Microbiology Specialist I

Prime Healthcare•Dallas, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Dallas Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. Dallas Medical Center is a 155-bed acute care hospital accredited by The Joint Commission that offers a wide range of medical services, including 24/7 emergency care, cardiology, wound care, surgical services, cardiac catheterization lab, and outpatient therapy. The hospital is the only trauma center in the vicinity and is also a Certified Chest Pain Center. Dallas Medical Center is a recipient of multiple Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Awards and eight Healthgrades Five-Star ratings over the past three years. For more information, visit www.dallasmedcenter.com . Responsibilities Each individual performs those waived, moderate, or highly complex tests authorized by CLIA, Bus. & Prof. Code Section 1204, and must possess a degree of skill commensurate with individuals education, training or experience and technical abilities. Each individual performing the above procedures must: 1) adhere to the laboratorys procedures for the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results, 2) follow the laboratorys established quality control policies and procedures in documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratorys established performance specifications, 3) be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance and either correct the problem or immediately notify your immediate supervisor, Director, or Medical Director, 4) perform a wide variety of microbiology procedures requiring independent judgment in performing high complexity testing in both manual and automated methods, 5) perform testing procedures in other areas of the department for which licensed and competency demonstrated, 6) perform and document maintenance daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed on instruments and equipment as appropriate, 7) review the accuracy of patient results prior to releasing or reporting, 8) recognize age specific differences in expected results for newborns to geriatrics, 9) ensure that the testing of proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and that collaboration with other laboratories is prohibited prior to the reporting of proficiency testing results to the appropriate agencies, 10) may be required to perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on various age groups from newborn to geriatrics, 11) assist in the development and maintenance of laboratory policies and procedures, 12) adheres to all department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources, 13) may be assigned responsibility for the operation of the micro department during their shift, as Micro Tech in-charge if supervisor is unavailable, 14) other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned by the department manager/director.

Requirements

Possession of a current and valid state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license or limited state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license as a Microbiologist Specialist if the laboratory is located in a state where required.
CLS/MT generalist with 1-yr microbiology experience or Microbiologist Specialist preferred.
Bachelor's Degree in chemical, physical, biological science, or Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements as stated in CLIA (42 CFR 493.1489)

Responsibilities

adhere to the laboratorys procedures for the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results
follow the laboratorys established quality control policies and procedures in documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratorys established performance specifications
be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance and either correct the problem or immediately notify your immediate supervisor, Director, or Medical Director
perform a wide variety of microbiology procedures requiring independent judgment in performing high complexity testing in both manual and automated methods
perform testing procedures in other areas of the department for which licensed and competency demonstrated
perform and document maintenance daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed on instruments and equipment as appropriate
review the accuracy of patient results prior to releasing or reporting
recognize age specific differences in expected results for newborns to geriatrics
ensure that the testing of proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and that collaboration with other laboratories is prohibited prior to the reporting of proficiency testing results to the appropriate agencies
may be required to perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on various age groups from newborn to geriatrics
assist in the development and maintenance of laboratory policies and procedures
adheres to all department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources
may be assigned responsibility for the operation of the micro department during their shift, as Micro Tech in-charge if supervisor is unavailable
other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned by the department manager/director