Lead Clinical Lab Technologist

　　Company: Bon Secours Community Hospital

　　City/State: Port Jervis, NY

　　Category: Allied Health Prof/Technical

　　Department: Lab

　　Union: YES

　　Union Name: 1199B

　　Position: Full Time

　　Hours: 10AM to 6PM

　　Shift: Days

　　Req #: 7831

　　Posted Date: Jan 05, 2024

　　Hiring Range: $50.49

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　　Job Details:

　　Summary:

　　The Lead Medical Technologist Coordinates Laboratory operations to ensure that patient testing occurs in a timely and satisfactory manner in designated lab departments: Hematology, Coagulation, Chemistry, Blood Bank, Serology, and Urinalysis. This position is responsible for workflow technical and patient issues, acts as a technical consultant for technical and patient issues, and coordinates lab instruments and maintenance. The Lead Medical Technologist functions as the technical consultant for the laboratory.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Coordinates all activities related to testing activity within the Clinical Laboratory, ensuring that patient testing meets quality standards and turn-around time expectations.

　　Oversees workflow and troubleshoots technical and patient issues that arise during shift. Works with laboratory leadership to improve systems to support the patient testing process and evaluates departmental needs and makes recommendations to revise testing methodologies and platforms as necessary.

　　Delegate’s proficiency testing challenges to all techs, responsible for result entry in DOH and CAP database and result review with root cause analysis as needed.

　　Ensures the daily review of patient test results and quality reports including tech results log, critical value documentation, overdue logs, reference lab interface results, review of previous 24-hour test results, and temperature checks.

　　Ensures and maintains adequate supplies and reagents.

　　Delegates work assignments, and, as necessary, reassigns staff to meet changing workload and circumstances.

　　Coordinates with LIS and IT to ensure that all appropriate laboratory instrumentation is interfaced.

　　Evaluates departmental problems and develops and recommends resolution strategies.

　　Ensures the performance of linearity studies, correlations and routine and emergency maintenance of laboratory instrumentation and methodologies as per regulatory requirements.

　　Assures quality control and proficiency testing is performed as per policy and is within practice guidelines.

　　Functions as a member of the local laboratory leadership team, and coordinates with lab leadership in the identification, implementation, and optimization of patient testing.

　　Performs other duties as assigned.

　　Qualifications/Requirements:

　　Experience: A minimum of six years relevant professional lab work experience. A valid New York State Education Department License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist; National registration preferred (NCA/ASCP).

　　Education: Bachelor's degree in laboratory sciences or related degree.

　　Licenses / Certifications: NY State Education Department license a Clinical Laboratory Technologist required; National registration (NCA/ASCP) preferred.

　　Other: N/A

　　Special Requirements: N/A

　　About Us:

　　Bon Secours Community Hospital

　　For nearly a century, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY, has served the residents of western Orange County, NY, Pike County, PA, and northern Sussex County, NJ, as the area’s premier healthcare provider. The hospital serves its community with 122 beds for acute care and medical-surgical services, a 24-hour emergency department, long-term care and rehabilitation, a dedicated bariatric surgery unit, behavioral health, and outpatient services.

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