Monaz Bamji

Experience

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  Span Diagnostics Ltd.

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2012

  Quality Control Officer

  Key Responsibility• Managing the whole private laboratory including authorizing the reports.• Making sure that junior staff do their work in timely manner and issue the patients report on time.• Performing stock check, ordering accordingly, maintaining equipment, developing, and updating SOPs• Training new staff.

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  SRL Diagnostics

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Laboratory Manager

  Key Responsibility• Managing the whole private laboratory including authorizing the reports.• Making sure that junior staff do their work in timely manner and issue the patients report on time.• Performing stock check, ordering accordingly, maintaining equipment, developing, and updating SOPs• Training new staff.

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  Referral hospital and community health centre Chikhli Gujarat India

  May 2013 - Mar 2020

  Laboratory Manager

  Outline As a Laboratory manager, I spent seven years as a BMS, supporting the medical lab assistant at the 250 bed Government Hospital.Key responsibilities • Managing Government Hospital Laboratory and blood storage center• Examining each patient sample according to Indian Public Health Standards.• Performing Microbiology, serology, hematology laboratory procedures.• Performing emergency duty for the seasonal diseases like Leptospirosis, Dengue, Malaria.• Performing staining & microscopy for Malarial parasites, Filarial parasites, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cell count for blood samples.• Performing blood cultures and staining.• Performing serology test for HIV, HEPATITIS, SYPHILIS which includes RDT and ELISA.• Maintaining and running specialist lab equipment to ensure accurate tests and optimal performance which includes ELISA Reader (HIV), CBNAAT (Tuberculosis), blood bank refrigerator, centrifuges, incubators, biochemistry analyzer, Blood analyzer including their yearly maintenance contracts.• Developing and maintaining SOPs.• Leading the Quality team for Quality Standards. Key Achievements • Completed training for national level such as NTEP National Tuberculosis Elimination Program, NVDCP National Vector Borne Disease Control Program for Malaria, Filaria and Dengue, NACO National AIDS Control Organization, Sickle Cell Anemia, Blood Transfusion Training by Indian Red cross Society. • Winning award for the best Laboratory in NQS (National Quality System).• Conducting mass testing for ANC and preoperative profiles with 500 patients. Show less

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  Spire Healthcare Group plc

  Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  BANK PHLEBOTOMIST/HCA

  Key Responsibilities • Correctly assessing the patients prior to undertake phlebotomy procedure.• Record information related to the phlebotomy procedure accurately and pass it on to the relevant person.

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  Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust

  Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Phlebotomist

  Key Responsibilities • Collecting of blood samples by Venipuncture and capillary methods from patients on wards, those referred from outpatient’s clinics and GPs.• Participating in the provision of Phlebotomy services across the trust.• Providing an efficient professional service, sensitive to patients’ needs.• Ensuring patients are treated safely and courteously, causing the minimum of distress or discomfort throughout the blood sampling procedures. • Complying with health and safety regulations and with infection control policies relating to handle sharps and infectious body fluids Show less

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  IPP - Integrated Pathology Partnerships

  Feb 2021 - now

  Outline As an Associate Practitioner in Microbiology, I work in the laboratory which including Mycology, Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing, Serology, Quality Control.Key Responsibilities• Handling, processing, and analyzing a range of samples in the laboratory safely and accurately under the supervision of Biomedical Scientist.• Managing the influx and demand for COVID -19 testing alongside routine workload and procedures• Working with lab management software LIMS, Winpath.• Adhering to and exceeding the expected turnaround times for processing patient lab samples• Executing accurate and timely record keeping and data management for each.• Providing supervision and training to junior staff which includes monitoring their performance against laboratory standards and training plan.Key achievementsGot star awards twice for the laboratory work and for covering emergency shifts. Show less

  • Specialist Biomedical Scientist

    Sept 2023 - now

  • ASSOCIATE PRACTIONER MICROBIOLOGY

    Feb 2021 - Sept 2023