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At Barts Health, our vision is to change lives. We are the largest NHS Trust in the UK serving a population of 2.5 million in east London and beyond. Our Trust consists of six local hospital sites: The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Mile End Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, Newham University Hospital, and Whipps Cross University Hospital.The Royal London is a leading, internationally renowned teaching hospital based in east London. We offer a full range of local and specialist services,home to London's air ambulance, The Royal London is also one of the capital's leading trauma and emergency care centre, hyper-acute stroke centre, and Haemophilia centre .I have worked in The Royal London, St Bartholomew's, Newham, and Whipp's Cross sites.Competencies:Fully trained in all areas of Automated Haematology, Haemostasis/Coagulation, Blood Transfusion, Red Cell, and Molecular Haematology departments.Have extensive experience with: •Sysmex XE-2100 Full Blood Count analysers, •Sysmex CS-2100i Coagulation analysers, •IBG Immucor NEO Blood Bank analysers, •DiaMed Gels Cards,•BioRad Variant ii/Turbo HPLC analysers.•Maxwell 16 MDx DNA/RNA Extraction System.•Clinisys WinPath/CellPath Software.Duties:•Processing and authorising full blood count results, and analysing blood films.•Processing and authorising routine coagulation results.•Processing specialist coagulation tests such as Factor assays, Lupus Anticoagulant assays, and Thrombophilia assays.•Processing automated and manual blood group and red cell antibody screens, specific antibody investigations and cross matches.•Processing HbA1c samples and investigating haemoglobinopathies using HPLC analysers and Acid/Alkaline Gel Electrophoresis.•Processing PCRs and carrying out DNA sequencing.•Taking part in calibration of the analyzers, running quality controls (QCs) and processing External Quality Assessment (EQA) samples.•Training less experienced staff.

Rotated around various departments including Automated Haematology, Coagulation/Haemostasis, Blood Transfusion, and Red Cell.Gathered evidence in all those areas for my CPD and IBMS Generic Portfolio in order to become a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.

We are the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing services with medical and scientific staff of approximately 900 MDs and PhDs, convenient patient testing locations and a broad range of complementary diagnostic products. Our advanced health information technology solutions enable better healthcare decisions today, and our support of clinical trials is helping to find the cures of tomorrow.We touch individuals’ lives 150 million times each year, leveraging our strength and expertise to help them make the best healthcare decisions possible.By continuously introducing new and improved tests, technology and services, we have established a reputation as the leading innovator in the clinical laboratory industry. Our accreditations speak for themselves.www.britainstopemployers.co.ukDuties include:• Making blood films• Staining blood films with special stains• Staining blood films for malaria parasites• Loading samples on and maintaining Beckman Coulter LH780 analysers• Loading samples on and maintaining CS2100(i) coagulation analysers• Reagent reconstitution• Loading the vesmatic 20 ESR analysers• Checking Quality Control of the analysers• Filing bone marrow slides• Assisting with the anticoagulant clinic• Booking samples into the LIMS system• Stock check and organisation

• Consistently met and exceeded daily and weekly sales targets in a very dynamic environment.• Served customers in an efficient and professional way, providing them with excellent customer service from the start to finish of the sale was part of my daily routine. • Being customer focused and understanding the customer’s wants and needs is a great attribute I possess which enabled me to become successful in my job role.• Being part of a small working party has taught me how to work effectively as a team and also independently.

• As an employee of such an established name in a specialized sports store, I had to conduct myself in a professional manner to all customers. This not only helped to increase sales, but also gave our department a friendly and helpful reputation. Other tasks included:• Cashier/Tills (Very familiar with tills, serves customers in an efficient and professional way).• Replenishing stock.• Healthy sales figures were consistently achieved by my confident approach to customers and knowledge of the products sold.• Maintaining a friendly and enthusiastic personality to reflect the whole department.