Fanny Ling

• Plate reading and identifying pathogenic organisms relevant to the sites
• Fungal identification
• Antibiotic discs and E test susceptibilities testing and reporting
• Vitek II -VID and AST card set up, machine maintenance
• RCPA QAP quality control participation
• Maintaining stock orders
• Training of new staff including lab technician and scientist
• Lab round discussion with on call pathologist
• Entering and validating negative and positive culture results
• Able to use BACTEC, Atellica, Clinitek, PolyStainer and Maldi-Tof machines
• Scientist rostering
• Liaise with other department staffs, GP, specialist, and external organisations
• NATA accreditation participation

• Create new or update existing national policy and procedures in consultation with WA CEO, National Quality Manager and National team as part of the Document Project
• Governance Documents

Governance Policy

• Risk Management Policy and Procedures
• Delegated and retained authorities policy
• Corporate social responsibility policy
• Legislative compliance policy

Human Resources (HR) Policy and Procedures

• Equal opportunity policy
• Diversity policy
• Flexible work arrangement policy and procedures
• Performance appraisal policy and procedures
• Grievance policy and procedures
• Marketing policy and procedures
• Brand guidelines/Brand policy
• Communications policy

IT documents

• Cyber Security Policy
• Risk Management Methodology
• Identity and Access Management Standard
• Change Management Standard
• Information Security Policy
• Mobile Device and Teleworking Standard
• Network Infrastructure Configuration Standard
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Patch and Vulnerability Management Standard
• Physical Security Standard
• Security Incident Management Standard

WA Emergency Response Plan

• Setting up new users, load meeting minutes, memorandum and learnings on ELMO
• Log and review incidents, and assign request on Riskman
• Set up new user accounts, and maintain up to date Collection Centre (ACC) lists on Riskman
• Use Fasttrack to edit, update new procedures and made old SJOG documents obsolete
• Created new recollect policy and outstanding procedures in conjunction with head of departments as part of the recollect project

• Scientist rostering
• Managing staffing levels by recruiting new staff members
• Consult with pathologist in charge regarding potential recruits
• Liaise with other department heads and staff members
• Maintain relationship with key stakeholders in conjunction with pathologists
• Maintain OH&S responsibilities

• Authorising blood test results
• Looking at blood films
• Interpreting and reporting of abnormal results
• Notifying hematologists of abnormal result
• Maintaining machines
• Perform daily quality control for machines
• Answering general pathology phone enquiries

• Processing specimens, setting up gram and culture plates
• Perform and reporting of cell count, gram stains, wet preparation and AFB stains results
• Phoning urgent result through to requesting doctor or sending interim gram results to hospital ward
• Setting up positive blood cultures bottles
• Setting up Vitek ID and AST
• Training lab assistants

• Assist with sorting of microbiology specimens at specimen reception
• Setting up specimens (e.g
• Urines, stools, swabs and sterile fluids and blood cultures received from inpatient or outpatient)
• Prepare quality assurance and quality control materials
• Participate in the maintenance of lab environs and equipments
• Liaise with other departments, medical staff and external organisations

• Processing pathology specimens
• Identifying microbial pathogens and parasites using gram stain and concentration and Para Stain technique
• Performing primary and secondary tests to identify microbial pathogens
• Set up antimicrobial sensitivity plates
• Enter primary and secondary test results
• Fungal identification