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Union City, California, United States

Union City, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Menlo Park, California

Emeryville, California

Responsibilities include providing high quality didactic applications training to both global internal Grifols personnel (technical account specialists, field service engineers, regional technical consultants, phone support and quality assurance staff) and external US customers on multiple Immunohematology platforms. Designed, developed training curriculum and delivered Key Operator Training on the Erytra and Wadiana analyzers as well as DG Reader and Manual Gel systems. Conducted advanced… Show more Responsibilities include providing high quality didactic applications training to both global internal Grifols personnel (technical account specialists, field service engineers, regional technical consultants, phone support and quality assurance staff) and external US customers on multiple Immunohematology platforms. Designed, developed training curriculum and delivered Key Operator Training on the Erytra and Wadiana analyzers as well as DG Reader and Manual Gel systems. Conducted advanced troubleshooting Erytra training for field based technical account specialists. Regularly reviewed and updated existing training manuals for both key and general operators, presentations and related training materials for the automated platforms and created new training materials for the DG Manual System. Other responsibilities include being the subject matter expert on Immunohematology, providing support to field based staff and occasionally assisting the sales team with VIP customer visits. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsibilities include managing a team of Lead CLSs, CLSs and Lab Assistants to ensure prompt and safe deliverables for all sections of Blood Sciences such as Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, POCT, Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Service. Managerial responsibilities include annual evaluations, staff conflict resolutions, liaising with HR/Labour Relations, ensuring CAP and Joint Commission regulations are followed in all aspects of lab testing. Reported directly to the… Show more Responsibilities include managing a team of Lead CLSs, CLSs and Lab Assistants to ensure prompt and safe deliverables for all sections of Blood Sciences such as Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, POCT, Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Service. Managerial responsibilities include annual evaluations, staff conflict resolutions, liaising with HR/Labour Relations, ensuring CAP and Joint Commission regulations are followed in all aspects of lab testing. Reported directly to the Chief Administrative Officer and held regular meetings to discuss the needs of the lab. Responsible for managing purchase orders, lab budget, liaising with various vendors and maintaining adequatelab testing supplies at all times. Day to day responsibilities include reviewing QC and analyzer logs, providing high level support to staff, meetings with interdisciplinary teams. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsibilities include supervising a team of Lead CLSs, CLSs, and Lab Assistants to ensure prompt and safe deliverables in a trauma setting. Managerial responsibilities include staff training and annual evaluations, working in an union environment, liaising with HR/Labour Relations on appropriate steps to take in resolution of staff conflicts, project management such as new instrument evaluations, managingPO, budget analysis and future projection, interviewing potential candidates for… Show more Responsibilities include supervising a team of Lead CLSs, CLSs, and Lab Assistants to ensure prompt and safe deliverables in a trauma setting. Managerial responsibilities include staff training and annual evaluations, working in an union environment, liaising with HR/Labour Relations on appropriate steps to take in resolution of staff conflicts, project management such as new instrument evaluations, managingPO, budget analysis and future projection, interviewing potential candidates for vacant lab positions, liaising with vendors, other hospital personnel and representing laboratory, composing monthly Blood Bank Trauma and Transfusion Committee Reports and presenting data to the Hospital Transfusion Committee, attending Transfusion Advisory Committee meetings held at the blood centre, reviewing QC and troubleshooting, inventory management, test method evaluations, training laboratory, nursing staff and physicians in protocol changes, writing and reviewing SOPs, reviewing and making changes to Trauma protocol as driven by Hospital Trauma Team in conjunction with Blood Bank, reviewing blood management protocol. Successful completion of both CAP and AABB inspections achieved. Technicalresponsibilities include performance and evaluation of blood grouping (Ortho manual gel system) and antibody investigations using GEL, tube method PEG, LISS, Ficin, Fetal Bleed Screen, Kliehauer Betke, Titrations, crossmatching, antigen typing, sickle cell screening, Competent in using Sysmex Novius and SafeTrace Tx software programs, Abbott Sapphire Hematology Analysers, Siemens Atlas andUF-100 Urine Analysers. Show less

Oakland, California

Responsibilities include performing and interpreting complex patient antibody investigations, red blood cell autoantibody evaluations using allo and auto adsorptions for warm and cold autoantibodies, HTLA and high prevalence antibody investigations, titrations, elutions, DAT, cell separation techniques, investigating transfusion reactions, resolving compatibility problems, donor red blood cell antigen typing and antibody investigation; Patient ABO/Rh discrepancy investigations; freezing rare… Show more Responsibilities include performing and interpreting complex patient antibody investigations, red blood cell autoantibody evaluations using allo and auto adsorptions for warm and cold autoantibodies, HTLA and high prevalence antibody investigations, titrations, elutions, DAT, cell separation techniques, investigating transfusion reactions, resolving compatibility problems, donor red blood cell antigen typing and antibody investigation; Patient ABO/Rh discrepancy investigations; freezing rare red blood cells, Platelet antibody detection and crossmatching using Solid Phase technology, use of PEG, LISS and other chemicals and enzymes such as DTT, EGA, Chloroquine and Ficin for complex antibody investigations; performing quality control and equipment maintenance; adhering to CFR and cGMP in place; Liaising with other blood centres and American Rare Donor Program to locate rare red blood cell components, working closely with hospital services, Quality and Components departments, participation in CAP/AABB surveys, attending Transfusion Advisory Committee meetings and presenting interesting patient cases, providing reference and consultation advice to hospitals and transfusion facilities across San Francisco Bay Area. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities include day to day operation of the Blood Transfusion Laboratory; Leading a team of Biomedical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Assistants to deliver a fit-for-purpose medical laboratory service; Key service delivery responsibilities in technical, scientific, clinical and management aspects; Training all levels of staff; Quality Control - performance and evaluation of Blood Grouping analysers using Gel Technology; Participate in the Hospital Transfusion Committee Meetings… Show more Responsibilities include day to day operation of the Blood Transfusion Laboratory; Leading a team of Biomedical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Assistants to deliver a fit-for-purpose medical laboratory service; Key service delivery responsibilities in technical, scientific, clinical and management aspects; Training all levels of staff; Quality Control - performance and evaluation of Blood Grouping analysers using Gel Technology; Participate in the Hospital Transfusion Committee Meetings. Played a key role in the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA, UK legislation) inspection and composed internal Standard Operating Procedures relevant to the laboratory. Simultaneously completed Masters degree in Hematology, research thesis based on use of mass spectrometry technology in newborn screening for Sickle cell disease and Thalassemia. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Trained and demonstrated vast knowledge in various areas of Laboratory Haematology. Subsections include General Haematology, Hematinics, Special Haematology, Molecular Diagnostics, Blood Transfusion and Haemostasis. Common responsibilities for all sections include authorisation of patient results, resolution of result discrepancies, trouble shooting of analysers, participating in quality assurance programs. Instrumentations used for patient testing include Beckman Coulter Analysers for CBC… Show more Trained and demonstrated vast knowledge in various areas of Laboratory Haematology. Subsections include General Haematology, Hematinics, Special Haematology, Molecular Diagnostics, Blood Transfusion and Haemostasis. Common responsibilities for all sections include authorisation of patient results, resolution of result discrepancies, trouble shooting of analysers, participating in quality assurance programs. Instrumentations used for patient testing include Beckman Coulter Analysers for CBC, Reticulocytes, nRBC, Hematinics Assays, Hemaglobinapathy screening; Coulter Flow Cytometry Analysers for acute and chronic leukaemia panels, HLA B27, T4T8; Sysmex Analysers for basic Coagulation panel, WADiana Blood Grouping Analysers using Gel technology, Applied Biosystems analyser for mass spectrometry. Extensive knowledge of blood cell morphology. Performed manual tests such malaria screening, acid/alkali gels for hemaglobinapathies, antibody investigations, Kleihauer Betke, plasma viscosity, infectious mononucleosis. Involved in training new CLSs, Lab Assistants in all aspects of testing and result authorisation. Show less

Specialist In Blood Banking, Transfusion Medicine

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Haematology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biomedical Sciences