Medical Lab Scientist/Medical Lab Technician - Laboratory

Christie Clinic•Champaign, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Christie Clinic's department of Laboratory is seeking a full-time Medical Lab Scientist or Medical Lab Technician in Champaign at the University clinic. This position performs both moderate and high complexity testing as defined by CLIA roles, evaluates complex chemical, biological, and microscopic analyses, and collaborates with caregivers across the organization to ensure they have critical information needed to provide excellent patient care. The role may require travel to other clinics in Champaign as needed to support the department.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Science in Chemical, Physical, Biological, Clinical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology, which includes course work meeting the requirements for ASCP or AMT certification.
Medical Laboratory Technician AMT/ASCP certification within 1 year of hire.
Medical Laboratory Scientist AMT/ASCP certification within 1 year of hire.

Nice To Haves

New graduates must provide degree/transcripts within twelve (12) weeks of hire.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates technical skills in the pre-analytical, analytical, and post analytical phases of the testing process.
Determines acceptability of specimens within guidelines.
Correctly identify patients through all phases of testing.
Ensure proper storage of all patient sample, reagents, and laboratory inventory.
Prepares reagents / standards / calibrators correctly and ensures they are dated & in sufficient quantity.
Performs and document daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and as needed maintenance activities according to manufacturer’s recommendation.
Recognizes specimens that do not meet the requirement for testing and follows specimen rejection process.
Recognizes appropriate selections of test orders; can assist in making recommendations for proper test order.
Selects appropriate culture media, incubation temperatures and atmosphere for microbiology cultures.
Streaks plates with good standard isolation technique or for quantification (colony counts).
Organizes and prioritizes work for optimum turnaround time.
Observes safety guidelines.
Evaluates new products, new assays, new systems and & new instrumentation when assigned.
Performs linearity, sensitivity, precision, correlation, and reference range validation before new or revised test procedures are implemented when assigned.
Performs test procedures with care and accuracy.
Makes dilutions accurately; calculates correctly.
Performs proficiency testing successfully within assigned time.
Displays knowledge by correlating test results to disease states and resolving problems with methodologies and/or instrumentation.
Ensures quality of work by performing QC at required intervals, performing calibrations, and investigating cause of out-of-control QC and resolves before testing is resumed.
Ensures that QC is tested and documented at frequencies mandated by manufacturers and regulatory agencies.
Reviews worksheets and maintenance logs; investigates or corrects as needed.
Ensures that outdated materials (kits, QC, or reagents) are not used; use oldest outdate first.
Ensures timeliness of testing by organizing work for minimal turnaround time, performing work in careful manner to minimize repeat testing and turnaround time, referring testing to alternate sites if in-place systems are not operable.
Perform and record competency assessment of testing personnel as delegated by medical director.
Teaches both procedure and theory to students, peers, and new employees.
Demonstrates skills in the post analytical phase of the testing process.
Recognizes implausible results, unusual tests reactions, errors, and instrument malfunctions and can investigate & problem solve.
Enters data results properly & carefully, including required notification & documentation.
Reviews data entry for correctness prior to verifying results to minimize errors.
Use pending logs to assess completion of testing to improve turnaround time.
Uses computer functions to access information necessary for resulting out data and/or giving out results to customers.
Serves as technical resource to our customers, patients, and coworkers.
Addresses unresolved method & equipment problems by utilizing manufacturer resources such as hot lines or operating manual to assist in problem solving.
Communicates all information necessary to coworkers to ensure completion of testing process or problem resolution.
Participates in support activities necessary to insure a smooth and efficiently run operation.
Contributes ideas and assists in implementing changes to insure cost-effective operation of the department.
Calibrates pipettes, takes temperatures, dates all kits, QC, reagents in use, dates and restocks reagents and supplies, washes pipettes.
Potential for travel to other lab locations. Mileage will be reimbursed after employee submits to supervisor.
Perform related work as required.