When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job Description:
Rotating weekend and Holiday schedule.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Pre-analytical Specimen Processing
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.
Analytic testing
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.
Quality Control
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
Instrument Maintenance
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.
STAT Testing Turnaround Times
Recognizes STAT testing priorities.
Turnaround times shall not exceed established limits defined in the Laboratory STAT Testing Policy.
Accuracy of Results
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
LIS Proficiency
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.
Minimum Education:
A bachelor’s degree is required in medical laboratory science or clinical laboratory science, or related biological science.
Required Licenses
ASCP certification or registry eligible required.
Pay Range:
$37.80 - $51.84The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
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