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Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Performs direct observation and ensures competency for all Laboratory Assistant staff.
• Creates schedule for weekly tasks to ensure all duties are completed appropriately at both the Jewish Hospital and University of Louisville Hospital (ULH) sites.
• Recommends and implements improvements necessary to achieve operational goals and to improve patient outcomes.
• Monitors staffing needs.
• Monitors quality control and proficiency testing for department.
• Ensures that accreditation standards are met for department in accordance with CAP Joint Commission CLIA AABB FDA etc.
• Demonstrates comprehension of all procedures within the department as defined in Procedure Manuals. Reviews Manuals biannually and assists with procedure revisions when necessary.
• Submits feedback to the Laboratory Supervisor or Laboratory Manager for technical evaluation of section employees (includes Initial competency and skills assessment/validation).
• Attends required department or hospital huddles and meetings.
• Maintains staffing for call-ins or other unusual circumstances.
• Maintains an adequate reagent and supply inventory in the department.
• Evaluates new technologies for the section in conjunction with the Medical/Section Director of the department.
• Serves in a problem-solving role for the department.
• Assists in the orientation of new department employees as demonstrated by completed orientation checklist in the employees personnel file.
• Meets regularly with Laboratory Supervisor/Manager Medical/Section Director and participates in the evaluation of capital purchases operational and technical issues.

Shift Requirements:

Shift Length (in hours):

8

# Shifts/Week:

5

Overtime Required:

Infrequently Sometimes Often n/a (exempt position)

Additional Job Description:

Other Functions:

• Identifies and reports any safety hazards or concerns.
• Monitors staffing needs.
• Makes suggestions for improvements of procedures and workflow.
• Communicates consistently with staff.
• Actively builds teams and encourages engagement of staff through cooperative supportive interactions with all team members
• Maintains an adequate reagent and supply inventory in the department.
• Makes suggestions for improvements of procedures and workflow.
• Maintains compliance with all company policies procedures and standards of conduct.
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

(Education Experience Licensure and Certification)

Education:

• Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited college or university in medical laboratory science medical technology clinical laboratory science or in a related science (example laboratory sciences such as chemistry biochemistry biology microbiology hematology clinical microscopy cytogenetics blood bank molecular biology cytotechnology or immunology. (required)

Experience:

• Minimum one (1) year of lab experience in a hospital laboratory setting

Certification:

• Certification as a Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Scientist by one of the following accrediting agencies is preferred.
  • Medical Technologist (MT) certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
  • Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
  • Medical Technologist (MT) certified by the American Medical Technologists (AMT)
  • Medical Laboratory Scientist certified by the American Medical Technologists (AMT)
  • Medical Technologist (MT) certified by the Department of Health Education & Welfare/US Department of Health & Human Services (HEW/HHS)
  • Technologist certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) in one of the following:

Cytotechnologist Pathologists Assistant Histotechnician/Histotechnologist Molecular Biologist

• Technologist certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB) in one of the following areas:

Medical Technologist Andrology Laboratory Scientist Embryology Laboratory Scientist or Molecular Diagnostics Technologist

• Beginning in January 2004 newly certified individuals must participate in The American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) Board of Registry (BOR) Certification Maintenance Program (required)