Chemistry Medical Technologist: Nights
Job Description
Chemistry Medical Technologist: Nights
Centers Lab is currently searching for a Chemistry Medical Technologist for our Laboratory in Cedar Knolls, NJ.
Now Offering a $2,500 Sign-On Bonus!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collect blood by venipuncture or finger stick from patients as assigned.
- Maintain permanent records of tests, standards, controls, results, dates and patient’s name, for reference and quality control or method comparison/validation purposes. Document anything unusual in these categories.
- Process patient testing after successful quality control run.
- Perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting as specified in section procedure manuals.
- Document instrument function checks, problems, and solutions.
- Follow established procedures to perform routine and special testing.
- Check that an adequate supply of materials is available at all times. Notify the laboratory manager and supervisor or lead technologist when supply run low.
- Check instruments for proper functioning and calibration.
- Promote good public relations through productive, courteous and professional interaction with colleagues, patients, physicians, nurses.
- Report pertinent information to laboratory leadership.
- Inform the laboratory leadership of any unusual or unexpected results after repeating the analysis to confirm their validity.
- Rerun and validate all panic/critical values for accuracy.
- Investigate any results that failed Delta Check. Review patient history before releasing results.
- Perform routine testing as required.
- Document remedial actions when necessary.
- Maintain a neat, organize and efficient work area, by disinfect and decontaminate the work bench before and after work.
- Perform Parallel Testing of new lots.
- Perform Instrument Correlations every six months.
- Perform Carryover Study to ensure all instrument pipettes are functioning correctly no carryover.
- Participate in Proficiency Testing.
- Check pending and make sure all specimen are accounted form.
- Check pending in the morning before start working.
- Inform supervisor or lead technologist for any pending test or unresolved issues in the laboratory.
- Follow laboratory schedule and adhere to lunch and break time policy.
- Participate in laboratory improvement projects as required.
- Use standard PPE’s as required while working with blood and body fluids.
- Run controls and calibration as scheduled.
- Follow established procedures to perform routine and special testing.
- Assist laboratory leadership during inspection.
- Assist laboratory supervisor in validation of new lot of quality controls and reagents.
- Ability to make decisions when supervisor is not present.
Position Requirement:
- Bachelor in Science required
- Working knowledge of PC applications required.
- Previous related experience preferred.
- Strong communication skills, preferred.
- NYS Clinical Lab Technologist License required.
- Ability to multi-task and able to work under pressure, required.
- Work in an area of high noise level
- Ability to run and troubleshoot instruments
- Must attend training and in-service
- Able to perform as assigned.
- Critical thinking skills.
- Ability to train new hire.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to sit, stand, walk and perform repetitive motion (keyboard)
- Proficient visual and audio skills
- May include lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling objects
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Application Instructions
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Apply OnlinePosted: 1/24/2023
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: job_20221207011124_T9UUBBGVKYE1LADB