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Macclesfield, Cheshire, Uk

· I form the main part of the R&D function at East Cheshire NHS Trust. Macclesfield hospital is a small trust, & so my role incorporates all aspects of R&D & I work on these tasks independently, although part of a larger (clinical) team.· My role as the R&D contact is to facilitate set up of new studies, process study amendments, organise financial aspects of studies, monitor training within the trust.· This requires working closely with the clinical research network, commercial sponsors, & local clinical teams including radiology, labs, pharmacy, finance & others.· I developed the process here for study approvals & amendments & iteratively improve these processes by gaining insights from external/internal stakeholders.· Excellent communication skills are an important part of this role as well as strong skills in organisation & prioritisation, since often deadlines change at short notice.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

In September 2018 I was offered the post of Senior Project Coordinator in the R&D department ofThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust. Although I had not been in this post long, I gained skills andexperience in areas I hadn't previously. - Largely around the AAC process in setting up of researchstudies in R&D, Research Governance processes, contracts and funding. I also was able to expand onmy management and leadership skills. Half of my role was operational and is to manage the project management team at RWT and tooversee the assess, arrange and confirm processes. I was involved in the recruitment process of twomembers of staff since being in post and line management of a team of 5. The other half of my role was in both the set up of studies alongside the other project coordinators inmy team (requiring liaison with CRAs and study contacts, negotiating contracts, study set up as perthe HRAs Assess, Arrange and Confirm process, protocol review and liaison with nursing teams andsupport services within the trust in order to get studies approved and to site initiation stage quicklyand efficiently), processing research amendments and also to improve internal processes around bothof these processes, implementing change to improve our turn-around times. As part of my senior role, I was expected to attend senior management meetings and produce reportsregarding the team's performance, and issues requiring escalation, presenting this to the R&D director,directorate manager and other senior members of staff. This role was immediately busy and high pressure with a large backlog of amendments and studiesawaiting set up and I was required to learn all of the above very quickly and with little support. I wasthankfully able to achieve this within a short time frame.

United Kingdom

In this role, I worked independently, and was supervising 4 junior staff members at the point of leaving. I was directly involved in the recruitment and interviewing process and responsible for their day to day management. Which included, managing sickness, dealing with difficult personalsituations and training. My role was very varied but largely was in ensuring that clinical trials and research studies within pathology can be efficiently set up and delivered effectively and without delay. This involved assessing study feasibility and ensuring we had the facilities and skills available to delivera study, drawing together costings for commercial studies, cost negotiation, staff training, liaison with other pathologystaff members about work that may impact on them, purchase of equipment, liaison with colleaguesaround the trust to set up efficient pathways and outsideof the trust,My role required me to: • Create new processes in the department, often with very little instruction. This can oftenrequire some level of political negotiation.• Be able to work and manage my workload independently, but also ensure my team were working tothe best of their ability. • Have a regional remit and deliver training aimed at pathology colleagues in research roles acrossthe West Midlands. • Have a good understanding of the needs and motivations for others from a diverse array ofprofessions• Simplify and extract information from complex scientific protocols. • Help to manage a complex budget with multiple income sources• Set up a new processing and sample delivery pathway for the 100,000 genomes project • Write and manage SOPs• Prioritisation of a changing workload• Act as the pathology representative at multi-disciplinary meetings for study set-up, as well asthe R&D Directorate board meeting and a regional pathology research group that I was a part of. • Prepare the department for MHRA inspection • Problem solving

Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

Previously employed by the pathology laboratory in specimen reception over Christmas, I continuedworking here a few evening shifts a week whilst at University and after I graduated. Work was variedand included prioritising and processing urgent and non-urgent samples answering phone queriesfrom doctors requiring urgent patient results and organizing postal reports for G.P's and wards. Duringthis employment, I also obtained certificates for mandatory courses in fire and security, manualhandling, infection control and conflict resolution. This role involved a good level of understanding ofcomputer programs and systems including the local LIMS system. Key relationships included those withspecimen courier drivers, BMS/MLA staff across pathology, especially those within the blood sciencesdepartments and the biochemistry laboratory lead

Here I worked as an Imaging Department assistant on a temporary basis at the Royal Infirmary.I enjoyed working here and found it interesting to be participating in another area of diagnosticmedicine. I worked with regular rotation between ultrasound and x-ray (outpatients and A&E) and mymain duties involved collecting and preparing patients for their assessments and readying the clinicrooms for x-rays and ultrasound assessments. This was performed before and in between patientsfor the sonographers, radiographers and consultant radiologists. I was also involved in recordingmeasurements performed in assessments onto the hospital computer system. Whilst working in the A& E department I found it interesting to see the cross over between the work I am most familiar with,performed at the pathlab and the patients being treated in the emergency department.

Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

I worked as an Imaging Department assistant, mainly based at the Haywood, but part of the team thatrotated to other community clinics and hospitals. I worked with regular rotation between ultrasoundand x-ray across Stoke-on-Trent and the Staffordshire Moorlands and my main duties involvedcollecting and preparing patients for their assessments and readying the clinic rooms for x-rays andultrasound assessments. This was performed before and in between patients for the sonographers,radiographers and consultant radiologists. I was also involved in recording measurements performed inassessments onto the hospital computer system

Paris, France

I worked in Paris at the L'Institut Pasteur as a trainee. I had help in arranging my placement here as my University had excellent links with the laboratory. I spent 10months working in biomedical parasitology under Dr Pierre Druilhe and Dr Christian Roussilon researching the immune response of indigenous African individuals of Niger to the malarial parasite plasmodium falciparum. Two of the techniques i became most apt in were parasite culture and ELISA, however the experience i gained from this placement was vast and it absolutely enriched me. Whilst working at the pasteur, i was also asked, as one of the few native english speakers if i would run a casual English language 'improvers' lunch time session for some of the french employees. I must admit the very prospect terrified me at first, but once i got into the flow of things i very much enjoyed it and believe i learnt as much from them as they learnt from me. I loved everything i got from being in France that short time and i believe it helped in my focus and in my achievement of my first class degree upon returning to Keele for my final year.

Master Of Science - Ms, Genome Sciences/Genomics, Merit

Research project title: 'The Genetics of Impulse Control Disorder in Patients with Parkinson's Disease'

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry & Biology, 1St Class

Final year Dissertation: 'Programmed cell death in single celled protozoan parasites' Final year Project: 'The immune response of African.

A Levels, Biology, English Literature, & Psychology

Gcses & Early As Level, 15 Gcses (Including Science, Maths, English Literature/Language, Plus As Level English Literature), A To C

Activities and Societies: Active participation in the school orchestra (clarinettist & pianist), and achieved bronze, silver and gold Duke.