Title: Medical Technologist I
Location: Olean NY 14760
Duration: 11/4/2024 - 5/31/2025 (6+ Months)
Shift Timings: Nights 8pm - 6am (4–10-hour shifts and no blocking of schedule guaranteed)
Job Description:
- Responsible for performing routine and non-routine activities pertaining to laboratory testing and the reporting of results.
- Performs moderately difficult to complex tasks.
- Performs assigned analytical testing procedures in an accurate, precise, and timely manner.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
- Maintain records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
- Analyze specimens using approved testing procedures (see department SOPs).
- Review and release test results.
- Follow CLIA, HIPAA, OSHA, and safety guidelines as described in their respective guidelines.
- Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and all maintenance performed.
- Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
- Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results, correct the problems encountered or immediately notify the senior technologist or supervisor.
- Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
- Follow department’s procedure in reporting STATS or Critical results to clients.
- If applicable, answer questions from customers or other lab personnel.
- Maintain complete records of all testing performed on-site.
- Maintain general appearance of the department.
- Make sure reagents/test kits have received dates, expiration dates, and if applicable opened dates.
- Review/train on new procedures.
- Attend monthly department and any additional training/educational meetings.
- Participate in all applicable safety training sessions. Know the location and contents of the safety manual. Know the location/use of all applicable safety equipment.
- If needed, participate in government or regulatory agency inspections.
- Perform other duties as directed by supervisor.
- This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, but rather a general description of the work performed by this position.
Qualifications:
- Education: BS in Medical Technology; or BS/BA in Chemistry or Biology, or previously qualified as a Technologist under 42 CFR 493.1433 published in March 14, 1990.
Work Experience:
- 1 year Clinical experience (high complexity testing) preferred.
- Minimum of one year of clinical laboratory experience in highly complex testing for those with BS/BA in Chemistry or Biology.
Other:
- Must have the ability to establish work priorities and handle several procedures simultaneously.
- Must interact with other departments.
- Contact with clients may be required, good customer service skills important.
- Must always protect patient confidentiality.
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