Job Description
Full Time (80 hours/biweekly)
Shift: Nights (8:30pm - 6:30am)
General Summary Performs a variety of technical and general duties at a basic skills and knowledge level. Functions in one or more laboratory divisions.
Responsibilities Essential Functions: - Performs routine and/or specialized testing and procedures with supervision as appropriate.
- Performs a variety of duties at progressively greater skill levels under varying degrees of supervision, records results. May operate a variety of laboratory instruments.
- Performs quality control and instrument check procedures and maintains related records.
- Inoculates, cultivates, classifies, and identifies microorganisms found in bodily fluids, exudates, skin scrapings, autopsy and surgical specimens in order to provide data on cause, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases.
- May group or type blood of donors and recipients. May determine compatibility of donor blood products with intended recipient.
- May perform chemical and/or immunological tests to identify and/or quantitate substances found in blood and other body fluids.
- Counts, describes morphology of, and performs specialized studies on blood and other body fluid cells. Performs coagulation testing.
- Prepares and maintains reagents, and other solutions and stains according to standard formulas.
- Trains other employees in day-to-day procedures.
- May consult with medical staff and other health care providers on matters relating to laboratory services.
- Performs surveys and does comparative analyses of work units; may participate in research activities and investigates new products, equipment, techniques, methodologies, and introduces, demonstrates, effects, and recommends as is appropriate.
- Enters or retrieves data from established computer files.
- Identifies safety concerns, instrument issues and other opportunities for process improvement, collaborating with others in problem solving
Common Expectations:
- Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor, and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors, reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
Qualifications Qualifications Minimum Education: - Bachelors Degree Required and
- College Diploma As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required and
- College Transcript As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required
Work Experience:
- Completion of student clinical rotations. Required and
- Medical technology or a related science. Required
Licenses:
- Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Medical Technologist - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Blood Banking - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Chemistry - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Cytometry - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Hematology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Microbiology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Specialist in Molecular Biology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Blood Banking - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Chemistry - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Cytogenetics - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Hematology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Microbiology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Technologist in Molecular Biology - ASCP within 1 year Required or
- Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - AMT within 1 year Required or
- Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - AMT within 1 year Required or
- Certified Molecular Diagnostics Technologist - AMT within 1 year Required or
- Medical Technologist - ABOR within 1 year Required
Benefits Offered:
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Short-term disability
- Education assistance
- Financial education and support, including DailyPay
- Wellness and Wellbeing programs
- Caregiver support via Wellthy
- Childcare referral service via Wellthy
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Work experience placement, Flexible hours, Shift work, Night shift,