Joanna Joseph
Pembroke Pines,FL
Summary
Lead Medical Technologist commended as accurate, reliable and diligent individual focused on timely and quality completion of assigned work. Scientific Medical Technologist with 10 years of training and experience in laboratory environments that optimize patient safety with minimal medical or health care errors. Demonstrated to perform laboratory tests and procedures to assist physicians in diagnosing, monitoring, treating and preventing disease. Consistently employs methodical approaches to analyze results, establish procedures and use computers and specialized instruments for accurate and precise testing.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Medical Technologist/ POC
Tenet Health
01.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams, providing valuable insights into patient cases based on laboratory data analysis.
- Improved patient care by implementing advanced diagnostic testing procedures and maintaining high-level laboratory accuracy.
- Created reports of technological findings by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.
- Provided support during accreditation and regulatory inspections, demonstrating the laboratory''s commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and safety.
- Maintained required laboratory supplies inventory, and verified viability of supplies prior to use.
Medical Technologist
Broward Health Medical Center
09.2021 - Current
- Plated samples, setting positive controls for bacteria, pathogens (gram-positive and negative staining), keeping retain as a negative control, and log sterilities
- Proper aseptic techniques used daily for samples, cleaning, sterilization
- Make dilutions, enrichment of samples using linked media.
Medical Technologist
Memorial Pembroke Hospital
01.2017 - 10.2021
- Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, or spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal or abnormal components
- Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
- Increased efficiency by troubleshooting equipment malfunctions and performing routine maintenance tasks as needed.
- Identified patient and labeled specimens with correct information to protect patient from adverse errors.
Medical Technologist
Integrated Regional Laboratories
04.2014 - 03.2021
- Consistently commended for the timely, high-quality completion of both routine and special laboratory assays of patient specimens (including blood and other body fluids, skin scrapings and surgical specimens).
- Utilized microscopy, spectrophotometry and chromatography following procedures for accurate results.
- Identified and troubleshot technical issues related to laboratory procedures.
- Evaluated the efficacy of antibiotics against bacterial strains using susceptibility testing methods like disk diffusion and broth microdilution assays.
Education
Bachelor of Health Science -
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL12.2017
Associate of Science - Clinical Lab Science Technology
Miami Dade College
Miami, Fl05.2013
Skills
- Specimen analysis
- Equipment testing and calibration
- Quality assurance controls
- Decision-making
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Working collaboratively
- Technologist in Hematology/Chemistry
- Technologist in Microbiology
- Quality Control
- Microbiology expertise
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Lead Medical Technologist/ POC
Tenet Health
01.2024 - Current
Medical Technologist
Broward Health Medical Center
09.2021 - Current
Medical Technologist
Memorial Pembroke Hospital
01.2017 - 10.2021
Medical Technologist
Integrated Regional Laboratories
04.2014 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Health Science -
Nova Southeastern University
Associate of Science - Clinical Lab Science Technology
Miami Dade College