Navjeet R. Email & Phone Number

Brampton, ON, CA

• Laboratory consultant for Yukon 1Health Project to implement several Meditech optimization pieces including laboratory labels, precollection workflow and connectivity to long term care centers and the hospital laboratory
• Project Manager for AegisPOC implementation project in Holland Bloorview with Meditech Expanse; working collaboratively with Sunnybrook to complete the project
• At the elbow support for Lakeridge Health Center EPIC go live, working with nurses using Clindoc and ASAP
• At the elbow support for Montfort Meditech go live, working alongside nurses and doctors using OM
• Beaker CP certification currently in progress. Classes completed, Certification testing in progress

• Integral team member in facilitating the upgrade of Halton Health Services from Meditech Client to Meditech Expanse
• Project lead for Dynacare mapping, testing and implementation project
• Currently working on CCO connectivity and testing project
• Trained in Meditech Advance Application Training, Dictionary Training and Device testing
• Work with System Administrator Team on all Server Upgrades, Server Migrations, and New Server Builds specifications.
• Operational support for the Medinet Referred Testing for Dynacare as well as Ontario LIS Send Results Repository Interfaces

• Certified Bridges analyst in charge of Hamilton Outreach Lab interface set up, Wellsky set up and implementation as well as Pathology Information Management System (CCO) reports conformance testing
• Completed Primary Functional testing with Dynacare, ICL, Joseph Brant Hospital, Lifelabs and Niagara Health Sciences to ensure connectivity with downstream vendors (All Outreach Vendors)
• Secondary Analyst for analyzer interfacing to Epic through Instrument Manager and interfacing of Siemens UniPOC across all hospital sites
• Working with several Laboratory vendors including Data Innovation, Siemens, Copan WASPLab to establish working interfaces with current middleware for analyzers
• Working with Interface team to decrease current redundancies in set up to allow smoother transition for the HIS
• Facilitating changes and set up in Beaker through previous MLT experience to ensure smooth Wellsky connectivity in Hamilton Health Sciences as well as connectivity between St. Josephs Hospital and Hamilton’s Epic systems

• Responsible for LIS audits, changes and troubleshooting to Meditech, Medinet and Centralink.
• Worked with Biochemist, Department Manager and LIS team to implement new tests across THP
• Built QC, interface and tests in both Live and Test environment; tested new implementations before Live date
• Helped to standardize billing across THP by working across Credit Valley, Mississauga and Queensway

Mississauga, Ontario

• Prepared, loaded and evaluated QC, calibrators and patient specimen to be run on the Siemens VistaIntegrated and Centaur Immunoassay analyzers
• Manually read urinalysis slides, performed rapid HIV, drug, occult blood and osmolality testing
• Maintained and organized workflow to meet the strict turn around times for one of the busiesthospitals in Canada
• Prioritized and processed stats such as blood gases on GEM 3500 and 4000 as well as CSF samples
• Troubleshooting and identification of specimen issues as well as communicating critical results
• Adept at using Meditech, Sunrise and Centralink Data management System

• Trained in Cerner for Hematology and Blood bank as well as helped train other staff in Hematology for the implementation of Cerner
• Conducted DAT, Kleihauer-Betke testing, Antibody titration, and Antibody investigation using MTS Gel
• Processed group and screen samples on the ORTHO ProVue immunohematology instrument
• Issued, ordered and tested blood units, blood products and manufactured products from CBS
• Performed forward grouping on cord blood, weak D testing, IS and gel cross match
• Tested coagulation samples on the ACL TOP 500 and CBC samples on the Beckman Coulter DxH 800; identified samples for further investigation via manual differential

• Validated and submitted monthly workloads and case costing submissions to Finance
• Reviewed and conducted investigations on SLIPS with personnel as well as RECALL notifications
• Performed EQA (Non-IQMH) submissions for chemistry to ensure quality of analytes and procedures
• Supported POCT Abbot Freestyle Precision Pro by troubleshooting connectivity issues, instrument malfunctions and QC issues

Mississauga

• Working in a fast paced, collaborative environment in the department of chemistry.
• Measured serum analytes including Hgb A1C using the Roche Cobas System including troubleshooting QC issues as well as analyzer issues

Toronto, Canada Area

• Prepared, loaded, and evaluated QCs and patient samples on the Roche Cobas 8100, Sysmex XN-9100, and CS-1500 analyzers
• Applied manual techniques to test for ESR, Malaria, G6PD, and sickle cell solubility
• Performed, interpreted, and released blood gas, osmolality, maternal screens, and urinalysis results
• Conducted DAT, Kleihauer-Betke testing, Antibody titration, and Antibody investigation using MTS Gel and Immucor Galileo ECHO technology
• Performed preliminary identification using biochemical tests and MALDI-TOF to discern between pathogens and normal flora
• Operated Vitek to test pathogens for AST, then applied Kirby Baur testing when appropriate

Kingston Residence

• Provided paraprofessional advice to over 60 students in the residence environment
• Confronted and resolved issues of drug abuse, academic performance and social acceptance
• Managed administrative tasks such as incident reports, duty logs, emergency logs and assisted students in emergency procedures. Maintained and enforced college policy
• Created, planned, and implemented educational, social, and recreational programs

IRL Etobicoke Laboratory

• Hired as a key member to help with backlog of samples from the merger with CML as well as facilitate in the transferring of LIS software from MERLIN to ColPath.
• Accessioned samples in both GUI and ColPath LIS for both Cytology and Histology.
• Processed Cytological samples as well as stats and repeats. Did minor repairs on Prepstain.
• Ran non-gynecological, Urgent/stat samples as well as highly sensitive samples directly handed from senior cytotechnologist or pathologist
• Also given cursory training in Microbiology, Mycology, Parasitology, Histology and Hematology. Stayed in each department long enough to learn the daily work flow of each very busy section.

University Of Toronto Athletic Centre

Customer serviceSpecial orders/requests, cashier, refunds, exchangesMerchandising, generating purchase orders, suggesting brands to stock, receiving ordersTraining new staffAssist at satellite locations within University of Toronto Press (convocation event, Innis College store, Varsity Stadium)Opening/closing store procedures, cash reconciliation

Cytology:Collected and processed cytological specimens and prepared them for the TriPath Cell Enrichment machinePrepared and ran enriched specimens on the TriPath Prepstain Slide processor as well as cover slipped completed slidesFollowed SOPs and kept machine clean by running daily as well as weekly cleaning proceduresMicrobiology:Collected and processed.

Collected and processed cold, frozen as well as room temperature specimens and matched them according to their requisitionCataloged specimens using HL7 and managed them into their appropriate storage freezersConsulted with clients to fix any issues between the requisition and samples collected as well as other non routine issuesHelped set up parameters for.

Characterized head and neck cancer types by researching the correlation between carcinoma aggressiveness vs. the presence of novel protein biomarkersRan immunohistochemistry assays on thyroid tissue samples for the LASP-1 protein, then analyzed and scored subsequent slidesRan ELISA and Western Blots for the EpCAM protein