Sheila Bognot

CLS interim Lead - September 2024 to present

• Communicates clearly and effectively daily updates, issues and status across the department
• Listens, directs, helps resolve, and communicates effectively to supervisor fellow coworkers’ concerns, ideas and suggestions
• Helps foster a positive work attitude and constructive criticism, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement
• Collaborates closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines
• Assists the department supervisor in department management and follow- through
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, resolving issues efficiently and effectively.
• Resolves and helps resolve sample or results issues
• Helps resolve department technical issues
• Provides technical support on new procedures or techniques as needed.
• Helps in navigating laboratory information system and instrument functions
• Assists in records review
• Maintains accuracy of records and documents
• Leads, assists and helps in the execution of Molecular department assay method validation
• Collaborates with the National team in projects, validations and in user acceptance testing
• Assists in training new hires and CLS interns
• Maintains and operates complex laboratory equipment according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Troubleshoots instrument malfunctions and conducts preventive daily maintenance activities as needed
• Addresses and follows- up instrument issues
• Reagent validations and proper preparation
• Daily instrument set up and QC runs
• Ensures accuracy of quality controls and results.
• Monitors performance standards for all tests performed in the laboratory setting.
• Organizes department records
• Helps in maintaining and ensuring compliance with laboratory safety protocols and SOPs. Follows laboratory guidelines for handling biological specimens.
• Completes day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently
• Reviews for accuracy and timeliness of release of patient results
• Assists in managing department laboratory equipment and supplies
• Ensures completeness and timeliness of department instrument assay correlations
• Helps in devising systematic, objective and effective ways to make work efficient
• Contributes to lab team and individual competency assessment toward maintaining efficiency in environment.
• Lead and point person in the execution of department assay and method validations and user acceptance testing from 2020-2023
• Demonstrated close collaboration with the department supervisor that resulted in a successful 2024 CAP inspection with zero deficiency
• Currently assisting in the completion of Roche assay validations