Rachelle Conner
Medical Laboratory Technician
Everett,WA
Summary
Knowledgeable, highly reliable, ASCP board certified, Medical Laboratory Technician. professionally skilled in many facets, quality driven team player with an accurate, efficient approach, that works very well under pressure. Focuses on quality completion of all laboratory procedures under tight deadlines, familiar with OSHA, USDA, and FDA guidelines that offers many years of industry expertise.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supervisor-Specimen Management
Altasciences Preclinincal Seattle
01.2022 - 07.2023
- Schedules, manages, monitors, and trains staff in Processing, Shipping, Archival and Storage departments.
- Communicates all areas of accountability and performance to expected to staff.
- Creates, reviews and revises workload and scheduling to ensure staff maintains Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and optimal results.
- Monitors progress of studies to ensure timely response, tracks and monitors timelines, and Quality Control audits
- Attends and participates in meetings regarding study planning and management of all specimens.
- Coordinates and communicates with Study Directors, Coordinators, Pathologists, Laboratory and Vivarium staff, and shipping couriers.
- Secures the proper import/export permits, certificates, manifests shipping and customs documentation are valid and in place before shipping specimens to intended countries, and recipients.
- Confirms that paperwork, packages, labeling and documentation are compliant with IATA, ICAO and Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR).
- Ensures that data/equipment is accurate, complete, consistent to GLP/SOP's and that the department is meeting internal and external deadlines.
- Maintains documentation of procedures, equipment used and performs quality control of all forms and logs.
- Assists accounting with reconciliation of specimen shipments by local courier, and purchase order numbers.
- Monitors the sub areas of department for cleanliness, ensures availability and orders all material, equipment, reagents and expendables.
- Responsible for all interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, and direction of work flow, and appraising performance.
- Reduced employee turnover by fostering a positive work environment and providing ongoing feedback to staff members.
- Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
Training Specialist-Specimen Management
Altasciences Preclinical Seattle
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for applying for and tracking of all governmental Import and Export permits through FDA, U.S FWS-Cites and USDA Aphis import regulations.
- Prepares and packages shipments, prepares all commercial invoices, veterinarian declarations, and other documentation required for all permitted international shipments, sets up shipment pick-up with UPS, Fed-EX and local couriers.
- Enhanced employee performance by developing and implementing comprehensive training programs.
- Streamlined onboarding process for new hires, resulting in reduced time to productivity.
- Develops and implements SOP's and qualification requirements, ensuring compliance with FDA (GLP), and other regulatory agencies.
- Researches new procedures, trains, and oversees their implementation.
- Coordinates with department trainers and management to schedule cross training.
- Trains and cross trains in the technical execution of current protocols and SOP's, daily activities associated with all functions of Specimen Management and other related services.
- Identifies and ensures uniform content across all training staff.
- Is responsible for the development, creation, and maintenance of training program, training forms and electronic records.
- Focuses on process management and standardization to improve quality and efficiency.
- Proper documentation of training procedures and data acquisition in an effort to accurately document compliance with plans, SOP's, and protocols while facilitating the needs of departmental management.
- Manages, tracks milestones, and communicates training deadlines to personnel and ensures training schedules are up to date.
- Provides hands-on training of staff for classes, technical skills, and assesses competency.
- Responds to Quality Assurance audits for training purposes, and corrective actions that require training.
Specimen Management Technician
Altasciences Preclinical Seattle
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Prepare, receive, centrifuge, aliquot, transfer/ship according to SOP's and protocol design with limited supervision.
- Maintain chain of custody of all specimens processed and ensure timely transfer of specimens for analysis, archive, shipment or storage.
- Responsible for working in compliance with GLP guidelines, protocols and SOP's.
- Universal Trainer.
- Demonstrates competency of Watson, a LIMS system to log, track and transfer specimens.
- Demonstrates knowledge of test requirements, stability limits, specimen integrity, specimen identification and preparation of specimens for testing.
- Maintain documentation of procedures and equipment used and performs quality control of forms and logs.
- Enhanced equipment performance by conducting regular maintenance and troubleshooting tasks.
Medical Laboratory Technician
Swedish Medical Center (Stevens Hospital)
- Executed and analyzed tests in areas including Hematology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Coagulation, Serology, Immunology, Blood Bank and Urinalysis to aid physicians in diagnosing and treating diseases
- Collected and prepared diagnostic samples from in-house and ER patients for clinical assessment
- Interpreted and communicated patient results, alerting nurse or physician of abnormal findings
- Utilized a wide range of laboratory equipment and instrumentation to analyze specimens
- Examined samples such as blood and bone marrow under microscopes
- Assembled, disassembled, and maintained all laboratory equipment required for testing
- Maintained accurate results by evaluating and running quality control within laboratory, using standard test and measurement controls, and maintained compliance with CLIA, OSHA, safety and risk-management guidelines
- Performed routine blood draws when necessary.
Laboratory Assistant
Lab Corps of America
- Responsible for receiving and the processing of all laboratory specimens, this includes labeling, centrifuging and aliquoting of all specimens
- Distribution of specimens to the right departments of the laboratory
- Entered requisition data into the database
- Assisted in training new laboratory assistant staff.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Technology, MLT ASCP
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle
Seattle, WA02.1999
EMT, Emergency Medical Technician -
Everett Community College
Everett, WA01.2001
Skills
- Laboratory Assay Analysis
- Logistics/Compliance
- Records management
- Microsoft Excel/Word
- Laboratory Supervision
- Quality Control
- Microscopy
- Import/Export Permitting
- Process Management
- Senior Leadership
- GLP
Certification
- ASCP (American Society For Clinical Pathology), Present
- ASCP CMP (Credential Maintenance Program), 09/2019 - 09/2022
Timeline
Supervisor-Specimen Management
Altasciences Preclinincal Seattle
01.2022 - 07.2023
Training Specialist-Specimen Management
Altasciences Preclinical Seattle
01.2021 - 01.2022
Specimen Management Technician
Altasciences Preclinical Seattle
01.2020 - 01.2021
Medical Laboratory Technician
Swedish Medical Center (Stevens Hospital)
Laboratory Assistant
Lab Corps of America
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Technology, MLT ASCP
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle
EMT, Emergency Medical Technician -
Everett Community College
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