Laboratory Technologist - Lab Microbiology Be

Nationwide Children's Hospital•Columbus, OH

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Performs accurate and timely processing, testing, and resulting. Provides preventive maintenance, quality control, and customer service. This role involves performing routine and complex technical procedures and functions within the laboratory information system, which may include phlebotomy, specimen collection, processing, reporting, and storage. The technologist is responsible for preventive maintenance, supply upkeep, and quality control, ensuring appropriate documentation, coordination, and communication. They must demonstrate knowledge of and uphold applicable laws and regulations, maintaining expertise in techniques, procedures, and protocols across the lab and within their specific section. The position requires reviewing and acknowledging procedures as necessary. A key aspect is delivering service excellence, fostering One Team collaboration, and providing quality patient care by adapting communication styles to various cultural differences, addressing concerns through problem research and resolution, utilizing basic troubleshooting skills, and efficiently managing interruptions and changing environments. Maintaining a safe environment is crucial, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, reporting spills and hazardous situations immediately, and acting appropriately. The technologist must follow established guidelines for patient information disclosure and assist in departmental process development and improvement, participating in quality assurance, continuing education programs, department meetings, and special projects. They are expected to provide useful feedback for individual improvement and assist with the training and competency development of employees, students, fellows, and rotators.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in medical laboratory science; or a chemical, physical, or biological science from an accredited institution
Organizational and communication skills
Attention to detail
Computer skills
Discipline-specific technical skills
Maintain and foster interpersonal relationships with internal and external customers
Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and independently promoting a team environment

Nice To Haves

American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification

Responsibilities

Performs routine and complex technical procedures and functions in the laboratory information system in an adequate and timely manner; may include phlebotomy, specimen collection, processing, reporting, and storage.
Performs preventive maintenance, supply upkeep, and quality control with appropriate documentation, coordination, and communication.
Demonstrates knowledge of and upholds applicable laws and regulations related to position.
Maintains knowledge of techniques, procedures, and protocols lab-wide and within lab section.
Reviews and acknowledges procedures as required.
Delivers service excellence, One Team collaboration, and quality patient care through adjusting communication styles to adapt to various cultural differences, addressing concerns by researching problems and identifying resolutions, using basic troubleshooting skills, and efficiently handling interruptions and functions with changing environments or circumstances.
Maintains a safe environment.
Wears appropriate personal protective equipment as designated by lab area.
Reports spills and hazardous situations immediately and acts appropriately.
Follows established guidelines for disclosure of patient information.
Assists in process development and improvement within the department including participating in quality assurance, continuing education programs, department meetings, and special projects.
Demonstrates the initiative and ability to provide feedback that is useful and assists in individual improvement.
Assist with training and competency of employees, students, fellows, rotators, etc.