Jessie French Email & Phone Number

Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Duties: Maintain a safe and functioning laboratory. Ensure up to date SDS. Ensure complete skin cancer specimen life cycle processing to include intake, accession, grossing, horizontal frozen sections, routine hematoxylin and eosin staining. Coordinate surgical operations of junior personnel, perform biopsies, administer anesthetic, suturing under physician supervision. Responsible for stain line operation, equipment maintenance, and lifecycle processing of cover slipping slides according to state law for ten years of storage, along with proper filing, retention and disposal. Participation in performance improvement and quality control assessments. Accomplishments: Established new Mohs Laboratory and clinical practice, successfully initial and subsequent CLIA inspections, co-authored Mohs Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures, developed / deployed OSHA BloodBorne Pathogens, Hazardous Communications, Emergency Action Plan and Fire prevention plan manuals for practice of 38, completed initial and annual training for OSHA training, trained 7 new personnel in lab procedures and surgical techniques.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Duties: Processing and embedding horizontal frozen sections for Mohs Surgery, laboratory documentation and maintenance, anatomic pathology coordination, instrument sterilization, database management, surgery coordinator, patient advocate, suturing under physician supervision, and performing biopsies.Accomplishments: Created laboratory training manuals, implemented laboratory record keeping, obtained CAP certification after merging Mohs Laboratory with Main Hospital Anatomic Pathology Laboratory, created first ever Department of Dermatology Corpsmen Training manual and course, created MSDS manuals and product databases, implemented new surgical instruments, ran Mohs Surgical Suite with zero incompetency, zero percent infection rate, and less than 1% recurrence rate with Mohs Surgeon. Coordinated relocation and $4.6 mil provisioning of 13,000 + sq. ft. of new medical office space with minimal downtime and within budget.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Duties: Preparing Mohs slides, laboratory upkeep, pathology coordination, instrument sterilization, database management, electronic medical record template setup and upkeep, OSHA training and updates, surgery coordinator, patient advocate, suturing, performing biopsies, filling in for the Clinical Manager, and other duties as assigned. Accomplishments: Successfully gained initial CLIA accreditation, created laboratory training manuals, implemented database scanning protocols, created MSDS manuals and product databases, created administrative procedure manuals including creating a pre-registration department, developed marketing strategies and physician packets to make patient referrals easier.