Angela Misener

Working with Lab Manager, support staff throughout daily operations, following strict operating standards and guidelines in Transfusion Medicine Laboratory in largest hospital in province.

• Engage with lab staff to improve laboratory function and build better working relationships with other areas in hospital.
• Champion new methodologies, and support staff through changing landscape of transfusion medicine.
• Oversee training of staff, performance management and review and allocate resources for optimum coverage and effectiveness.

Assisted and provided support to manager, technologists, assistants and medical staff using best practices and workplace procedures, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth in Transfusion Medicine lab.

• Scheduled and trained staff, students and residents.
• Participated in workplace improvement activities, sharing knowledge and expertise, working as a team to drive lab forward while keeping patient safety as priority.
• Performed routine and specialized testing procedures using both manual and automated methods, reviewed daily testing and equipment monitoring, resolved technical issues, maintained techinical expertise while in a senior role.
• Maintained comprehensive documentation of technical processes, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.

Provided service and support to other departments in hospital and other provincial sites as testing referral lab.

• Performed maintenance, quality control, routine, emergency and specialized test procedures using manual and automated methods.
• Provide blood products and support for transfusion purposes within Nova Scotia Health Central zone and throughout the province as referral site, maintaining strict inventory balances on site and reducing waste through redistribution with other zones.
• Trained staff, students and residents, working with technical specialists to coordinate scheduling and training.

Member of Core Laboratory team, performed routine and emergency testing in Blood Transfusion, Haematology, Chemistry and Point of Care.

• Received samples from other sites, and referred samples to larger facilities for extended testing.
• Performed quality control, manual and automated routine testing of blood and urine samples, maintained equipment and performed troubleshooting when required.

Provided supervision of daily operations, mentoring, training and guidance to staff, while maintaining technical competency in Blood Group Serology Patient Services and Donor Testing departments for Canadian Blood Services Atlantic, encompassing testing for Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

• Participated in donor testing quality improvement activities and validation projects for updated equipment and testing methodologies.
• Performed and reviewed daily QC, Blood Group Serology and Transmissible disease tests, ensuring activities performed and documented accurately.
• Provided blood products and extended testing for patient services as a transfusion testing referral lab for the province of Nova Scotia.

Provided testing for prenatal patients, blood donors and hospital patient referral samples for Nova Scotia. Provided blood components and products for hospitals in the province of Nova Scotia.

• Performed manual antibody testing and automated ABO and transmissible disease testing for donor samples.
• Performed manual tests for prenatal and antibody patient samples, using in house prepared reagents and commercial products.
• Maintained relationships with multiple hospitals in province providing services, while adhering to guidelines and standards for testing, manufacturing, modification and transportation of blood products.
• Monitored daily inventory levels of blood products and adjusted accordingly in conjunction with blood donor collection department to reduce waste and maintain working inventory.