Sonji Forbes
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Talented Lead Medical Technologist with over 26 years of experience analyzing specimens and delivering speedy results ensuring accuracy to propel health outcomes for patients. Meticulous when completing activities such as documenting test findings, maintaining test equipment and driving quality control. Prompt and professional when communicating with clinical staff to deliver test results. Also, over 9 years of successfully supervising operations, optimizing efficiency, and ensuring the accuracy of test results. Demonstrate excellent leadership skills and the ability to promote a cohesive teamwork environment motivating teammates to perform their best in completing tasks. Excited to be a part of an organization in a challenging position as a Administrative Manager, Lab Services.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LEAD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health-SouthPark ED Lab
Charlotte, NC
01.2014 - Current
- Assumed responsibility for the technical operations of the SouthPark Freestanding Emergency Department Lab
- Ensures that all procedures are performed as defined in section policy and procedure manuals
- Responsible for hiring and training new teammates
- New Method Comparison, Simple, and Complex Precision when new Methods are implemented in the Laboratory
- Ensure QI processes are completed every month
- Participates in CAP inspections
- Order all supplies and create a 6-week work schedule for a team of five
- Print all monthly workload and upload monthly QC to Bio-Rad and Stago (clarity)
- Review all monthly reports, CAP tracers, Calibrations, and QC
- Submit all CAP Survey results, complete employee competencies, and yearly performance reviews, also Kronos timekeeper for the team.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health--Huntersville ED lab
Huntersville, NC
02.2012 - Current
- Work as an Independent Generalist in a Freestanding Emergency Department Lab
- Performs stat testing in Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Blood Bank, and Microbiology.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health-Cabarrus
Concord, NC
01.2006 - 02.2012
- Worked as a Generalist in the following areas: Blood Bank (GEL Method), and Provue instrumentation, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology (Gram Stains, Serology Testing, (Positive Blood Cultures), and Chemistry
- Rotating Charge Tech for the 2nd and 3rd shifts.
LABORATORY MANAGER
Carolina Bio Oncology Institute
Huntersville, NC
10.2009 - 01.2010
- Work as a Laboratory Manager in the Oncology lab
- Duties: staffing, ordering supplies, ensuring SOPs were followed, QA and QC were within guidelines, reviewing patient results, implementing new lab procedures
- Also, ensured that the laboratory followed
- Insured COLA, CLIA, and CAP guidelines and met the standards for re-certification
MEDICAL LABORTORY TECHNICIAN
Mainline Health
Paoli, PA
08.1997 - 12.2005
- Worked as a Generalist in the following areas: Blood Bank (Gel Method), Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology (Gram Stains, Serology), and Chemistry
- Ordered Hematology supplies and tallied the monthly workload
- Rotating in the hospital’s Cancer Center.
Education
Master of Healthcare Administration -
University of North Carolina
12.2023
BS in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology -
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINATTI
Associated Degree of Applied Science, in Medical Technology -
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Skills
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Management skills
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Computer Skills -EXCEL, Microsoft Edge, Teams, Zoom
- Lab systems- Epic Beaker, Sunquest/Misys System, Remisol Advanced, Bio-Rad Unity Real Time/ Unity Connect, Invisions, Meditech, CMS, Intranet, People Soft and LARS
Affiliations
- American Society for Clinical Pathology, through 12/31/24
- American College for Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Member # 1423807
Certification
- MLS (ASCP)CM
- MLT(ASCP)
Instrumentation
- Ortho Provue
- Unicel DxH 690T
- Coulter LH 750/ 500
- HMX
- ONYX
- STKS
- Abbott AxSYM Coulter DXC800
- Beckman Coulter AU 480
- Siemens EXL 200
- Dade RXL Dimensions
- Access 2
- DXI
- Sysmex CA 1500/560
- STA Compact
- Stago Satellite
- STA-R Evolution
- MLA 1400C
- GEM 3000
- ABL90 FLEX
- Radiometer 800
- PFA
- IRIS
- ATLAS
- UF
- CLINITEK 200/500
- Advantus
- Roche-Cobas LIAT
Timeline
LEAD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health-SouthPark ED Lab
01.2014 - Current
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health--Huntersville ED lab
02.2012 - Current
LABORATORY MANAGER
Carolina Bio Oncology Institute
10.2009 - 01.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Atrium Health-Cabarrus
01.2006 - 02.2012
MEDICAL LABORTORY TECHNICIAN
Mainline Health
08.1997 - 12.2005
Master of Healthcare Administration -
University of North Carolina
BS in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology -
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINATTI
Associated Degree of Applied Science, in Medical Technology -
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
- MLS (ASCP)CM
- MLT(ASCP)
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