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CHRISTINE De Souza

Abington,MA

Summary

To obtain a position as a clinical laboratory technician in order to utilize my overall technical skills, management skills, educational background, and problem solving skills.

SUMMARY

Compassionate Laboratory Technician trained to handle issues and remain level-headed. Reliable and hardworking with great interpersonal and team collabor-
ation skills. Motivated professional offering Associates Degree in Applied Science. Adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal and multitasking abilities. Meets tight deadlines. Hardworking and competent Medical Laboratory Technician with extensive knowledge in clinical laboratory operations. Punctual and professional, willing to work various shifts and driven to perform successfully in solitary role or as part of team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Acquired over thirty years of professional experience as a clinical laboratory technician.

· Over six years of experience as a hematology lead clinical laboratory technician.

· Twenty years of experience as a core laboratory generalist.

· Twenty years of experience as a blood bank technician.

· Analyzed laboratory specimen and subsequent result reporting according to laboratory protocol and procedures.

· Trained current employees, new employees, and students.

· Team player and independent thinker.

· Continuing education courses include: genetics, statistics, calculus, employment law, management and leadership, advanced composition and communication, and economics.

· Proficient with clinical laboratory methodologies and analytical techniques including flow cytometry, electrophoresis, Western blot, PCR and ELISA.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Signature Healthcare
Brockton, MA
08.2016 - Current
  • Generalist: Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Blood Bank, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Microbiology (planting, gram stains, and various rapid tests) and Immunology
  • Instrumentation: Siemens Atellica, Werfen ACL TOP, Grifols Erytra, Biomerieux Vidas, Sysmex XN 3000, Beckman Coulter DxU Workcell, Radiometer ABL 800, Abbott ID NOW
  • Performed both automated and manual high complexity testing in all departments of the clinical laboratory
  • Inventory management and quality control of equipment, reagents, and processes
  • Instrument troubleshooting
  • Trained current employees, new employees, and students.

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/HEMATOLOGY

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
1991 - 1995
  • Performed both automated and manual high complexity clinical hematology testing including test procedures in urinalysis, coagulation, and immunology
  • Quality control of equipment, reagents and processes
  • Instrument troubleshooting
  • Trained current employees, new employees, and students.

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/BLOOD BANK

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
1997 - 1999
  • ABO and RH typing, antibody screening, antigen typing, resolved complex antibody identifications and identified products suitable for transfusion
  • Prepared blood products and components for transfusion, inventory management, manual record keeping and logs
  • Quality control of equipment, reagents, and processes
  • Instrument troubleshooting
  • Trained current employees, new employees, and students.

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/GENERALIST

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
1999 - 2009
  • Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Blood Bank, Coagulation, Urinalysis, and Microbiology
  • Instrumentation: Roche Cobas, Diagnostica Stago STA, Immucor ECHO, Beckman Coulter LH 750, Biomerieux Vidas, Siemens Clinitek Atlas
  • Performed both automated and manual high complexity testing in all departments of the clinical laboratory
  • Inventory management and quality control of equipment, reagents, and processes
  • Instrument troubleshooting
  • Trained current employees, new employees, and students.

LEAD MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/HEMATOLOGY

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
2009 - 2016
  • Performed non-routine activities relating to technical oversight, inspection readiness, QI, QM, QC, and scheduling
  • Managed Inventory
  • Obtained pricing and quotes for laboratory analyzers, reagents, and various laboratory equipment
  • Prepared purchase requisitions
  • Primary contact person for vendors, IT, purchasing, biomedical engineering, field service engineering, and laboratory staff
  • Prepared standing orders for purchasing
  • Troubleshooting malfunctioning instrumentation and equipment
  • Trained current employees, new employees, and students
  • Analyzer calibration
  • Managed reagent lot conversions
  • Super user for Meditech 6.0 and IT applications
  • Wrote laboratory procedures
  • Conducted interviews and staff meetings.

SPECIMEN PROCESSOR

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
1989 - 1992
  • Received blood specimens into the laboratory, including urine samples and all other types of body fluids
  • Prepared specimens to be tested in the various laboratory departments according to standard operating procedure requirements
  • Centrifugation and pipetting of samples as needed
  • Prepared samples for shipment to various reference laboratories.

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/GENERALIST

South Shore Hospital
Weymouth, MA
1992 - 1996
  • Position consistent with my position from 1999-2009

Education

ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE -

Massasoit Community College
09-1990

Skills

  • Equipment Testing and Calibration
  • Training and Mentoring
  • Laboratory Information Systems
  • Test Documentation
  • Laboratory Assay Analysis
  • Data Interpretation
  • Quality Control Procedures
  • Laboratory Safety Protocols
  • Document Management
  • Equipment Calibration
  • Quality Control
  • Inventory Control
  • Volumetric Solution Preparation
  • MEDITECH Software
  • Phlebotomy
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Specifications Conformance
  • Equipment Troubleshooting
  • Reagent Mixing
  • Critical Thinking

Certification

MLT (ASCP)

Timeline

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Signature Healthcare
08.2016 - Current

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/HEMATOLOGY

South Shore Hospital
1991 - 1995

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/BLOOD BANK

South Shore Hospital
1997 - 1999

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/GENERALIST

South Shore Hospital
1999 - 2009

LEAD MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/HEMATOLOGY

South Shore Hospital
2009 - 2016

SPECIMEN PROCESSOR

South Shore Hospital
1989 - 1992

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/GENERALIST

South Shore Hospital
1992 - 1996

ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE -

Massasoit Community College
CHRISTINE De Souza