Caitlin Jenkins
Dayton,OH
Summary
Successful Laboratory Supervisor with Core Lab and Transfusion Services oversight for 8 years.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Laboratory Supervisor
Kettering Health Washington Township
05.2019 - Current
- Successfully filled in as interim manager from October 2025 - January 2026, maintaining standards of quality and interdepartmental relationships
- Part of the Kettering Health 2025 CAP inspection team
- Led the Kettering Health Washington Township lab team through a two week system wide technology down time while maintaining safe patient care
- Attended Leadership Institute, Global Leadership Summit, and HumanEx classes to further develop leadership skills
- Collaborated with other leaders to create a Supervisor Training Guide for consistent training of new supervisors across the Kettering Health System
- Served as a mentor to new supervisors
- Coordinated Massive Transfusion Protocol drills with the maternity unit educator to provide extra training for lab and maternity staff
- Performed and reviewed linearities, correlations, and validations on various lab instrumentation
- Assessed competency on all technical staff according to CAP standards
- Investigated bias and unacceptable responses of CAP proficiency testing
- Reviewed peer QC monthly for Chemistry and Hematology using UnityWeb and Beckman Coulter IQAP
Medical Technologist (Microbiology)
Kettering Health Network
06.2015 - 05.2019
- Processed and screened clinical specimens for a network consisting of seven hospitals, four free-standing emergency departments, and multiple clinical offices in the Dayton metropolitan area
- Created staff schedules and bench assignments
- Collaborated with physicians on susceptibility results and further treatment plans for patients
- Calculated monthly blood culture contamination reports for multiple hospitals and attended quarterly Infection Control and Prevention meetings to discuss process improvement
- Successfully initiated a gram stain training program for staff after recognizing a potential risk factor, enabling laboratory staff to build confidence with reading gram stains
- Chosen by the Kettering Health Network to be the microbiology lead for a CAP inspection in Fort Wayne, IN
- Collaborated with local colleges to provide clinical rotation training for students pursuing laboratory careers as Medical Technologists and Medical Technicians
- Guided pharmacy directors for multiple hospitals in testing sterility techniques and how to best meet criteria for their accrediting agency
Medical Technologist (Generalist)
Grandview Medical Center
04.2014 - 06.2015
- Performed manual and automated testing for a 300 bed hospital in Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, and Microbiology efficiently, with quick turn-around times
- Routinely performed maintenance and troubleshooting on a variety of clinical instruments
- Mastered Epic Beaker and HCLL systems
- Attended Advanced Vista Training at Southview Hospital
Education
Bachelor’s of Science - Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Wright State University
Dayton, OH05-2014
Skills
- Training and mentoring
- Epic Beaker
- Wellsky
- Beckman Chemistry instrumentation
- Beckman Hematology instrumentation
- Ortho Vision instrumentation
- Microsoft Office
Certification
American Society of Clinical Pathologists - Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS), 2014, Dayton, OH, Active
Timeline
Laboratory Supervisor
Kettering Health Washington Township
05.2019 - Current
Medical Technologist (Microbiology)
Kettering Health Network
06.2015 - 05.2019
Medical Technologist (Generalist)
Grandview Medical Center
04.2014 - 06.2015
Bachelor’s of Science - Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Wright State University