Johanna Barkwith has over 22 years of experience working in healthcare, most recently as an Intelligence Assistant for Cleveland Fire Brigade. She holds an MSc in Applied Haematology and has extensive experience managing laboratories and staff. She is skilled in statistical analysis, communication, and using various software programs. Her career demonstrates strong technical abilities, quality management, and a commitment to patient care and developing skills through continuing education.

1. 1 Albert Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees. Cleveland. TS16 0DA
07854 572802 gingerjo1973@gmail.com
Johanna Barkwith MSc
Objectives
To work in a healthcare/business orientated environment using my extensive knowledge
and skills to ensure patients, the company, and share holders receive the very best care and
support.
Overview of current role
Support the Risk and Performance department to produce accurate and timely statistical
analysis of all incidents attended by Cleveland Fire Brigade.
o Excellent attention to detail to produce reports often under time pressures for
different stakeholders and partners including regular and one off reports to both
internal and external recipients
o Effective prioritising of duties to ensure all data is produced at the appropriate
intervals; daily, weekly, monthly and annually
o Communicate effectively with Risk & Performance team as well as crew, watch and
station managers across the Brigade area including giving presentations to
managers at multi agency briefings
o Checking of data from control and crew on all incidents to ensure consistency across
the databases
Summary of Professional Accomplishments
Communication
o Letters, faxes, memos, reports and other documents written to both internal and
external customers and other stakeholders
o Chair of Tees Valley Counselling Trust in 2012
o Formally presented to Siemens Academy Haematology Manager’s meeting and also
within South Tees Trust
o Regularly deliver statistical and performance information in monthly briefings to
Fire Crew and managers
o Regularly involved in training staff of different grades in small groups or one-to-one
o Give guided tours of the Blood Sciences department to various visitors including
school students, management trainees, CPA assessors and other visitors
o Active participation in team briefs, directorate meetings and senior staff meetings
o Communicate with suppliers and company representatives to review and evaluate
supplies and equipment
o Act as a departmental ambassador on visits to other laboratories to review new
technologies or carry out CPA inspections
o Effectively deal with complaints and difficult stakeholders by phone, reducing their

2. anxiety and meeting their needs along with the department’s
Career Professional Accomplishments cont…
IT Skills
o Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
o Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Qpulse Document Control
o Working knowledge of SQL database
o Good working knowledge of APEX and PGP LIMS systems
o Good working knowledge of CentraLink.
Technical skills
o Excellent technical skills including advanced troubleshooting, problem solving,
maintenance and training
o Responsible for 7 Siemens Advia 2120i’s including QC, QA, advanced
troubleshooting, maintenance, and training
o Good working knowledge of other instrumentation including Sysmex CA1500 and
Beckman-Coulter analysers
o Regularly participate in a full out of hours rota working single-handed for 12 hours
covering haematology, coagulation and blood transfusion
o Worked in Biochemistry and have completed a MSc module in Biochemistry
o Participate in, lead and co-ordinate a range of CPD activities
o Perform blood films referring to Consultant haematologist where necessary
o Perform unsupervised the full range of automated, semi-automated and manual
laboratory tests
Quality Management
o Use of Qpulse electronic document control system including the CAPA and Root
Cause functionality
o Regularly perform scheduled internal audits, identifying non-conformances and
completing the corrective actions as required
o Investigation of complaints and satisfactorily resolving as appropriate; feeding back
to staff and complainant with progress and actions taken
o CPA inspector - inspecting other laboratories within the country against CPA
standards
o Responsible for producing and reviewing SOPs within Haematology
o Responsible for completing risk and COSHH assessments for all processes and
procedures within Haematology
o Check accuracy of data within Risk and Performance team

3. Career Professional Accomplishments cont…
Planning & Organisation
o Able to analyse and prioritise tasks to maintain effective and efficient service both
within a laboratory setting and in Risk and Performance setting
o Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot complex issues
o Responsible for the organisation of my own workload and management of other
laboratory staff to ensure good service provision at all times
o Review and evaluation of suppliers and equipment for current and future service
delivery and development including method development and evaluation identified
as part of on-going service development
o Ability to work independently, setting priorities for self and laboratory team
Change Management
o Directly involved in the implementation of the LabCell tracking system including
development and implementation of new working practice protocols and training of
staff in the new technology
o Responsible for ensuring the rapid changes to working practices were understood
and followed by all staff
o Lean management experience in streamlining the Central Sort area and communicating
the requirements to all stakeholders

4. Employment History
November 2015 – current Intelligence Assistant Cleveland Fire Brigade,
Hartlepool
August 2013 – October
2015
A Level Science technician Middlesbrough College,
Middlesbrough
December 2005 – August
2013
Senior Biomedical
Scientist
James Cook University
Hospital, Middlesbrough,
Teesside
March 1997 – December
2005
Senior Biomedical
Scientist
Harrogate District Hospital,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
February 1996 – March
1997
Biomedical Scientist IDEXX Laboratories,
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
April 1995 – February 1996 Biomedical Scientist Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley,
Surrey
March 1994 – April 1995 Biomedical Scientist Ravenscourt Laboratories,
Ravenscourt Park, London
August 1993 – March 1994 Biomedical Scientist Epsom Hospital, Epsom,
Surrey
July 1991 – August 1993 Trainee Biomedical
Scientist
St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Other Roles - voluntary
November 2011 – August 2013 CPA Peer Assessor Clinical Pathology
Accreditation (CPA)
April 2011 – April 2013 Chairman Tees Valley
Counselling Trust
Tees Valley Counselling Trust
(TVCT), Norton
September 2014 – current Counsellor Alliance Psychological
Services Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
December 2013 – current Part-time bookkeeper at
TJ Liveries
TJ Liveries, West Rounton,
Northallerton

5. Education
2016 Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling – ongoing York St John University
2011 Level 2 Certificate in Accounting ACCA
2008 Certificate in Extended Practice Quality
Management
IBMS
2004 Teaching and Training in Professional Practice Hull University
2003 Postgraduate certificate in Management Studies University of York
1996 MSc Applied Haematology University of Westminster
1994 Primary year of Fellowship University of Westminster
1993 HNC Medical Laboratory Sciences Bromley College of
Technology
Courses attended (not an exhaustive list)
January 2011 UK NEQAS Parasitology training day University of Newcastle
UK NEQAS
November 2011 CPA Peer Assessor Training CPA, Middlesex
November 2010 Business planning workshop South Tees Hospital,
Middlesbrough
April 2010 CPA Annual Conference and Peer Assessor
Update
CPA, Manchester
May 2009 Siemens Academy Haematology Managers
Programme
Siemens Healthcare, London
June 2008 Root Cause Analysis NHS North East, Newcastle
May 2002 Foundation Leadership & Management Harrogate Healthcare NHS
Trust, Harrogate

6. Personal Profile
I have worked in the NHS for a total of 22 years from a trainee in 1991 to becoming a
senior biomedical scientist at the age of 24 in 1997. I have developed over that time
excellent practical, clinical, technical and managerial skills which I now use in my most
recent roles outside the NHS. In all of my roles I have been required to manage my own
workload and work independently, prioritising tasks to ensure effective and efficient
working. In both my senior BMS roles I also had to manage staff from the interview stage
through training, day to day management and supervision through to the first stages of
grievance if required.
I have experience in both fast paced, high throughput laboratories with a wide test
repertoire and smaller multi-disciplinary blood sciences laboratories as well as a veterinary
diagnostic laboratory. These very different laboratory environments have enabled me to
further develop my technical and latterly my management skills.
I have been responsible for Warfarin clinics both performing the INR on portable
coagulometers and managing a group of pharmacists who used point of care analysers. This
included training and monitoring quality and performance of the analysers and the staff
performing the testing, ensuring that QA and QC fell within acceptable criteria and
troubleshooting when required.
During my career I have used a wide range of analytical equipment, both semi-automated
such as the Amelung KC series through to automated coagulation analysers such as the
Sysmex CA1500, MDA, IL ACL4500 and most recently the STAGO systems. Automated
blood transfusion analysers have included the Olympus TANGO, Grifols Erytra and Ortho
BioVue systems as well as more manual micro titre plate methodologies.
I have an excellent in-depth knowledge of the Advia 2120i systems as I have used these
analysers from when they were the Bayer Technicon H1’s. I was responsible for the
maintenance, advanced troubleshooting, QA and QC of 7 Siemens Advia 2120i’s in my last
senior BMS role. This included escalating issues through both 1st
and 2nd
level support
processes on a regular basis. I also have experience with Coulter STKR, STKS and MAXM
FBC analysers as well as the Sysmex XE series.
In my early career I worked in a multidisciplinary department where I was responsible for
hormone analysis utilising the DPC Immulite system. To support this role I undertook as
part of my MSc course a biochemistry module which I have found to be very useful
throughout my career giving me a good understanding of the role of chemical pathology in
the healthcare setting.
In my most recent senior BMS role I had a specific interest in quality management and I
was invited by CPA to become a peer assessor a role which was exclusively open to Band 8
laboratory managers only. But they recognised my interest and skills in this area and made
an exception. I enjoyed the role as it allowed me to examine best practice in other
laboratories and bring that back to my own area.
The post graduate diploma in counselling has developed my skills in listening to an
advanced level; this enables me to support those with mental ill health in a counselling role
but I believe this is also a wholly transferable skill into the healthcare business
environment. It has given me a good grounding in acknowledging and accepting differences
as well as being able to communicate effectively in often emotionally charged situations.

7. Personal Profile continued...
In my private life I have varied interests such a reading, knitting and photography both
behind and in-front of the camera as an amateur photographic model.
I am also a very keen open water swimmer all year round. This interest led me to swim the
English Channel as part of a 6 person relay team in 2012. We successfully touched France
in a time of 12hrs 47minutes and under strict Channel rules which means no wetsuit, just a
swimsuit and a smile! Our success meant we were the fastest relay team that year, an
achievement of which I am incredibly proud.
I go to the gym and ride my bike as often as possible and have recently had a few ballroom
dancing lessons again.
I would be happy to provide further information and details at interview.
References
References can be supplied on request.