Manon Chennette is our Regional Laboratory Operations Manager for #teamEORLA’s Zone West.
“I began at EORLA before it’s inception, as a Medical Lab Technician in 1991 at The Ottawa Hospital and after 19 years in hematology as an MLT, I took on my first leadership roles at the General Campus as a charge technologist. I then pursued a management role at the Cornwall site and then CHEO site. I always knew I wanted to pursue leadership and I found there were multiple ways to meet people, network and further advance my career. I joined committees and special projects, I helped other sites renew their accreditations, so I was in and out of different labs meeting people across the organization. I have loved the flexibility that EORLA offers to move between different sites, departments and disciplines.
What sets us apart is that we are a hospital-based laboratory and it’s important we work closely with each member hospitals. We can see the direct impact we have on patient lives as we work with Doctors, Nurses and other health care professionals who are continually diagnosing patients and ordering tests with our expertise.
I’m a mom and I raised my family working here. There were times where my kids needed me, and I always found it easy to maintain a healthy work/life balance. Swapping shifts and flexibility was and is available when I needed to prioritize my family.
Being a part of this team during the pandemic stands out as a career highlight for me. We often saw rapid changes in guidelines as things were evolving. The sheer scale with which so many different lab disciplines adapted to help ramp up testing or maintain regular laboratory operations to meet the demand was nothing short of amazing.”
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Thank you, Manon!
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