Experience

Health Protection Surveillance Centre

• Ireland
• Public Health
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PA to the Director

  • Jan 2023 - Present



St Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, Dublin

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PA to CEO

  • Nov 2022 - Jan 2023



Bon Secours

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

• Diagnostic Services Administrator

  • Mar 2022 - Nov 2022



Blackrock Health

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• MDT Co-Ordinator

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2022

  Working closely with the Consultant Histopathologists to ensure smooth running of the multidisciplinary team meetings each week.

• Medical Secretary

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2022

  Duties and Responsibilites: Typing of histology reports for the Blackrock Clinic Consultant Histopathologists as well as letters to external consultants regarding review of cases.Preparation of slides and reports for Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings (MDTs) internally.Scanning of slides using Philips Imaging Systems so that the images can be accessed remotely by Consultants attending meetings outside of the hospital.Retrieval and packaging of slides that have been requested by external hospitals for review and MDTs.Filing of slides and blocks.Management of overdue logs on WinPath system.Extensive knowledge of WinPath system.Extensive knowledge and use of Microsoft Office.Cover for Managing duties when necessary (e.g. staff rotas, cover for interdepartmental meetings, review of overdue cases with Consultant Histopathologists etc.)Covering the duties of the Laboratory Assistant when absent (e.g. specimen cut-up with Registrars, slide return and filing etc).Training in of new members of staff on various detailed roles within the Department.Valued and effective communication skills - 70 WPM typing speed. Show less



Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Laboratory Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2015

  Duties and Responsibilities: To file specimens (slides and blocks) and hard-copy reports processed through the Laboratory. Package and return specimens to referral laboratories. Preparation of reagents as required. Assisting in data management for ongoing projects within the department. Monitoring of stock control and ordering of laboratory consumables. Monitoring and maintenance of equipment in the laboratory including daily checks of waterbath and oven temperatures as well as weekly set up of H&E automatic stainer and cover-slipper. Health and Safety stock checks and management. Operate flexi-time system and maintain records of annual and sick leave. Participation in the implementation of a QA programme on all aspects of Histology work. Demonstrate commitment to patient needs and patient confidentiality at all stages of patient processing and care. Cut-up of Blackrock Specimens and deep clean following sampling each day. Show less



FOCAS Research Institute, TU Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2014

  Duties and Responsibilities: Microtomy; Dewaxing; Staining; Microscopy; Histology; Histopathology; Cytology; IR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Patent Research; Fluorescence spectroscopy. Since working here, I have been exposed to the use of vibrational spectroscopy in histopathology and have conducted several experiments generating data for use in developing models for classification of tissue regions in an hyperspectral image segmentation algorithm. Duties and Responsibilities: Microtomy; Dewaxing; Staining; Microscopy; Histology; Histopathology; Cytology; IR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Patent Research; Fluorescence spectroscopy. Since working here, I have been exposed to the use of vibrational spectroscopy in histopathology and have conducted several experiments generating data for use in developing models for classification of tissue regions in an hyperspectral image segmentation algorithm.



Weatherby's DNA Laboratory

• Johnstown, Co. Kildare.

• Final Year Student

  • Feb 2013 - May 2013

  I worked here while completing my final year project for my Honours Degree. The project was titled: Analysis of Meat-Based Food Samples for the Presence of Adulterous DNA using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods. Duties and Responsibilities: DNA extraction from meat based food samples; quantification of extracted DNA and normalisation of each sample taken; primer design for specific species identification; establishing known standard curves for semi-quantitative identification; RT-PCR techniques; data analysis: GLP; Ability to follow SOPs. Show less



Institute of Molecular Medicine

• St. James's Hospital, Dublin.

• Final Year Student

  • Apr 2012 - May 2012

  I worked here while completing the final year of my ordinary degree. My project was titled: The Influence of HIV Infection on Cytokine Production by Human Invariant Natural Killer T-Cells Duties and Responsibilities: Cell counts; HeLa cell recovery, maintenance and preparation; iNKT cell maintenance, cell preparation, co-culture to stimulator cells; α-Galactocylseramide preparation; HIV serum preparation; ELISA; flow cytometry; data analysis; ability to follow SOPs; GLP; aseptic techniques. Show less



FOCAS Research Institute, TU Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Student

  • Mar 2010 - May 2010

  I worked in Nanolab while completed my work based assignment for my Higher Nation Diploma. My assignment was titled: Internalisation and Biocompatability Studies of Nanoparticulate Polystyrene in Human Lung Cells. Media preparation; cell splitting; cell counts; seeding and exposing plates for cytotoxic evaluations; Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS); ELISA; data analysis; aseptic techniques; GLP; following SOPs. I worked in Nanolab while completed my work based assignment for my Higher Nation Diploma. My assignment was titled: Internalisation and Biocompatability Studies of Nanoparticulate Polystyrene in Human Lung Cells. Media preparation; cell splitting; cell counts; seeding and exposing plates for cytotoxic evaluations; Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS); ELISA; data analysis; aseptic techniques; GLP; following SOPs.