Medical Technologist - Emerging Pathogens
About The Position
This position is for a Medical Technologist specializing in Emerging Pathogens at the Palo Alto VAMC, a teaching hospital affiliated with the Stanford University School of Medicine. The facility provides comprehensive patient care, education, and research across various medical fields. The role involves evaluating specimen suitability, preparing specimens for analysis, performing and monitoring tests using manual and instrumental techniques, conducting quality control, calibrating and maintaining instruments, verifying data validity, correlating quantitative data with patient information, performing additional tests for clarification, and reporting critical abnormal results directly to physicians. The Medical Technologist will also be responsible for generating and verifying laboratory results in the laboratory computer system and maintaining connectivity between laboratories.
Requirements
- Must currently possess the appropriate certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) given by the American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (ASCP-BOR).
- B.S. degree in a Biological Sciences-related field.
- 2-5 years of laboratory experience (especially molecular assays).
- Knowledge of laboratory equipment and ability to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair instrumentation.
- Ability to use independent technical judgment to analyze and interpret laboratory results.
- Ability to interpret and apply complex written instructions.
- Ability to communicate, consult, and interact with Laboratory Director, Laboratory Supervisor, and other members of the healthcare team.
- Knowledge and understanding of laboratory operations and their relationship to the organization, enough to solve testing, quality, or customer service problems.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates the suitability of the specimen for analysis, requesting a new specimen if determined to be unusable.
- Prepares specimens for analysis, ensuring that the physiologic state of the specimen properties is maintained.
- Selects, performs, evaluates and monitors the performance of test procedures using manual and/or instrumental techniques in accordance with established protocols.
- Recognizes and reacts to indicators of malfunction; locates and implements corrections.
- Conducts quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products and maintains proper records for quality control reports.
- Calibrate, standardize, adjust, and maintain instruments on which trained.
- Verifies correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality control checks, and monitoring.
- Identifies the cause of common problems and makes simple repairs.
- Evaluates the validity of data in relation to the test system and accepted assay procedures.
- Correlates quantitative data with patient data (i.e., history, medications) to verify results.
- Performs additional tests to clarify or confirm abnormal patient results.
- Recognizes abnormal results that require immediate attention by the physician and reports them directly.
- Responsible for the generation of laboratory results from the work area into the laboratory computer system and for the editing and verification of the results recorded into the computer system.
- Responsible for LIM services to build or maintain connectivity between PHRL and all VAMC clinical laboratories.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
