Deborah Knowles

Experience

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  St. Joseph Hospital

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1993

  Medical Technologist
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  Providence Alaska Medical Center

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1999

  • Blood Bank Technical Specialist

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  • Laboratory Supervisor

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  • Medical Technologist

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1995
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  University Hospital

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Blood Bank Technologist

  Performed all basic and complex serological testing in hospital's busy transfusion service. University Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center and has an active transplant program including stem cell and liver transplants. Assisted with the department's conversion from Cerner Classic 305 to 306 LIS to ensure Y2K compliance.

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  Providence Alaska Medical Center

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2008

  Newly created position following departmental restructuring. In addition to responsibilities described under Blood Bank Supervisor position below responsible for developing department budget, meeting productivity targets and completing capital equipment requests. In October 2006 assumed roles and responsibilities of Laboratory Information System Manager in addition to existing position. (Note: Relocated to state of Maine in August 2007 and remotely provided support in a per diem manner while replacement for position was sought.) Show less Newly created position following departmental restructuring. Responsible for ensuring those technical operations were compliant with FDA, AABB, CAP and JCAHO regulations and standards. Compiled statistical reports for the hospital's Blood Utilization and Review Committee. Responsible for developing and implementing the section's Quality System Essentials for compliance. Developed technical competencies for staff. Trained new employees and existing staff on new procedures and processes. Maintained technical standard operation procedures. Responsible for interviewing, hiring, evaluating technologists working in the hospital Transfusion Services on all three shifts. Also was the Lead Database Coordinator for the conversion from Cerner Classic to Cerner Millennium LIS. Show less

  • Transfusion Services Manager

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  • Blood Bank Supervisor

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
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  University of Alaska

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Adjunct Faculty

  Taught three credit lecture portion of Immunology & Blood Banking (MEDT A206) course in the Medical Laboratory Technology Program from January 2002 to April 2007. Provided input into the laboratory portion of the course and aided with the development of an Advanced Blood Bank module.

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  S&P Consultants, Inc

  Jan 2006 - Oct 2019

  Application Architect

  Currently working with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to implement SoftBank and SoftFlow system as a replacement to current software application. Working with the SCC Security Management and SoftAR applications as well.Perform Blood Bank Validation testing per customized scripts for hospitals to ensure compliance with FDA, AABB and CAP regulations. Design, build and implement ISBT 128 compliant databases to facility specifications. Provide long-term support to hospitals and healthcare systems installing Cerner Millennium PathNet Blood Bank Transfusion module. Completed Softbank System Design training in April 2012 and June 2013. Show less

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  NorDx Laboratory

  Jan 2009 - Jun 2012

  Blood Bank Technologist

  Perform all basic and complex serological testing in hospital's busy computerized transfusion service. Information system utilized is MEDITECH with upgrade to SoftBank planned.

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  Northwell Health

  Jan 2018 - now

  Blood Bank LIS Manager