Experience

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Laboratory Assistant

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Manchester Royal Infirmary

• Locum Medical Laboratory Assistant

  • Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Performing daily and weekly housekeeping duties of refilling tips and tubes, emptying solid waste bins, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and pieces of equipment. • Weekly collection of environmental samples by swabbing multiple surfaces and pieces of equipment, as well as booking them and printing their labels. • Receiving cervical samples in reception trays and labelling them with barcoded stickers, shaking them on multiple tube vortexes and loading them to Cobas P480 analyzers for aliquoting 1ml into secondary tubes, as well as recapping and decapping of those tubes. • Carrying successfully aliquoted tubes to Cobas 8800 for processing. • Manually resolving crashes of Cobas P480 analyzers and manually aliquoting samples appearing in the error lanes. • Scanning and storing of successfully aliquoted samples into primary trays. • Disposing of older samples and transportation to the fire vault outside of the building. • Retrieving positive samples, storing them in reception trays and transferring them to the cytology department for further investigation. • Maintaining a record of samples that were manually aliquoted, repeated testing or requested to return to cytology, as well as reported crashed runs of Cobas p480 analyzers. • Assisting in the training of new laboratory staff members. • Reporting missing samples or labels, crashes and requests from other departments to Biomedical Scientists. Show less



CityClinic, Private Hospital

• Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Medical Laboratory Scientist

  • May 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Duties included performing phlebotomy and distributing samples to different laboratories, separation of serum/plasma from cells, preparation blood smears and chemical solutions, reagents and specimens for microscopic examination. • Conducted laboratory tests in areas of Haematology, Biochemistry, Coagulation and Urinalysis. • Used Haematology analyzer Sysmex XP-300, Biochemical analyzer ‘’Cobas Integra 400’’ and Coagulometer ‘’ERBA coag UNO’’. • Performed routine lab equipment calibration and function checks to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of testing methods. • Reviewed and processed orders for laboratory procedures and entered patient data into the computer system. • Assisted hospital physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, injuries and medical conditions by providing records of clinical testing and specimen analysis reports. Show less



General Health Clinic Melathron (T.Y.P.E.T.)

• Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Intern Medical Laboratory Scientist

  • Apr 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Trained in venipuncture techniques and collected blood samples from external patients, children and adults as well as disabled and hospitalised patients. • Received specimens delivered from outpatient stations and wards. • Distributed samples to the respective department and prepared them accordingly for diagnostic testing. • Prepared samples on time to be collected from porters and sent to other referral laboratories. • Rotation training to perform basic analytical processes of urine and stool cultures, antibiotic sensitivity and other assays in the Haematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Cytology Departments. • Trained in loading samples, operating and troubleshooting haematological, biochemistry and coagulation analyzers, usage of pipettes, centrifuges, water baths, touchscreens, sample rotators and barcode printers. • Conducted everyday tasks in a hospital setting such as adhering to health and safety policies, maintaining the stock of reagents, monitoring lab equipment, informing about shortages and disinfecting surfaces. • Responded to patient concerns or complaints respectfully and appropriately. • Communicated with laboratory staff, clinicians and carers to accommodate patient needs. • Provided first aid in case of need (i.e. to patients that fainted during venipuncture). • Trained to perform Quality control of the laboratory equipment. • Participated in Internal and External Quality control Assessments. • Attended bone marrow aspirations and FNA biopsies. Show less