Clinical Lab Technologist General

Catholic Health; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 64,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, NY seeks a Clinical Laboratory Technologist to perform tests on body fluids to aid diagnosis and treatment. You will handle specimen processing, prioritize testing, and uphold core values in a fast-paced lab environment.

Role may involve Charge Technologist duties when required, provided six years of experience as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist. Schedule includes nights with weekend and holiday rotation, with travel among CH sites if needed.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Medical Technology or related discipline required.
• Must have valid NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist restricted or full license prior to starting.
• Clinical rotation from an accredited school, in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Perform tests on body fluids to provide information for the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Organize work to ensure priority testing is efficiently performed.
• Charge Technologist duties may be performed when called upon by leveraging six years of CLT experience.

Skills

Communication skills

Safety with hazardous materials

Customer focus

Education

B.S. in Medical Technology

Job description

Facility: Sisters of Charity Hospital

Shift: Shift 3

Status: Full Time FTE: 1.000000

Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates

Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: No

Work Schedule: Nights with Weekend and Holiday Rotation

Hours: 23:00-07:00 variable start. Includes Blood Banking

Summary: Primary responsibility is to perform tests on body fluids to provide information for the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Proper handling of specimens, which will be analyzed at a later time, is imperative. The ability to organize work to insure that priority testing is efficiently performed is required. Work will be performed while upholding guiding behaviors, standards and adherence to Core Values. Clinical Laboratory Technologists may also perform duties of Charge Technologists when called upon provided they have six (6) years of experience as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist. Charge Technologist duties include operational functions such as patient and QC review, log sheet review, emergency scheduling, communications to other hospital officials as well as laboratory leadership, instrument service deployment authorization, safety related command, and other operational duties that require leadership action.

Responsibilities

Education

• B.S. degree in Medical Technology or related discipline required
• Must have valid NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist limited permit or full NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist license reflected within the NYS Office of Professions prior to starting

Experience

• Clinical rotation from an accredited school, in a hospital setting
• Clinical laboratory work experience if acting as a Charge Technologist as required by NYS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Able to work safely with infectious and/or hazardous materials
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Customer focused

Working Conditions

Environment

• Normal heat, light space, and safe working environment
• Ability to work in stressful situations is required
• Schedule flexibility is required
• Ability and means to travel among CH sites may be required