Lead Clinical Lab Technologist - POC/Hematology - Staff Icons

The Lead Clinical Lab Technologist is responsible for performing specialized technical analyses of blood specimens leading to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the laboratory. Responsibility also involves ensuring the receipt, recording, grouping and labeling of specimens and the communication of test results to the attending physician.

Responsibilities :

• Performs various types of clinical analyses in the core laboratory including Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Special Hematology, manual testing and Coagulation on blood specimens, urine, body fluid and other specimen types.
• Interprets test results, reviews and verifies result reports.
• Operates automated or specialized equipment and performs maintenance or troubleshoots as needed.
• Confers with attending or referral physician, nursing staff or other provider on test results, and ensures their immediate notification when the critical limits of specified test results are exceeded.
• Provides technical assistance as needed in throughout the laboratory.
• Participates in validation studies in setting up new procedures and equipment.
• Performs quality control testing, documenting remedial action taken for detected deficiencies and defects.
• Ensures the proper preparing, storing, dispensing and periodic evaluation of reagents to assure the accuracy and precision of test results.
• May provide training to new technologists/technicians in the core laboratory
• Reads, understands and follows all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for all tests, processes and testing platforms.
• Reports and escalates any issues to the department supervisor.
• Performs testing on proficiency samples in the same manner as patient samples.
• Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications/Requirements:

Requirements :

• Experience as a clinical lab technologist, preferred.
• MUST have 4 years of expeornce working as a CLT
• Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or equivalent experience, required.
• NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist License

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.