Clinical Research Community Health

Orion Naco, MT (ASCP)

Buffalo Grove, IL ***** 815-***-**** *********@*****.***

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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND CLINICAL RESEARCH

Experienced leader with success directing clinical operations, managing operating and capital budgets, and implementing patient-centric improvements. Partner across departments to drive successful implementation of patient-focused programs, to resolve problems, and to meet established goals. Identify and execute opportunities to improve patient laboratory testing, promoting new services, and increasing revenue. Manage fiscal resources effectively to decrease expenses while improving operational efficiencies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LabCorp; Itasca, IL 06/2023 – Present

CLIA Laboratory Director for Crusader Community Health Clinics

CLIA Laboratory Director for Erie Community Health Clinics, Evanston and Waukegan

Manager, Stat Laboratories North Central Division

Develop, implement, and sustain strategic laboratory improvements to support the LabCorp mission and values. Manage 13 FTEs in four laboratory locations.

•Assure compliance of the department with the regulations of accrediting organizations, CAP, AABB, NMDP, FACT, and FDA.

•Prepare staff for all CAP, AABB, NMDP, FACT, and FDA inspections.

•Oversee training program for new staff in accordance with laboratory and CAP, AABB, and FDA regulations.

•Responsible for proficiency survey testing performance and reporting.

•Develop new revenue streaming routes and develop departmental budgets.

Abbott; Lake Forest, IL 09/2019 – 01/2023

Manager Clinical Research, Biospecimen / Blood Bank

Responsible for oversight of the Biospecimen / Blood Bank activities and provide leadership and practical, risk-based guidance and strategy for new revenue streaming routes.

• Conduct periodic reviews of guiding documents for Specimen Bank operations.

• Provide support for compliance audits.

•Co-Principal Investigator of Internal Specimen Collection Studies; manage Clinical Specimen Management System(s)

• Manage Process Improvements and perform employee evaluations.

• Responsible for all new hire and training of team members.

Loyola University Medical Center; Maywood, IL 09/2017 – 08/2019

Manager Apheresis, Blood Bank, LOC Phlebotomy, Satellite Oncology Laboratories

Develop, implement, and sustain strategic laboratory improvements to support the LUMC mission and values. Manage 60 FTEs in blood bank, phlebotomy services (outpatient at both LOC and Bernadine Cancer Center), apheresis, and four offsite oncology laboratory locations.

•Assure compliance of the department with the regulations of accrediting organizations, CAP, AABB, NMDP, FACT, and FDA.

•Prepare staff for all CAP, AABB, NMDP, FACT, and FDA inspections.

•Oversee training program for new staff in accordance with laboratory and CAP, AABB, and FDA regulations.

•Responsible for proficiency survey testing performance and reporting.

•Develop new revenue streaming routes and develop departmental budgets.

•Oversaw the validation and implantation of instruments, and software programs such as Ortho-Vision and Softlab.

UnityPoint Health; Rock Island, IL 03/2017 – 09/2017

Clinical Laboratory Lead / POC

Managed the daily operations of Point-of-Care department and assured compliance of the department with the regulations of accrediting organizations, CAP, CLIA, and JC. Accountable for proficiency survey testing performance and reporting and training new staff.

Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center; Davenport, IA 05/2010 – 03/2017

Reference Laboratory Manager

Managed the daily operations of Immunohematology Reference Laboratory and assured compliance of the department with the regulations of accrediting organizations, CAP, AABB, and FDA. Oversaw staff of 15 technologists.

• Prepared staff for all CAP, AABB, and FDA inspections and trained new staff and new hires.

• Responsible for proficiency survey testing performance and reporting and performed staff evaluations

• Developed new revenue streaming routes.

St. Elizabeth Medical Center; Boston, MA 09/2008 – 01/2010

Lead Medical Technologist / Core Laboratory

Led the daily operations of Hematology, Chemistry, Serology, and Immunology and assured compliance of the department with the regulations of accrediting organizations. Oversaw staff of 20 technologists.

•Performed maintenance of the testing instruments; performed and evaluated quality controls.

• Performed correlations and evaluations of new assays and instruments.

• Prepared staff for all CAP inspections. Performed employee evaluations.

•Conducted proficiency survey testing performance and reporting.

• Laboratory performed over one million tests annually.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

•Metropolitan Medical Laboratory; Moline, IL

•Specimen Procurement Coordinator

•Senior Medical Technologist / Chemistry

•Medical Technologist

EDUCATION & Certification

Bachelor of Science (BS), Clinical Laboratory Science Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

Certification: Medical Technologist (ASCP)

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