Medical Technologist

Mount Sinai Medical Center•Aventura, FL

22d•Onsite

About The Position

Mount Sinai Medical Center is a high-quality healthcare provider committed to its diverse community since 1949. It is dedicated to recruiting and training top healthcare workers, offering advanced medicine, technology, and comfort across 12 facilities in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, including a 674-bed main campus. Mount Sinai is South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, focused on training future medical pioneers. The organization fosters a 'Culture of Caring: The Sinai Way' with over 4,000 employees dedicated to delivering excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research. This position is for the CC017001 Laboratory Aventura Department and includes a $15K sign-on bonus.

Requirements

Licensed by the State of Florida (or eligible) in appropriate specialties
Education Commensurate with licensure requirements
3-5 years in specialty experience

Nice To Haves

national certification preferred

Responsibilities

Communicates at shift change and follows through on pending orders or problems from previous shift.
Performs, compiles and documents Quality Control.
Reports significant deviations to the manager.
Documents corrective action.
Organizes work to maximize productivity and efficiency.
Determines specimen acceptability and priority, taking action accordingly.
Maintains a minimum inventory of supplies/reagents to ensure adequate patient care and sufficient supplies for the oncoming shift.
Recongnize and take corrective action when equipment failure occurs, to minimize delays in patient testing.
Call and document critical values or alert levels per department policy.
Follow laboratory policy in regards to standard precautions, wearing of PPE, disposal of biohazardous waste, routine waste and sharps.
Consult the manager or charge tech to determine the appropriate course of action when unusual situations occur.
Provides assistance to co-workers and/or works alternative shifts/hours as needed or requested.
Teach and train staff as assigned.
Performs charge tech duties in the absence of the manager.
Performs competency testing as assigned.
Addresses instrument flags prior to release of patient results.
Monitors delta checks and takes action accordingly.
Reviews worklists thoughout the shift and addresses pending items.
Cleans and decontaminates workstation, disposing of specimens, reagents, and confidential information as appropriate.