Hannah Julius

Experience

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  ALS Laboratories (UK) Ltd - Food & Pharmaceutical

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2021

  Managing a team of Technicians within Microbiology Media Production and QC department at ALS Sittingbourne (Technicians are responsible for the daily production of media and performance of QC testing for the department).Ensuring the smooth running of the daily activities in full compliance with H&S and Quality standards whilst ensuring productivity. Ensuring a close relationship and strong and effective communication with the laboratory, other departments and clients.Operational management of the laboratory including leading and maintaining:>Health & Safety regimes ensuring, risk assessments etc. are conducted.>Quality Control procedures in accordance with ALS Quality Management System;>HR procedures in accordance with Company policies and procedures;>Handling routine customer communications>The department, in line with company policies and procedures. Management of Technician's working hours using Company’s Time Management System in line with the relevant legal requirements;>Developing individuals within the team using the Company’s training and development processes, identifying talented individuals and considering succession planning;>Coordinating and delivering appropriate training to team members, as required;>Ensuring that all employees are trained in the use of any supporting software systems and that such systems are being fully utilised;>Use of KPIs generated to work with other members of the management team/departments to ensure that the laboratory meets customer demands and workload is managed effectively.>Root cause analysis for Quality Control failures.Site BCC (business consultant committee) Representative: >Liaising with BCC across UK ALS sites to improve operations, communication and working environments for staff wellbeing. Show less >Production and sterilization of equipment, diluents, agars, and broths to cater for laboratory departments. >Agars (PCA, YEA OGYE, TSC, MRS, VRBA, VRBGA, TBX) >Diluents (BPW, HFB, SDW, MRD)>Use of autoclaves, masterclaves, boiling and tempering baths.>Assisting quality control microbiologists with the testing of media items both purchased and made in house in keeping with UKAS ISO 17025.>Weekly culture dilutions for use in testing and spiking in keeping with UKAS ISO 11133. >Bacterias (E-Coli, Listeria Aloa, Psedudomonus, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus Aureus, Clostridium Perfringens/Botulinum, Bacillus Cereus)>Plate reading to obtain cultural control counts.>Performing confirmation tasks through use of streak tests, API kits, gram staining.>Investigating media/control failures and contaminations to establish root cause.>Use of ALims for test requests, result entry, specification review, approval. Show less

  • Media & Quality Control Team Leader

    May 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Media Microbiology Laboratory Technican

    Feb 2020 - May 2021

  • Microbiology Laboratory Technician

    Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
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  Randox Clinical Laboratory Services (RCLS)

  Dec 2021 - May 2024

  >Liaising with pre-analysis clinic teams for smooth diagnostic operations. >Routine screening of biological specimens (urine, blood, swab, sputum and fecal). >Use and interpretation of Bosch Vivalytic (Q-PCR), Lateral flow, Roche Cobas, RX Imola, Sysmex XN-550 and RX Evidence Investigator (PCR) analytical systems in keeping with UKAS ISO 17025 and 15189.>Troubleshooting technical issues associated with clinical testing (temperature, validation, calibration and qc performance monitoring).>Use of Lims for data entry, determining if patient results are within population ranges and approved.>Shift First Aider (St Johns Ambulance certificate expiry 2025).>Shift Fire Warden. Show less > Liasing with Front of House, Swabbing and Phlebotomy Teams for smooth laboratory and clinic operations.>Management of laboratory staff.>Overseeing Antigen, PCR, STI and Pre-anlytical Blood Screening processes.>Management of laboratory competencies for Antigen, PCR and STI testing as well as Blood Screening.>Use of Lims for both PCR and Blood Tests.>Shift First Aider>Shift Fire Warden (responsible for routine fire alarm checks and drills)>Assisting with PCR testing & Front of House for the Commonwealth Games 2022 (Birmingham)>Assisting with the opening of Randox Health Clinics>Preparation for Clinic processing of Health Care Tests through carrying out Preliminary Quality Control tests and documentation. (Post Maintenance, On Site Equivalence, IQC, EQA) Show less Working in one of the newly devised portable Laboratories as part of the UK Government's £500 million mission to provide affordable private sector Covid 19 testing in conjunction with Public Health England.>Use of Lims system for Sample booking, prioritisation of sample test, test type, ensuring public recieve rapid and accurate information regarding test status.>Decontamination of samples, instruments ect to ensure testing can be carried out in a safe manner.>Use and interpretation of PCR, Q-PCR, Antigen and IPeak testing techniques.>Carrying out retests on implausible results.>Routine running of environmental and IQC testing for continued high quality laboratory standards.>Assisting with public enquiries and general enquiries when necessary.>Maintenance of laboratory consumables to ensure lab can provide a constistent service without interruption. Show less

  • Cube Clinical Laboratory Analyst

    Sept 2023 - May 2024

  • Clinic Laboratory Shift Lead

    Apr 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Mobile Laboratory Analyst

    Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
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  Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

  May 2024 - now

  Mortuary Assistant