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Overview
Medical Lab Technician General Laboratory
$3000 Signon Bonus for Experienced Techs
$2000 Signon Bonus for New Grads
Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift
Generalist Medical Technologist or MLT with hours from 6a6:30p with rotating weekends.
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member ofCovenant Health a locallyowned nonprofit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patientfocused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 BestinStateEmployerfor Tennessee. The CEO of our company Jim VanderSteeg attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first strive for excellence in everything we do and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As youd expect we offer our employees arobust benefits package including: offering unmatched medical insurance tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employermatched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Department Description:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
FSRMC Laboratory is a high volume lab with a family feel. FSRMC performs >2 million tests per year. Being a part of a large health system and being the primary reference lab for our system of 9 hospitalsyou will have the ability to see a wide array of patient and specimen types that can be challenging and exciting at the same time. Aside from the everyday tests that most labs perform we are also capable of performing mycology antibody investigations in blood bank infectious disease testing and many special chemistry tests.
We have state of the art instruments that include the Ortho Vision Beckman Cellavision Roche Cobas Pros Beckman DXH 900s Vitek 2 Cepied GenXpert Beckman Iris Stago Compact Maxs and many patient population includes complex cancer patients high risk OB/GYN patients infectious disease patients and open heart patients. We also have the privilege of being a part of a Primary Stroke Center which allows us to play an integral role in helping save precious brainfunction of stroke victims.
Position Summary:
The Medical Laboratory Technician performs high complexity routine and specialized clinical Lab tests for use in diagnosis and treatment of patients by physicians. The individual will perform only those tests that s/he has been trained and found competent in performing.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon
Responsibilities
- Perform routine and high complexity tests that the individual has been trained in and as appropriate for testing department and shift.
- Follow the Laboratorys procedures for specimen handling and processing test analysis reporting and maintaining records of patient results.
- Document all corrective actions taken when the test process deviates from the Laboratorys established performance specifications. Does not report patient results until all corrective action has been taken and test is performing as expected.
- Assist with proficiencytesting samples and maintain records that demonstrate that proficiencytesting samples are tested in same manner as patient samples.
- Adhere to Laboratorys quality control policies; document all control activities instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed. Performs all quality control as outlined in the procedural manuals. Notify the Technical Specialist Laboratory Manager Shift Leader or Charge Tech or Pathologist of outofcontrol situations if problem cannot be resolved.
- Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results; either correct the problem or notify the Technical Specialist Shift Leader or Charge Tech or Laboratory Manager if the problem cannot be resolved.
- Assist in orientation instruction and evaluation of students and new employees to the department.
- Prepare various reagents and supplies according to precise formulas as needed.
- Utilize the LIS in patient accessioning and resulting; monitors incomplete and collection lists.
- Operate maintain and troubleshoot Laboratory equipment and instruments as specified.
- 11 Check Communication boards at least weekly.
- Plan work to insure maximum productivity with minimum amount of carry over work while keeping overtime to a minimum. Responsible for communicating to the next shift and other appropriate staff needed information about patient samples or instrument performance.
- Act as resource person for phlebotomy if trained appropriately including outpatients.
- Maintain and disinfect work area.
- Assist with coverage of the pneumatic tube system processing and distributing specimens.
- Handle biohazard wastes according to policy.
- Assist in evaluation and validation of testing systems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
None.
LicensureRequirement:
Current Tennessee State License as a Medical Laboratory Technician.
Physical Requirements:
Must successfully pass color blindness test.
Employment Type
Full-Time
