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EMAIL AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLENew Smyrna Beach, FL Street Address
Summary ExperienceExperienced Laboratory Manager with a focus on continuous quality improvement.Always seeking opportunities to enhance efficiency, processes, or operations. Knowledgeable in CLIA, COLA, CAP and Joint Commission regulations and inspections. Excellent problem-solving skills. Strong clinical background. Seeking opportunity to merge clinical and laboratory knowledge to improve patient outcome.SkillsQuality Assurance Process improvementSupervision OrganizationCustomer serviceOperational improvement Problem resolutionLean ProcessesLicense and CertificationFlorida SU 43017Chemistry SupervisorImmunohematology SupervisorHematology SupervisorBlood Bank SupervisorSerology SupervisorMicrobiology SupervisorMolecular Pathology TechnologistASCP MT 182956NCCPA 1043583Education and TrainingMaster of Physician Assistant StudiesUniversity of Florida Gainesville, FL12/1998Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of Maine Orono, ME,Medical Technology, 08/1990Adventus Laboratory SolutionsFort Pierce, FL October 2023 to presentLaboratory ManagerTransitioned Dynix Diagnostix to new ownership.Revalidated all clinical testing for accreditation.Supervised testing in all laboratory areasChemistry AU 700, DXI, Architect i2000, Immulite 2000Hematology DXH CBC, Diff, Retic, ESRTosoh G8Clinitek with QC moduleBDMax, CFR96LCMS urine toxicologyABO/rh, RPRMaintained compliance with all CLIA, COLA regulations.Negotiated new contracts for supplies.Managed reference testing and electronic ordering and resulting.Identified areas for savings and potential growth.Identified issues with instrumentation, QA and ITBeaker Management and ConsultantsHutchinson Island, FL April 2020 to presentTechnical SupervisorProvide Technical oversight for various laboratories.Maintain compliance with CLIA, COLA, CAP, NY, Joint CommissionWrite and update policies and procedures.Provide guidance for method validation and LDT.Review QC, QA and competencies.Dynix DiagnostixFort Pierce, FL April 2017 to October 2023Laboratory ManagerResponsible for the total technical and administrative operations of the lab with over 3 million billable tests per year.Managed supply purchasing, restocking and inventory tracking as part of $1.5 million consumable yearly budget.Maintained compliance with all laboratory, company and legal regulations.Established and managed quality control program covering all laboratory activities.Applied clinical knowledge to recommend appropriate tests to clients.Reviewed patient data to recommend additional testing.Improved profit margins by streamlining operations and workflow and negotiating competitive vendor contracts.Validated Yale Saliva Direct Covid testing performing up to 1000 tests/day.Applied and maintained CA, PA and NY licenses.Managed 15 employees.Vizzion ScientificFort Pierce, FL October 2019 to October 2023Laboratory ManagerEstablished Toxicology laboratory.Validated urine drug screening on AU680.Validated urine LCMS confirmatory testing.Managed inventory, QA, QC, COLA AccreditationLower Florida Keys Medical CenterKey West, FL June 2016 to June 2017Weekend Supervisor/Blood Bank SupervisorWorked closely with team members to implement a new LIS Transitioned blood bank from a complete paper system to apaperless system with electronic cross matchesManaged all proficiency testing, method comparison, linearity for the laboratory.Maintained all blood bank qc, maintenance, transfusion data, inventory.Bert Fish Medical CenterNew Smyrna Beach, FL April 2011 to December 2016Analyzed and managed transfusion data for compliance purposes.Created, updated and optimized policies and procedures for the blood bank.Ordered all supplies and reagents for the blood bank and monitored blood product inventory levels.Reduced reagent costs by $10,000/yr. through vendor agreements.Mentored MLT students from local colleges.Participated in Quality meetings with department heads to monitor compliance with current patient blood management guidelines. |