This document provides a personal profile and work experience for Susana Cláudia Pinto Moutinho. She has a degree in Biomedical Science with a focus on pathology. Her work experience includes positions as a histology locum and medical technical officer since 2014 at Unilabs IHS, where she performs tasks like sectioning samples and special staining. She also has research experience from 2014 placements in Portugal. Her skills were developed through training in multiple areas of pathology laboratories in Portugal.

1. PERSONAL PROFILE
I am a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist with a degree in Pathological, Cytological and
Thanatological Anatomy. Being a trainee at different laboratories allowed me to gain a wide variety of relevant
knowledge and different laboratory skills. I am fast, precise, hardworking and very enthusiastic about
Healthcare/Science, laboratory work and learning new techniques and protocols. I show autonomous work and
research whenever necessary and I take full responsibility for the decisions/actions that I make. Additionally I
always adhere to the highest of ethical standards and follow all safety procedures to ensure the safest
possible work environment and team work. I am very ambitious and always give my 100% to any job acquired.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dates Since November 26, 2014 (Ongoing)
Occupation Histology Locum (first 7 months) – Medical Technical Officer (since June 2015)
- Sectioning of histology blocks and megablocks (using a rotary and sledge Microtome) –
average 40-60 blocks per hour
- Slides and blocks organization/filing
- Special Staining
- Preparation of chemical solutions
- Embedding
- Cut-up shadowing
Employer Unilabs IHS (Independent Histopathology Services)
Dates April 2, 2014 - July 27, 2014 and July 7, 2014 – July 11, 2014
Occupation(s) Research grant: Integration in Scientific and Development Investigation: “Toxicological
evaluation of expired Simvastatin in the aquatic environment using Daphnia magna and Chlorella
vulgaris and the evaluation of anticancer potential”
Research monitor: Investigation in Health using Aquatic Organisms – “Live Science in the Lab”
Employer Porto Higher School of Health Technology – Portugal
EDUCATION
Dates October 2010 – September 2014
Occupation Degree in Biomedical Science: Pathological, Cytological and Thanatological Anatomy
Level 6 EQF / BSC honours
Employer Porto Higher School of Health Technology – Portugal
Susana Cláudia Pinto Moutinho
HCPC: BS68693 Address: 255 Carey Gardens
SW8 4HH - London
Mobile number(s): 07585071444
Email-address:
sc.moutinho@hotmail.com
Nationality: Portuguese
Date of birth: December 5, 1991 Sex: Female

2. TRAINING
Occupation Trainee in Pathological Anatomy Laboratory
Activities and
responsibilities
Histopathology:
- Sample reception and preparation
- Macroscopic registration and resection
- Frozen tissue sectioning (using a cryostat)
- Extemporaneous examinations
- Tissue processing (fixation, dehydration and infiltration in paraffin)
- Tissue embedding in paraffin (including biopsy)
- Slides identification
- Sectioning (using a Microtome)
- Preparation of chemical solutions
- Routine staining (manual and automated)
- Equipment maintenance
- Mounting slides
- Quality control
Cytopathology:
- Cytology samples reception and registration
- Conventional and Liquid Base Cytology – ThinPrep®
- Samples processing
- Extemporaneous examinations
- Cellblock
- Cytospin
- Staining (Manual and automated)
- Preparation of chemical solutions
- Equipment maintenance
- Mounting slides
- Quality control
Histo and Cytochemistry:
- Automated and manual staining
- Preparation of chemical solutions
- Equipment maintenance
- Mounting slides
- Quality control
Immunohistochemistry:
- Immunohistochemical methods (manual and automated)
- Multi-staining immunohistochemistry
- Immunofluorescence
- Preparation of chemical solutions (dilution of the antibodies, buffer solution, DAB solution,
and others)
- Equipment maintenance
- Mounting slides
- Quality control
Molecular Biology:
- DNA extraction and purification from biological samples: blood, cytology and histology
slides, ThinPrep® samples; mouth swabs and FTA’s
- DNA Quantification using NanoDrop®
- Solutions and aliquots preparation
- PCR
- Electrophoresis
- PCR product purification
- Sanger sequencing
- Sephadex purification

3. Gynecological Cytology Screening
- Conventional and Liquid Base Cytology Screening
- Cytology reports
Employer - São João Hospital
- Pedro Hispano Hospital
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology at the University of Porto
(IPATIMUP)-
- HicisLab
Portugal
PERSONAL SKILLS
REFERENCES
Language(s) - Portuguese
- Spanish
- English
Computer
skills
Domain of Microsoft Office ™ (Word ™, PowerPoint ™ and Excel ™) an Probit Analysis - IBM SPSS
Statistics®
Mike Donovan - Histology Manager
Unilabs IHS
- 100a New Cavendish Street
London
W1W 6NR
Tel: +44 (0) 2072 994 490 / +44 (0) 2072 994 495
ihsenquiries@unilabs.com