Department:
60287 WI ACL Laboratories - AMC St Lukes: Lab
Status:
Part time
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hou rs Per Week:
20
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Once training and competency is completed, team member will work 2nd shift into 3rd (~14:30 - 03:00) on up to 3 evenings/nights per 2-week pay period. The remaining 4 hours may be scheduled with supervisors and leads to perform competency assessments, complete projects, attend department meetings, etc. Schedule is approximately 1 in 3 weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday evening) and holidays.
Training will need to be scheduled on weekdays 1st or 2nd shift with duration typically dependent on experience of candidate.
Preference for experience in transfusion procedures, column agglutination technology, complex antibody identification, elution procedures, transfusion reaction workups.
Pay Range:
$25.30 - $46.05
Major Responsibilities: Performs, evaluates, and monitors laboratory tests as authorized within established protocols, selecting and performing additional procedures when indicated. Monitors workflow and makes necessary adjustments to complete work in an appropriate timeframe.
Evaluates results for clinical significance, validity and appropriateness. Follows prescribed policy in the reporting and notification of test results.
Performs and documents calibration and maintenance of instruments and equipment. Performs and documents quality control; evaluates quality control results and takes corrective action when indicated.
Recognizes indicators of test and/or instrument malfunction and makes basic corrections by using prescribed strategies, or notifies the Medical Technologist, site coordinator or supervisor. Performs internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples.
Collects specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients according to established protocol. Ascertains specimens are properly labeled and suitable for testing.
Provides technical assistance to Phlebotomists and support staff.
Assists in improving the quality and efficiency of laboratory procedures, policies, and processes. Ensures compliance with all accrediting agency standards, supporting CAP Regulatory requirements in an acute setting,
Performs all internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples.
Performs specialty testing in areas including transfusion services, microbiology, chemistry, hematology, histology, coagulation, and flow cytometry. Supports the disease specific accreditations of an institution by meeting turn- around time goals.
Provides direct support and timely, accurate laboratory results for critical care departments such as the ED, ICU and OR during a high acuity patient event. This includes transfusion services, attending codes, performing testing on irretrievable samples, tissue grinding and gram stains, mass casualty procedures, and mass transfusion procedures.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification issued by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP BOC) needs to be obtained within 1 year, or
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification issued by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) needs to be obtained within 1 year.
Education Required: Associate's Degree in Clinical Lab Technician or related field.
Experience Required: No experience…