POORNA SUBBA RAO
Senior Medical Lab Technologist
Shah Alam, Selangor
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Senior Medical Lab Technologist
Thomson Hospital
08.2022 - Current
- Skills to operate, calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot and other lab equipment
- Assist manager with coordinating and maintaining employee competency and compliance with policies and procedures
- Assist with leadership of department to maintain operations
- Serve as liaison between staff and management
- Solicit input from staff about possible changes that would improve efficiency and quality of service
- Implement simple process improvements as appropriate
- Write SOP(s) and Work Instructions
- Assist with development, maintenance and control of laboratory policies and procedures
- Attend appropriate meetings as assigned
- Provide data to assist manager with development of budget
- Monitor expenses as requested
- Manage maintaining inventory and supplies for ]operations of laboratory
- Prepare analysis when requested by manager
- Monitor monthly Quality Indicator
- Prepare staff roster
- Prepared histologic slides containing human tissue sections by processing, embedding, sectioning, mounting and staining
- Accurately prepared slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis with minimal requests for reprocessing, re-cutting or re-staining
- Participated in staining including routine through special (Giemsa stain, AFB, PAS, PAS D, Reticulin, GMS, Fite & etc)
- Embed, section and gross tissue correctly within time frames prescribed by department
- Performed small, medium and benign large gross room descriptions of anatomic specimens and simple preparation of these specimens for processing
- Changed and monitor reagents on automated tissue processor and automated stainer
- Processed specimen accessioning to include all manual and computerized entry
- Evaluated adequacy of stains and chemicals for use and adjusted accordingly
- Pulling and filing slides and blocks
- Following all quality control protocols and keeping logs updated
- Perform IHC techniques/staining – Dako
- Perform frozen sections.
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Gribbles Pathology
11.2020 - 06.2022
- Prepared histologic slides containing human tissue sections by processing, embedding, sectioning, mounting and staining
- Accurately prepared slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis with minimal requests for reprocessing, re-cutting or re-staining
- Participated in staining including routine through special (Giemsa stain, AFB, PAS, PAS D, Reticulin, GMS, Fite & etc)
- Embed, section and gross tissue correctly within timeframes prescribed by the department
- Performed small, medium and benign large gross room descriptions of anatomic specimens and the simple preparation of these specimens for processing
- Changed and monitor the reagents on the automated tissue processor and automated stainer
- Processed specimen accessioning to include all manual and computerized entry
- Evaluated the adequacy of stains and chemicals for the use and adjusted accordingly
- Pulling and filing slides and blocks
- Following all quality control protocols and keeping logs updated
- Intermediate – for IHC techniques/staining – Leica Bond-Max, Ventana & BenchMark Ultra.
QA Executive
Interpress Printers Sdn Bhd
03.2019 - 10.2020
- Ensuring continuous improvement within the quality control systems and culture
- Reporting results and projects updates to senior management
- Making sure the products produced according to customers requirement
- Liaising with process teams to implement procedure improvements
- Making sure that the quality standards are clearly set up and are communicated within the company
- Perform internal and external lab tests
- Answer SCARs
- Prepare all the necessary for the BRC / FSC / SWA audits
- Carried out internal audits and lead the external one with the appropriate frequency
- Perform incoming inspections for all the incoming raw material
- Perform outgoing inspections for all the outgoing containers/finished goods.
Medical Laboratory Technologist - Locum
Sunway Medical Centre
09.2018 - 12.2018
- Prepared histologic slides containing human tissue sections by processing, embedding, sectioning, mounting and staining
- Accurately prepared slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis with minimal requests for reprocessing, re-cutting or re-staining
- Participated in staining including routine through special (Giemsa stain, AFB, PAS, PAS D, Reticulin)
- Embed, section and gross tissue correctly within timeframes prescribed by the department
- Performed small, medium and benign large gross room descriptions of anatomic specimens and the simple preparation of these specimens for processing
- Pulling and filing slides and blocks.
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Quantum Diagnostics Lab
09.2014 - 09.2018
- Prepared histologic slides containing human tissue sections by processing, embedding, sectioning, mounting and staining
- Accurately prepared slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis with minimal requests for reprocessing, re-cutting or re-staining
- Participated in staining including routine through special (Giemsa stain, AFB, PAS, PAS D, Reticulin)
- Embed, section and gross tissue correctly within timeframes prescribed by the department
- Performed small, medium and benign large gross room descriptions of anatomic specimens and the simple preparation of these specimens for processing
- Changed and monitor the reagents on the automated tissue processor and automated stainer
- Processed specimen accessioning to include all manual and computerized entry
- Evaluated the adequacy of stains and chemicals for the use and adjusted accordingly
- Pulling and filing slides and blocks
- Following all quality control protocols and keeping logs updated
- Intermediate – for IHC techniques/staining – Leica Bond-Max, Ventana & BenchMark Ultra.
Education
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology -
Nilai University
Nilai 01.2009 - 04.2012
SPM -
SMK Puchong Utama 1
Puchong Utama 01.2004 - 04.2008
Skills
Personal Information
- Available: Immediately after one month notice period
- Age: 33
- Expected Salary: RM 5500 (negotiable)
- Willing To Relocate: Yes
Reference Info
- Pridhi Kanayasan, QA Manager, Interpress Printers Sdn.Bhd, 012-2638515
- Dr Joshua M Daniel, Consultant Pathologist, 017-5111428
Timeline
Senior Medical Lab Technologist
Thomson Hospital
08.2022 - Current
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Gribbles Pathology
11.2020 - 06.2022
QA Executive
Interpress Printers Sdn Bhd
03.2019 - 10.2020
Medical Laboratory Technologist - Locum
Sunway Medical Centre
09.2018 - 12.2018
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Quantum Diagnostics Lab
09.2014 - 09.2018
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology -
Nilai University
01.2009 - 04.2012
SPM -
SMK Puchong Utama 1
01.2004 - 04.2008
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