Lab Technologist (NIGHTS) - CORPORATE

Job Description

1. Patient and Staff
Safety:

• Recognizes the importance of patient/staff
  safety precautions as it relates to specific department and area of
  responsibility.
• Consistently utilizes precautions and follows
  appropriate procedures to enhance patient/staff safety in daily
  operations.
• Identifies and reports any potentially
  dangerous situations to manager which could cause medical error and / or
  patient or staff harm.
• Immediately takes action, where appropriate,
  to minimize the risk of injury. Where appropriate to staff member’s
  responsibilities, reports errors, when these occur, to supervisor and on
  an Occurrence Report. Participates, when appropriate, in Root Cause
  Analyses and/or other efforts to reduce risk of medical error and / or
  patient or staff harm.

2. Performance Improvement:

• Participates in performance / customer service
  improvement; actively assists in improving performance based on results
  obtained from customer satisfaction / PI activities.
• Where appropriate, participates in Performance
  Improvement activities, including team membership.

3. Testing Procedures

• Logs in and performs both routine and advanced
  test procedures under on-site supervision of a supervisor.
• Reviews results recognizing the
  interdependency of tests and the conditions that affect test results.
• Reports test results to authorized persons.
• Performs procedure troubleshooting techniques
  as required.

4. Quality Control

• Performs, records and evaluates appropriate
  Quality Control.
• Investigates abnormal Quality Control results
  as appropriate.

5. Instrument Maintenance

• Reads and records instrument parameters as
  part of maintenance and quality control.
• Performs preventative maintenance procedures
  on instruments.
• Performs advanced instrument troubleshooting
  as required.

6. Inventory

• Receives and records inventory shipments as
  needed.
• Documents and records lot numbers and volumes
  as appropriate.
• Reports low inventory levels to supervisory
  staff as appropriate.

7.  Communication

• Informs Supervisory staff of anything falling
  outside of standard policy or procedure.
• Communicates with laboratory staff, laboratory
  management, pathologists, patients, hospital personnel, physicians and
  their offices requiring courtesy and tact.
• Performs duties in a professional manner at
  all times.

8.  Schedule/Supervision

• Responds promptly to emergency calls/disaster plan.
• Works
  weekends and holidays as part of a rotating schedule.
• Assists
  in training new staff.
• Functions
  a shift supervisor in the absence of supervisor or assistant supervisor.
• Makes
  reasonable effort to report to work during inclement weather.

9. Quality
Assurance:

• Maintains personal professional competency
  through in-service and meeting attendance.
• Maintains a safe, orderly working environment;
  maintains compliance with OSHA regulations.
• Ensures that Joint Commission, College of American Pathologist, NYS Dept of
  Health and F.D.A. standards are  
  adhered to.
• Ensures that PMHC corporate compliance
  policies are adhered to.
• Adheres to hospital and department mission
  statements, policies and procedures.

10. Continuing Education:

• Attends all hospital or departmental
  in-services.
• Attends appropriate seminars and conferences
  as necessary.
• Adheres to NYS Dept of Education continuing
  education requirements.

11. Performs other duties
as assigned and requested.

Qualifications

Education/Training: 

• B.S. degree in Medical Technology or a related
  science required with one (1) year of experience preferred or an

          A.S. degree in Medical
  Technology or a related science and ten (10) years of experience required.

• Ability to read, write and communicate in English
  required.

Experience

• Please refer to Education/Training for specific
  combination requirements.

Licensure,
Registration or Certification:

• NYS Dept of Education
  licensure as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist.

• ASCP certification
  preferred.