Gemma O’Brien

Chief Medical Scientist, Near Patient Testing

Beaumont Hospital

Biography

Gemma O’Brien has a total of 20 years’ experience working as a Medical Scientist in the fields of Clinical Chemistry and Near Patient Testing (NPT). She has worked in various large teaching hospitals across Dublin and, since Dec 2020, she has been based in Beaumont Hospital working as Chief in NPT.

Since 2016, Gemma has dedicated her work to the field of NPT. Her experience has involved introducing and developing NPT accredited services across a multitude of laboratory disciplines.

Since joining Beaumont Hospital, Gemma has implemented the Roche Cobas Liat Sars-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B service in its Emergency Department (ED), working closely with Microbiology Laboratory and Hospital Management. This service has proven hugely successful in benefitting patient care and facilitating smooth patient flow through the ED.

Most recently, in August 2024, Gemma has lead Beaumont Hospitals NPT department in being the first NPT service in Ireland to have all its services electronically integrated to the National Medical Laboratory Information System (MedLIS).