Assistant Lab Technologist - Full Time - Night Shift - Pittsburgh

Highmark Health; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh seeks a skilled professional to perform routine and complex laboratory procedures, verify analytic accuracy, and maintain instrumentation. This role supports test ordering, quality control, and reporting results while collaborating with medical technologists.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in a science field and clinical laboratory experience, with strict adherence to HIPAA and privacy policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, physics or clinical laboratory science is required.
• Experience in clinical laboratory settings is preferred.
• Compliance with HIPAA and privacy policies is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of routine and complex procedures using established criteria to provide quality clinical information.
• Verifies analytic accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and linearity for test methods.
• Operates, calibrates, checks, maintains instrumentation and communicates with a certified medical technologist if quality controls have issues.
• Performs test order entry accurately to ensure proper testing and charges.
• Participates in learning models or development modules to ensure growth and development of the laboratory.
• Provides support such as answering telephones, faxing reports and reporting stat and critical values.

Skills

Clinical laboratory experience

Education

Bachelor's in biology, chemistry, physical or clinical laboratory science

Job description

Company : Allegheny Health Network

Job Description : GENERAL OVERVIEW:

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs a variety of routine and complex procedures using established criteria to provide quality clinical information.
• Verifies analytic accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and linearity for test methods.
• Operates, calibrates, checks, maintains instrumentation and recognizes and communicates with a certified medical technologist if there are any problems with quality controls.
• Performs test order entry accurately and efficiently to ensure proper testing and charges of patient accounts.
• Participates in medical technology learning models or technical development modules to ensure growth and development of the laboratory.
• Provides support such as answering telephones, faxing reports and reporting stat and critical value results.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

EXPERIENCE

Required Preferred Experience in clinical laboratory.

SKILLS

EDUCATION

Required Bachelor's in biology, chemical, physical or clinical laboratory science. Preferred

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required None Preferred None

Language (Other than English): None

Travel Requirement: 0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type Office- or Remote-based Teaches / trains others Occasionally Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site Rarely Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees) Never Physical work site required

• No Lifting: up to 10 pounds
• Constantly Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds
• Occasionally Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds
• Rarely

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies. As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy. Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

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