Lab Technologist
About The Position
Performs laboratory procedures to provide results that assist physicians in diagnosing and treating diseases. Work follows established protocols and requires independent judgment and responsibility with minimal technical supervision. The technologist works independently and communicates effectively with other healthcare professionals. The role performs laboratory testing, verifies and reports results, monitors for reasonable and critical values, troubleshoots instruments, and participates in quality, competency, validation, training, and continuing education activities. It may also involve collecting or preparing specimens for analysis.
Requirements
- Meet CLIA 88 personnel requirements for high-complexity testing.
- Bachelor’s degree in medical technology or a related science field from an accredited institution, or meet CLIA grandfathered medical technologist regulations.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and work with abstract and concrete variables.
- Computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, email, and Laboratory Information Systems.
Nice To Haves
- Certification by a recognized certifying agency for clinical laboratory professionals, such as ASCP, ASMT, or NCA.
Responsibilities
- Perform high-complexity, moderate-complexity, and waived laboratory testing in the assigned testing division, using established departmental procedures and laboratory instruments.
- Recognize and correct instrument malfunctions within the scope of the operator’s manual and document troubleshooting activities.
- Confirm, verify, and report test results independently; monitor results for reasonableness and critical values.
- Correlate and interpret data generated from testing.
- Assist physicians with interpretation of test results within the scope of the profession.
- Conduct established quality control and performance improvement activities.
- Provide clinical orientation and/or training to new employees and students.
- Prepare and/or collect blood, urine, feces, or other body-fluid specimens for analysis.
- Participate in Continuous System Improvement (CSI) and continuing education programs.
- Perform instrument and assay validations.
- Perform and sign off on technical competencies.
- Perform competency assessments for moderate- and high-complexity testing, as delegated.
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Job Type
Full-time
