Biomedical Scientist
GSTS
Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months
I currently work within the Haematology department at Bedford Hospital. I am trained in automated and manual methods within coagulation and haematology, allowing me to successfully run the section independently. I achieve the turnaround times laid out within this section, offering a high standard of work and a reliable service to the hospital staff. I am trained on Sysmex XE 2100, SP-1000i and StaRRsed machines in haematology and Sysmex CS-2000i in Coagulation. I am able to carry out daily maintenance, Quality controls and troubleshooting when the need arises. I am a reliable member of the laboratory team that will go beyond the expected to ensure that samples are tested and results are reported in a timely manner. I am a willing member of the team and am always looking for the next challenge to progress my way within the laboratory and allow me the best opportunities and knowledge.
Biochemistry
o Running Beckman Coulter DXi Biochemistry machines, for immunological testing and cassette chemistry
o Running down syndrome screening
o Setting up and running electrophoresis on Sebia machinery for myeloma screening
o Catecholamine and 5HIAA testing on HPLC
o Running of NEQAS samples as an external QA monitor
o Blood Gas Analysers
o Manual testing of red cell folate.
Haemotology
o Beckman Coulter machinery for testing red blood cell count, white cell count etc
o Sysmex XE 2100, SP-1000i, for FBC and staining.
o StaRRsed for testing of ESRs
o Sysmex CS-2000i running and maintenance within coagulation
o Ability to accurately carry out manual clotting procedures
I was working as a Medical Laboratory Assistant within the blood sciences disciplines. I help to sort, spin and split samples ready for analyses on the wide range of machines.
This trainee position allowed me to develop specialist technical skills in a very busy and multi-functional laboratory, successfully achieving targets and turnaround times. I maintained equipment, compiled audits, attended extra seminars to broaden my knowledge and actively practiced health and safety measurements and confidentiality. I ran certain sections of the laboratory and turned over results of excellent standard and accuracy. I carried out internal and external audited samples to ensure compliance and accurate results (UKAS and NEQAS). Completed my portfolio during my trainee year to a high standard, proving competency achieving a 70% grade towards my degree.
o I was a very reliable member of the laboratory, adapting my skills to the job in hand.
o I was a conscientious member of the team, highlighting issues for review through auditing processes.
o Built on my problem solving skills, from either shortage of staff through to machine break downs and work back logs, always achieving outstanding results.
Having achieved a 2.1 (65%) BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences (integrated scheme) from the University of Essex I feel my scientific knowledge and ability to learn new concepts could be an asset to the company and bring success in all aspects of my proposed position. I feel that I could bring several key qualities to this leading company. This would include clinical laboratory experience within an NHS Blood Sciences department in Essex. Over 12 months I was able to prove competent in all aspects of the department, including immunoassay diagnostics, coagulation and ‘cassette’ chemistry. Achieving a 70% grade towards my degree, I showed willing, able and interested in all aspects of my job role of Trainee Biomedical Scientist. I have also experienced life science instrumentation within hospitals in both Australia and South Africa following self arranged work placements. I have received my HCPC registration for biomedical scientists. I completed my research project on the effect of 2 classes of drugs on the skin cell melanoma cell line G361. This research project entailed culturing cells using aseptic techniques, counting and staining cells and introducing drugs to the cell line. I achieved brilliant results from this experiment and enjoyed writing up the scientific paper that followed. My results for the write up and presentation of my dissertation were 77%. I very much enjoyed completing this cancer research project and would enjoy continuing building upon this knowledge.
October 2009 - October 2010 This trainee position allowed me to develop specialist technical skills in a very busy and multi-functional laboratory, successfully achieving targets and turnaround times. I maintained equipment, compiled audits, attended extra seminars to broaden my knowledge and actively practiced health and safety measurements and confidentiality. I ran certain sections of the laboratory and turned over results of excellent standard and accuracy. I carried out internal and external audited samples to ensure compliance and accurate results (UKAS and NEQAS) . Completed my portfolio during my trainee year to a high standard, proving competency achieving a 70% grade towards my degree. o I was a very reliable member of the laboratory, adapting my skills to the job in hand. o I was a conscientious member of the team, highlighting issues for review through auditing processes. o Built on my problem solving skills, from either shortage of staff through to machine break downs and work back logs, always achieving outstanding results. Biochemistry o Running Beckman Coulter DXi Biochemistry machines, for immunological testing and cassette chemistry o Running down syndrome screening o Setting up and running electrophoresis on Sebia machinery for myeloma screening o Catecholamine and 5HIAA testing on HPLC o Running of NEQAS samples as an external QA monitor o Blood Gas Analysers o Manual testing of red cell folate.