Point Of Care Testing Coordinator/ Medical Technologist

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Newburyport, MA

2d•$40 - $53•Onsite

About The Position

Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH) is a not-for-profit community hospital serving the Merrimack Valley, North Shore and Southern New Hampshire areas. We are recognized for delivering high-quality community healthcare, with an emphasis on patient satisfaction. Founded in 1884 and located in the beautiful coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts, just 35 miles northeast of Boston, you’ll have the best of both worlds: the friendly, supportive feel of a community hospital paired with the vast growth opportunities that come with being part of a large health care system. AJH is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, and together our 39,000+ caregivers and staff provide extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Are you looking for a meaningful career where you can grow and advance, all while making a difference in people’s lives REFERENCE/POC Coordinator/Med Tech Generalist (minimum 3 departments) Role breaks down to 70% Medical Tech Generalist, 30% Point of Care

Requirements

Completion of MT or MLT program with a Bachelor's or Associate's degree.
ASCP certification or registry eligible required.
Registered as a medical technologist (ASCP) or equivalent certification upon hire. New graduates must become certified within 12 months from the date of hire.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates proficiency in determining specimen requirements blood collections for all age groups, order entry, order query, specimen accessioning, and specimen distributions.
Sorts all samples to allow for fast retrieval
Proficient in collecting blood successfully on difficult patients
Utilizes two forms of patient identification.
Evaluates and processes all lab specimens according to specimen acceptability policy.
Accurately performs laboratory analyses on patient specimens.
Verifies completed work only after careful review of order priority, completeness, absurd results, critical values and special requests.
Performs quality control testing as required for each analyte.
Ensures that results pass quality control criteria before verifying results.
Participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
Brings forward quality concerns and issues in a timely manner following the proper chain of command
Skillfully performs required instrumentation maintenance so that analyzers will perform optimally over a longer period of time.
Documents all entries.
Documents all problems and report them to supervisor.
Recognizes STAT testing priorities.
Turnaround times shall not exceed established limits defined in the Laboratory STAT Testing Policy.
Reviews results for critical values, delta variances, unusual or absurd results, and result completeness prior to certification and release of information.
Always telephones critical results to clinician.
Obtains read back and documents
Maximally utilizes the features of the LIS system to enable productive and efficient use of time.
Report problems encountered to Information Services Department to allow for times resolution.