Clinical Laboratory Technician 2, UWMC - Montlake Transfusion Services

University of Washington Medical Center • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The UW Medicine - Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology (DLMP) in Seattle, WA has a fantastic opportunity for a Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) 2 with the Transfusion Services Team at the University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake. Under general supervision, the CLT 2 assists the surgical and nursing staff by facilitating orders from and issuing blood components to all patient care areas at UWMC and FHCC. This role is responsible for the inventory management of all blood components and facilitates the issuing of blood products and tracking of component orders. The CLT 2 will also perform component preparation such as irradiation, washing, volume reduction, thawing, pooling and splitting as necessary. Additionally, this role is responsible for operating equipment, performing QC and maintenance for refrigerators, freezers and component processing equipment.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent AND two years of chemical, clinical, or public health laboratory experience.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Responsibilities

• Respond to Emergency, Operating Room and other clinical areas that require transfusion support with blood components if needed.
• Provide customer service and communication with patient care areas and blood center.
• Call products orders to floor.
• Take verbal orders for blood products as needed.
• Perform blood components processing to maintain inventory and support for transfusion patients, including thawing, irradiating, washing, and volume reduction.
• Performs issue and return of blood products following policies and procedures including equipment maintenance and quality control.
• Combine/Pool/aliquot blood components if necessary.
• Operate laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, portable refrigerators, plasma thawers, sterile docker, irradiator, cell washer, refrigerator, platelet rotator and freezers.
• Participate in demonstrating simple laboratory techniques to students and new employees.
• Perform laboratory specimen processing consisting of receiving, identifying, assigning accession numbers, sorting, preparation and internal laboratory distribution of blood and other biological specimens.
• Respond to inquiries concerning patient lab values, reference ranges, specimen requirements, procedures, time required for tests, and preparation of specimens to outside labs for analysis.
• Perform data processing and clerical tasks as required.
• Reviews and signs off on new and revised documents within specified time.
• Completes all training modules and documentation within specified time.
• Assist with training and competencies as needed.
• Follows hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participate in quality improvement process.
• Perform the work of a Clinical Laboratory Assistant.
• Perform related duties as required.

Benefits

• $3,000 recruitment incentive for eligible new employees joining UW Medicine.
• Vacation time and sick time off that accrue monthly, including 12 paid holidays.
• State Employee Tuition Exemption Program covering up to 6 credits of qualifying coursework per quarter at the University of Washington or other participating colleges or universities.
• Fully subsidized public transit pass (U-PASS) that covers multiple forms of public transportation in the region.
• Excellent healthcare, dental, disability, retirement, and other plan options.
• Lots of free fantastic fitness, healthy eating, finance, and stress reduction classes offered through the Whole U.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees