Meet our people

Felicity gained her Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration while working within our Haemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory, before being promoted to a Clinical Scientist position in our DNA Laboratory at Guys Hospital.

"I started working at Viapath in August 2009 as a Pre-Registration 

Scientist. Over the last four years I have had some excellent training opportunities and fantastic support from my colleagues, which has enabled me to complete my training portfolio and become a Registered Clinical Scientist. ”

"I really enjoy working as a Clinical Scientist.  I feel motivated by the fact that the work I do every day has a direct impact on a patient’s treatment and care. Knowing that you're actively contributing to a patient's treatment and well being makes your work feel really worthwhile."

Annette started at Kings College Hospital in 1999. Her first role was in the Diabetic Laboratory as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA), performing HbA1c, glucose and urinalysis, where she became competent in capillary phlebotomy.

“I started out as an MLA in a small diabetes lab. This gave me a desire to learn more. I wanted to know more about the biochemistry of illness and the tests used to monitor them. The more I learned the more details I wanted to grasp.” 

Viapath funded Annette's postgraduate certificate in Biomedical Science in order for her to complete her training.  Since then, Annette has rotated within various sections of the department giving her a broad range of experience.

“My advice for anyone starting out is to get hands on practice whenever possible. Watching assays is great for learning, but actually getting your hands on equipment and perfecting practical skills like pipetting will help with confidence and really speed up that learning."

 “The best thing about my job is that I get to move to different areas within the lab. I have the opportunity to train on various analysers and also learn more manual assays.”