and exams
•Provide weekly office hours
Los Angeles County Harbor UCLA Medical Center Laboratory October 2021 - September 2024 CLS II
●Assistance with day-to-day laboratory testing operations, instrumentation issues, and staffing shortage
●Entry, statistical review and processing of QC data and submission for peer review
●Training of new employees and CLS students
●Administering proficiency testing and data submission, review of results and preparation of remediation documentation and testing
●Assistance with competency assessment evaluation and tracking
●Assistance with accreditation checklists, SOP review and inspection preparation
●Performance of comparison and linearity studies
●Daily and advanced maintenance of instrumentation in Chemistry and Urinalysis
●Assistance in oversight of temperature monitoring system
●Assistance in validation studies
●Oversight of inventory monitoring system and order processing
●Preparation of monthly documents for department operations in Chemistry and Urinalysis departments
●Specimen processing and testing in Chemistry and Urinalysis departments ● Reviewing QA reports
Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA July 2019- May 2024 Per Diem CLS, variable shifts
●Evaluating specimen acceptability for testing
●Specimen testing in core lab (heme, coag, urinalysis, immunology/serology)
●Review of testing results
●Release of results to LIS
●Operation and maintenance of lab instrumentation
●Preparing reagents and consumables
●Performing calibrations and QC
●Reviewing QC results for outliers, drifts, trends
●Troubleshooting outliers and instrumentation issues
●Performing manual cell counts and differentials on blood and body fluid
●Performing blood typing, antibody screen and identification, fetal screen, KB stains, compatibility testing, product preparation and modification in blood bank
Club Staffing AMN Healthcare, San Diego, CA Apr 2013-Nov 2015; Dec 2018- Feb 2021 Contract CLS, Generalist
●Ronald Reagan UCLA Blood Bank, Brentwood, CA (April 2020 - Feb 2021)
●Sierra Vista Hospital, San Luis Obispo, CA (October 2019- January 2020)
Providence Tarzana Medical Center Laboratory, Tarzana, CA (March 2019- June 2019)
●St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, Orange, CA (Dec 2018- March 2019)
●Riverside Community Hospital Laboratory, Riverside, CA (Aug 2015-Nov 2015)
●Centennial Hills Medical Center Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV (Sept 2014-Apr 2015)
●Hi Desert Medical Center Laboratory, Joshua Tree, CA (Jun 2013-Sept 2014)
●Hemet Valley Medical Center Laboratory, Hemet, CA (Dec 2013-May 2014)
●Atlantic General Hospital Laboratory, Berlin, MD (Apr 2013-Nov 2013
Cardiovascular Medical Group, Beverly Hills, CA Feb 2018- Nov 2018 CLS, Lab Supervisor
●Performed all lab testing, medium to high complexity
●Performed instrument maintenance, calibrations, QC; troubleshoot instrument and QC failures
●Maintained QAP; troubleshoot all quality issues, complete documentation
●Performed validations and calibration verifications
●Maintained instrumentation contracts and vendor relationships
●Document control
●Performed proficiency testing
Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA Jan 2017-Jan 2018 CLSIII, Off-Shift Supervisor
●Scheduling and vacation request processing for Core Lab Staff (18 scientist and 9 lab assistants) ● Managed general lab operations, troubleshoot inventory and instrument issues, provide coverage during staffing shortage
●Performed QA duties to ensure accuracy of manually entered test results, monitor turn-around times, create solutions for improvement
●Served on planning and preparation committee as Workflow Coordinator during the Hospital Replacement Wing Day-In-The-Life activities
●Reviewed applications and resumes, as well as participated in applicant interview process
●Liaison with management and administration to resolve issues and improve processes
●Participated in trauma activation response in blood bank
●Training of new employees and CLS students
●Administering proficiency testing, data submission and remediation documentation
●Assistance with competency evaluation
●Assistance with accreditation checklists, SOP review and inspection preparation
●Assistance with comparison and linearity studies
●Daily and advanced maintenance of instrumentation in Core Laboratory and Blood Bank
●Assistance in validation studies
●Oversight of inventory monitoring system and order processing
●Specimen processing and testing in Core Laboratory, Blood Bank and limited Microbiology ● Reviewing QA reports
Good Samaritan Hospital Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA Nov 2015- April 2018 Chemistry CLS
Performed specimen testing, maintain instrumentation and inventory ● Reviewed quality control
Shriners Hospital for Children Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA Apr 2015-Aug 2015; Feb 2016-March 2017 CLS, interim Point-of-Care Coordinator
●Performed specimen collection and testing
●Served on the code blue and code white planning committee
●Performed training and competency assessments for point-of-care end users (laboratory and nursing staff)
●Maintained POC equipment, performed software upgrade, correlations, calibrations, quality control
●POC instrumentation includes iSTAT and Abbot Glucometer
●Updated standard operating procedures as required by regulatory agencies
RTG Medical Fremont, NE Jan 2013- April 2013 Contract CLS, Generalist
●Schneider Regional Medical Center and Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute Laboratory, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
●Duties included specimen collection and testing, instrumentation maintenance, performing QC and QA, maintaining inventory
●Perform complete blood counts and differentials, as well as blood group typing and compatibility testing for transfusion purposes
Memorial Hospital of South Bend, IN Jun 2010- Dec 2012 CLS Generalists, Lead Tech and Interim Supervisor
●Managed general lab operations, troubleshoot inventory and instrument issues
●Duties included specimen collection and testing, instrumentation maintenance, performing QC, maintaining inventory
●Performed QA duties to ensure accuracy of manually entered test results, monitor turn-around times, create solutions for improvement
●Performed testing in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and minimal microbiology
●Performed complete blood counts and differentials, as well as blood group typing and compatibility testing for transfusion purposes
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph MI Aug 2006-Nov 2009 CLS Generalist
●Performed complete blood counts and differentials, as well as blood group typing and compatibility testing for transfusion purposes
●Performed medical research, analyzer validation, and other special experiments under the supervision of a technical specialist
Trained and supervised students and new employees
●Responsible for performing clinical laboratory procedures, quality assurance, quality control, and instrument maintenance
●Performed general laboratory housekeeping duties including inventory, documentation, temperature monitoring, etc.
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