Medical Lab Technologist
About The Position
Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric organization your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care. As part of Saint Anthony Hospital's commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at focalpointchicago.org. Saint Anthony Hospital Highlights: Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago. Saint Anthony Hospital has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Saint Anthony Hospital offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits program for employees and their families. Saint Anthony Hospital employs and teaches some of the city's brightest, most innovative resident physicians and medical students.
Responsibilities
- Uses the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of the examination, such as judgment, specimen acceptability and clinical condition to examine materials or specimens taken from the human body to provide information or materials in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a disease or the assessment of a medical condition as required by a physician.
- Notifies appropriate individuals of stat and critical value results.
- Interacts with patients, their families, patient care personnel and physicians regarding test procedures and requirements.
- After proper instruction, operates scientific medical laboratory instruments, and performs any required procedures, following established departmental protocols.
- Performs preventive maintenance on laboratory instruments; troubleshoots problems.
- Makes repairs if possible or refers problems to supervisor.
- Performs instrument validation as required.
- Effectively uses the functions of the computer systems in the department to enter information and locate laboratory test results and other information.
- Maintains confidentiality.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans/Dental/Vision
- Flexible Spending Account/Health Savings Account
- Employer-matching Retirement Plans
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Bereavement Leave/Short Term Disability/Basic & Supplemental Long-Term Disability
- Basic & Supplemental Life Insurance/Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Business Traveler's Accident Insurance
- Critical Illness/Accident Insurance
- Pet Insurance/Legal Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement/Adoption Assistance
- Qualifying Employment for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
No Education Listed
