Experience

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Medical Scientist, Red Cell Immunhaematology Laboratory

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Officer

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2023

  Quality officer within the Blood Transfusion Department. This involves managing all aspects of our Quality Management System in order to maintain accreditation to ISO15189:2012 and AML-BB standards

• Medical Scientist

  • May 2017 - Feb 2019



Tallaght Hospital

• Medical Scientist

  • May 2015 - May 2017

  Medical Scientist in Blood Transfusion Medical Scientist in Blood Transfusion



HSE

• Medical Scientist

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Haematology Department- I worked on a rotational basis throughout the Haematology Department performing a range of routine and urgent testing: Full Blood count using Cell Dynn Saphire analysers, Coagulation Studies including PT, APTT, D Diner, Fibrinogen, 50:50 testing, Miscellaneous testing including: Sickle Cell Screening, Infectious Mononucleosis testing, Kleihauer Betke testing, Malaria Serology and blood film examination. Participated in preliminary training to report on red cell, white cell and platelet pathology, along with Blood transfusion training and specimen reception cover at weekends. Show less



Beaumont Hospital

• Medical Scientist

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

  The NHISSOT deals with organ donation for the Republic of Ireland. We perform both serological and molecular HLA typing for both patients waiting to receive and organ and for deceased and living donors. NHISSOT also performs B27 typing for the diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis, and B57 typing in the assessment of HIV positive patients suitability to receive the anti-retroviral drug Abacavir. We perform crossmatches against recipients by both flow cytometry and by complement-dependent cytotoxicity methods for deceased/living donors. We also provide anti-HLA antibody screening for patients that are on the transplant waiting list and as part of post-transplant monitoring of patients. Show less



Fallon & Byrne

• Ireland
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food & Beverage Assistant

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013



O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bar

• Food &Beverage assisstant

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2013



Irish Blood Transfusion Service

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Feb 2013 - May 2013

  This work was performed for my undergraduate research project. I spend my time in the crossmatch laboratory of the IBTS, where my work involved designing an External Quality Assessment Scheme for the assessment of laboratory performance and investigation of antibody eluates. The work involved contacting all Blood Transfusion laboratories in the Republic of Ireland to determine their practices in relation to antibody elution investigations, it involved the investigation of different antibodies to produce sensitised cells for use in an antibody equate EQA Scheme. Finally, a trial of the EQA Scheme was performed,where all participants were provided with 2 samples containing sensitised RBCs and had to report their results to me. I analysed all results and provided comprehensive result reports to each participant' The work I performed was chosen to be presented by myself at the British Blood Transfusion Society Annual Conference in Birmingham in October 2013, and an abstract of the work was published in Transfusion Medicine Journal. Show less



The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital

• Tallaght

• Trainee Medical Scientist

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2012

  As a trainee, I was required to participate in a rotation around the 5 main disciplines in the Pathology Department. Each rotation was 5 weeks in length, with both an assessment and a written case study to be completed by the end of each rotation. Tutorials in Statistics were held once a week for all trainees. One week in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service was also included as part of the training in Transfusion Medicine. As a trainee, I was required to participate in a rotation around the 5 main disciplines in the Pathology Department. Each rotation was 5 weeks in length, with both an assessment and a written case study to be completed by the end of each rotation. Tutorials in Statistics were held once a week for all trainees. One week in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service was also included as part of the training in Transfusion Medicine.