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About The Position

Requirements

• California State Licensure
• Ability to perform complex analysis, which require a definite network of steps and variables
• In-depth knowledge of techniques, principles and instruments
• Ability to recognize problems, identify their cause, create alternatives and determine solutions
• Good communication skills
• Responsibility for own work and decisions
• Ability to supervise and teach others
• Ability to evaluate procedures and instrumentation
• Ability to express or exchange ideas (67-100% of work time)
• Ability to understand communication of others with or without adaptive devices (67-100% of work time)
• Ability to perform secondary math (67-100% of work time)
• Ability to read at a secondary level (67-100% of work time)
• Meets current objectives and positions the organization for future growth
• Completes daily tasks and assignments and processes large volumes of work associated with the operation of the department
• Builds positive relationships based on respect for others
• Demonstrates a helpful, positive attitude
• Maintains effective communication with peers, medical staff, patients, visitors, and families
• Meets and exceeds expectations of internal and external customers
• Meets all organizational and departmental standards regarding quality of performance
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to confidentiality
• Participates in quality improvement programs as directed
• Demonstrates an awareness of and adherence to safety and legal requirements established at the facility with an emphasis on maintaining a safe environment for all persons working in the facility
• Reports any accidents, injuries, and unsafe equipment and conditions to supervisor by the end of the shift and reports any pre-existing conditions as identified by the ADA
• Immediately reports and corrects, if possible, unsafe conditions or equipment
• Complies with relevant regulations, standards and policies governing safe workplace environment (OSHA, Accreditation, etc.)
• Maintains current knowledge of all aspects of the facility's safety program by attending safety-related training as mandated upon hire and thereafter as required by facility
• Accepts modified work assignments after receiving the physician's release to return to work following an accident/injury
• Follows the prescribed/recommended treatment given by treating physician(s) after an accident/injury
• Participates in required in service and educational programs on an ongoing basis
• Follows all facility guidelines outlining standards of attendance and punctuality
• Responsible for reporting to and completing work at assigned times
• Ability to perform essential functions without posing a "direct threat" in the workplace

Responsibilities

• Phlebotomy skills
• Venipuncture/finger stick
• Prepare specimens for pathology
• Prepare samples for daily workload and for reference lab
• Read and record temperatures of various instruments, refrigerators and incubators
• Help with daily inventory and replenishment of blood bank
• Inventory and request supplies and reagents for ordering
• Perform and record quality control data in all departments
• Be adept in the procedures involved with charges, charts, logging tests or patients in and out, mailing specimens, receiving reports, and other duties of a clerical nature
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care and/or services appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned area
• Perform routine and special tests in chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, transfusion service and serology
• Set up, read, subculture, identify, and report microbiology cultures
• Perform quality control procedures for media and VI TEK panels
• Perform and record daily, weekly and monthly preventative maintenance on instruments
• Be able to trouble shoot and solve procedure and instrument malfunctions
• Maintain a neat and clean work area
• Perform as a generalist technologist and be adept in moving from department to department in order to complete workload
• Assume responsibility for reporting tests results to appropriate personnel