Specialist Medical Scientist

• Jan 2022 - Present

Medical Scientist

• Feb 2012 - Jan 2023

- Responsible for all activities of the Tissue Bank: Processing, Testing and Distribution of Heart Valves, Ocular Tissue, Cord Blood and Serum Eye Drops - Development of a Advanced Therapeutic Medical Product (ATMP) - Research Translation of a process to clinical manufacture - Validation of processes and equipment. - Cleanroom processing of cardiac tissue, limbal tissue and cord blood. - Environmental Monitoring - Microbiological testing of products in the tissue bank - broth and plate culture, BacT Alert, Mycoplasma testing. - Virology testing of donors - Out of hours on-call - Superuser for the electronic data management system - Training and competency assessment of on-call staff

Medical Scientist / Technical Officer

• Jun 2007 - May 2011

Quality Assurance - Continuous problem solving, monitoring, evaluation and documenting of KPIs - Identified new initiatives for improving the quality of service - Reviewed and approved all quality related documentation - Document owner for key quality functions; Non-Conformances, Auditing and Quality Control - Writing Validation documentation - Follow up on external inspections and verify the completion of corrective action - Management of inter-laboratory comparisons and External Quality Assessment Schemes. - Internal and External Auditing (Lead Auditor Trained) - Trained colleagues and evaluated competence. Laboratory - Performed a large range of diagnostic and confirmatory tests - Proficiency with automated and manual assays - eg HIV, Hepatitis, HTLV - Interpreted test results and liaised with on and off-site clinicians (routinely and On-Call) - Maintained and updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Technical Specialist

• 2002 - 2007