Jessie Tavenner
Missoula,MT
Summary
Detail-oriented Medical Laboratory Scientist passionate about facilitating excellent patient care. Adept at designing and implementing policies and procedures. Motivated team builder and supervisor focused on driving team collaboration.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Microbiology Supervisor
Community Medical Center
Missoula, MT
05.2021 - Current
- Performed multiple full validations for Bactec FX media bottles, different forms of COVID testing, and Respiratory panels.
- Prepared validation plans, polcies, and procedures
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Followed laboratory guidelines for handling biological specimens.
- Managed departmental inventory and supply ordering.
- Followed strict aseptic techniques to protect patients when collecting blood and tissue samples.
- Recorded control values from technical instruments to maintain reliability and validity of test results.
- Reviewed patient data, prepared data reports and signed off on release of information requests.
- Was apart of the hospitals' Infection Control Committee
- Started a stewardship between PharmD students, Pharmacy students, and Infection Control MDs.
Medical Laboratory Scientist- Generalist
Community Medical Center
Missoula, MT
06.2020 - 05.2021
- Maintained physical lab equipment, detecting malfunctions and troubleshooting to ensure optimum service.
- Contributed to lab team and individual competency assessment toward maintaining efficiency in environment.
- Kept patient information properly secured and confidential.
- Verified report accuracy by assessing statistics, specimen identification and critical values.
- Performed chemistry analysis, urinalysis, hematology, coagulation, transfusion medicine, and serology for multiple patients daily.
Medical Laboratory Scientist Intern
Community Medical Center
Missoula MT, MT
09.2019 - 05.2020
- Processed hematology, urinalysis, chemistry, microbiology, coagulation, and blood bank specimens
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish internship and education goals.
Education
Post Graduate Degree - Medical Laboratory Science
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Montana State University - Bozeman
Bozeman, MT12.2018
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Performance Monitoring
- Decision Making
- Patient Care Assessment
- Policy and Program Development
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Problem Resolution
Timeline
Microbiology Supervisor
Community Medical Center
05.2021 - Current
Medical Laboratory Scientist- Generalist
Community Medical Center
06.2020 - 05.2021
Medical Laboratory Scientist Intern
Community Medical Center
09.2019 - 05.2020
Post Graduate Degree - Medical Laboratory Science
University of North Dakota
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Montana State University - Bozeman