Natalya Coward

THE HOSPITAL HAD A VARIETY OF THE WARDS SUCH AS; NEONATAL DEPARTMENT, KID'S ENDOCRINOLOGY, MAIN THERAPY DEPARTMENT AND INFECTION OUTBREAKS DEPARTMENT. OUR LABORATORY HAD BEEN PROVIDING A VARIETY OF TESTS, INCLUDING BIOCHEMISTRY, HAEMATOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY: METABOLIC TESTING RELATED TO THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INHERITED METABOLIC DISORDERS, AND NEWBORN SCREENING SERVICE WAS PERFORMED FOR ALL BABIES OF CRIMEA REGION . THE LABORATORY PERFORMED TEST ON ANY KIND OF BODY FLUID, SUCH AS URINE, SERUM, PLASMA, FAECES, CSF.

THE LABORATORY DEALT WITH ALL ASPECTS OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION, FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE NATURE, CAUSE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN ABNORMAL CONDITIONS, AND THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE. IT INCLUDED TESTING AND ANALYSING, CONSULTING WITH CLINICIANS, AND ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS, GIVING SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ON INTERPRETATION OF ANY RESULTS. ALL RESULTS WERE APPROVED AND DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE HIGH THROUGHPUT AND SAFE TESTING OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT.

IT INCLUDED TESTING BLOOD, PLATELETS, RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS, URINE, STOOL CULTURES, AS WELL AS OTHER FLUIDS TESTS TO DETECT, DIAGNOSE, AND MONITOR VARIOUS CONDITIONS, AND ALSO ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY TESTS OF MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF BODY TISSUES, BIOPSIES.

Medical Laboratory Scientist at Central Children’s Hospital, Simferopol (1993 – 1995)

THE HOSPITAL HAD A VARIETY OF THE WARDS SUCH AS; NEONATAL DEPARTMENT, KID'S ENDOCRINOLOGY, MAIN THERAPY DEPARTMENT AND INFECTION OUTBREAKS DEPARTMENT. OUR LABORATORY HAD BEEN PROVIDING A VARIETY OF TESTS, INCLUDING BIOCHEMISTRY, HAEMATOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY: METABOLIC TESTING RELATED TO THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INHERITED METABOLIC DISORDERS, AND NEWBORN SCREENING SERVICE WAS PERFORMED FOR ALL BABIES OF CRIMEA REGION. THE LABORATORY PERFORMED TEST ON ANY KIND OF BODY FLUID, SUCH AS URINE, SERUM, PLASMA, FAECES, CSF.

THE LABORATORY DEALT WITH ALL ASPECTS OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION, FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE NATURE, CAUSE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN ABNORMAL CONDITIONS, AND THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE. IT INCLUDED TESTING AND ANALYSING, CONSULTING WITH CLINICIANS, AND ATTENDING PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS, GIVING SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ON INTERPRETATION OF ANY RESULTS. ALL RESULTS WERE APPROVED AND DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE HIGH THROUGHPUT AND SAFE TESTING OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT.

IT INCLUDED TESTING BLOOD, PLATELETS, RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS, URINE, STOOL CULTURES, AS WELL AS OTHER FLUIDS TESTS TO DETECT, DIAGNOSE, AND MONITOR VARIOUS CONDITIONS, AND ALSO ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY TESTS OF MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF BODY TISSUES, BIOPSIES.

• i WAS INVOLVED IN ALL RANGE OF TESTS AND ANALYSING IN THE LABORATORY WHICH HAD 10 CO-WORKERS AND MY JOB WAS EQUIVALENT TO BMS POSITION.

Biotechnical Scientist, Department of Blood Products at Republic of Crimea Blood Transfusion Centre, Simferopol (1995 – 1998)

THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE WAS PROCESSING OF THE DONATED BLOOD, SEPARATING OFF AND CONCENTRATING DIFFERENT PROTEINS SUCH AS CLOTTING (COAGULATION FACTORS, IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND METABOLIC SUSTANCIES). OUR WORK WAS COMMITED AND SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE, WELL-ORGANISED, NATIONALLY CO-ORDINATED BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND QUILITY SYSTEM FOR ALL AREAS.

• I WAS DOING ANALYSING PRODUCTS IN AIM OF KEEPING WITH SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, TRUST POLICY OF WORK PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, AND I WAS COMPETENT IN QUILITY MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY. THE MAIN WORK FLOW OF PROCESSED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS PRODUCED WAS ABOUT 20000 TONES PER YEAR AND 25000 DONORS.

Specialist Medical Laboratory Scientist at Central Maternity & Children’s Hospital, Sevastopol (1998 – 2003)

THE HOSPITAL WAS PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF LABORATORY TESTS FOR GYNECOLOGY PATIENTS, SUPERVISING WOMEN IN PREGNANCY AND AFTER GIVING THE BIRTH, SUCH AS:

• ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN;
• AMNIOCENTESIS;
• CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING;
• CELL-FREE FETAL DNA TESTING;
• PERCUTANEOUS UMBILICAL BLOOD SAMPLING;
• GENETIC SCREENING TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF BOTH FETUS AND MOTHER AND PROGNOSE DEVELOPMENT OF FETUS.
• CYTOLOGY TESTING HAS BEEN DONE AS SCREENING TEST OR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SCREEN ABNORMALITIES IN CELLS ON THE CERVIX WITHOUT OUTWARD SYMPTOMS.
• BLOOD TESTS DURING AND OUTSIDE PREGNANCY:
• ALT; SGPT ALBUMIN ALDOSTERONE; ALKALINE; PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; APTT; ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME; ANION GAP; ANTITHROMBIN III; FUNCTIONAL APOLIPOPROTEIN A-1; B.
• ALSO OUR LABORATORY HAD TESTS FOR TOXICOLOGY IN RANGE OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DRUG TESTING METHODS SUCH AS FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY OR POSTMORTUM TESTING, FOR MEDICAL AND LEGAL PURPOSES, WHICH INCLUDED DEATH AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS: ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY.
• MY COMPETENCY INCLUDED ANALYSING, REPORTING AND RELEASING OFF THE RESULTS BASED ON APPLICABLE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, ALSO I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF BASED ON CURRENT STANDARD OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH INSTRUMENT'S OWNERS, COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION.
• I WAS INVOLVED IN HIGH RANGE OF TESTING PROCEDURES, ANALYSING AND REPORTING IN THE LABORATORY WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITH DIFFERENT SPECIALITIES, THE RANGE OF SERVICE USERS WAS QUIET HIGH, AND HAD ABOUT 400000 CITIZENS.
• MY JOB WAS EQUIVALENT TO THE BMS POSITION AND INCLUDED ANALYSING, CONSULTING WITH DOCTORS, PARTICIPATING IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND GIVING SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ON INTERPRETATION OF ANY RESULTS.
• ALL RESULTS WERE APPROVED AND DISCUSSED WITH CLINICAL STAFF IN ORDER TO FACILITATE HIGH THROUGHPUT AND SAFE TESTING OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT.

Specialist Medical Laboratory Scientist at Immunology Department, Centre of Blood, Sevastopol (2003 – 2013)

THE TESTS WHICH WERE PERFORMED IN THE LABORATORY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT WE PROVIDED A SAFE BLOOD SUPPLY TO PATIENTS. WE TESTED FOR BLOOD GROUP, SO THAT WE COULD SELECT THE CORRECT GROUP FOR THE PATIENT, WE ALSO TESTED FOR INFECTIONS THAT COULD BE PASSED FROM DONOR TO PATIENT VIA A BLOOD TRANSFUSION, THE FOLLOWING INFECTIONS:

• SYPHILIS, WHICH CAUSED BY TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;
• HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV), WHICH MIGHT BE ASSOSIATED WITH THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE WORLD AND AN APPEARANCE OF THE DONORS WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED SINCE THEIR CHILDHOOD OR IN EARLY LIFE;
• HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), WHICH AFFECTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS);
• HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV), WHICH CAUSE INFLAMATION AND LIVER DAMAGE;
• HEPATITIS E VIRUS;
• HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS (HTLV), WHICH INFECTS WHITE CELLS AND MAY CAUSE A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER HTLV ASSOSIATED MYELOPATHY OR ADULT T-CELL LEUKAEMIA;
• ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS WHEN REQUIRED WERE PERFORMED:
• MALARIA;
• WEST NILE VIRUS;
• CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;
• THE TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT BY COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AUTOMATED MACHINES WHICH COULD TEST MANY SAMPLES BOTH QUICKLY AND EASILY, HELPING US TO GET BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS TO THE HOSPITALS AS FAST AS WE COULD.

Department Manager and Laboratory Scientist at Immunology Department, Centre of Blood, Sevastopol (2013 – 2014)

• MY COMPETENCY INCLUDED ANALYSING, REPORTING AND RELEASING OFF THE RESULTS BASED ON APPLICABLE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, ALSO I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF BASED ON CURRENT STANDARD OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH INSTRUMENT'S OWNERS, COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION.
• INVESTIGATION OF THE CLINICAL CASES AND ATTENDING NATIONAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEMES, ANALYSING RELEVANT RESULTS WAS NECESSARY IN ROUTINE WORK OF OUR DEPARTMENT IN ORDER OF PREPARATION FOR ACCREDITATION THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY ACCREDITATION SERVICES.
• LABORATORY DEALT WITH POPULATION OF ABOUT 400000 CITIZENS AND PROVIDED 100000 TESTS PER YEAR, WHAT INCLUDED COMMUNICATION WITH VARIETY OF HOSPITALS AND PRIVATE CLINICS.

Medical laboratory Assistant Band 3 at Virology Department, RVH, Belfast (2015 – Present)

• WORKING IN VIROLOGY I HAVE GAINED A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN CT/NG AND VIRAL LOAD TESTING, SEROLOGY DIAGNOSTICS, CEPHEID/FLU TESTING, PCR-TESTING OF INFECTION AGENTS ON CLASSIC FLOW-LINES, AND CONFIRMATORY TESTING FOR SARS-COVID-19 POSITIVE SAMPLES.
• MY RESPONSIBILITY ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING NEW STAFF AND ASSESSING COMPETENCIES IN A HIGH QUALITY TESTING. I TAKE PART IN INVESTIGATIONS ON SAMPLES AND TESTS WITH ERRORS AND ATTEND NEQAS AND UKAS TESTING.
• I DISCUSS AND NEGOTIATE WORKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SAPLE TYPES AND PERSONAL SKILLS, AND COMMUNICATE WITH COLLEAGUES REGARDING RESULT AVAI

Diploma-Biologist in Biology & Chemistry Teacher – Simferopol State University, Simferopol, Crimea (1986 – 1993)

Certificate of Specialisation in Genetics – Ukraine Academy of Medicine, Kiev (1999 – 1999)

Course in Quality Control in Clinical & Biochemical Laboratory Diagnostics. Pathology of the organs and systems. – Ukraine Academy of Medicine, Zaporozhiya (2001 – 2001)

Second category Qualification in Laboratory Immunology – Ukraine Academy of Medicine, Zaporozhiya (2006 – 2007)

First category Qualification in Laboratory Immunology – Ukraine Academy of Medicine, Zaporozhiya (2011 – 2012)

Course in Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, Hepatitis A B & C, and Herpes associated infections. – Ukraine Academy of Medicine, Kiev (2014 – 2014)