Lab Technologist - Automated Lab - 40 hrs - Nights

Trinityhealth; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits and Health Insurance

Generous Shift Diffs

Award-winning Hospitals and Depts

Job summary

Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center in Hartford, CT, is seeking a laboratory professional to join our Automated Lab Team. You will perform high complexity testing without direct supervision in a hospital setting, handling labeling, centrifugation, and sample storage.

This role requires a Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, or biological science, strong communication skills, and the ability to work 40 hours on night shift with rotating weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, physical or biological science required.
• Lab experience preferred, but not required.
• Excellent communication skills (direct telephone) to interact with patients and health care team.
• Analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources and report results.
• Motor skills to perform delicate tasks and operate instruments.

Responsibilities

• Moderate and high complexity tests using various lab techniques.
• Perform tests per established procedures with accuracy and precision.
• Develop knowledge of instrumentation, procedures and processes.
• Perform maintenance with proper documentation.
• Assist overall operation of lab services per policies and regulations.
• Manage inventory of reagents and QC materials to ensure adequacy.
• Analyze patient specimens within required turnaround times.

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, physical or biological science

Job description

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Night Shift

Description

Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Lab Hartford CT

Ready to thrive in a dynamic, high-energy environment? Join our Automated Lab Team at Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center in Hartford, CT, and bring your exceptional talents to a team that makes a real impact-every single day.

Join a team where your expertise drives diagnosis, innovation, and teaching. As a key member of our clinical laboratory, you will perform high complexity testing without direct supervision in a hospital laboratory setting. Processes incoming samples by ensuring correct labeling, computer login, centrifugation, aliquoting, and storage. What you will do:

• Moderate and high complexity tests using a variety of laboratory techniques.
• Performs tests according to established laboratory procedures with acceptable accuracy and precision.
• Develops and demonstrates knowledge and skills pertaining to instrumentation, procedures, and processes.
• Performs maintenance according to scheduled frequency with complete documentation.
• Performs tasks to assist with overall operation of laboratory service according to laboratory policies and procedures and in compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Takes responsibility for all inventory of reagents, quality control materials and supplies associated with assigned test to ensure adequate materials are available for next analysis.
• Accurately analyzes patient specimens on instruments and/or by specified manual methodologies within specified turnaround times.
• Identifies problems with instrumentation, methodology, specimens, supplies, or results and take action as outlined in established protocols.

Position Hours

40 hours, Night Shift, rotating wknds/holidays

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree in a chemical, physical or biological science. Foreign graduates require degree equivalency evaluation documentation.

Lab experience preferred, but not required.

Must possess excellent communication skills (direct telephone) to interact with patients and other members of the health care team. Possesses hearing acuity to be able to communicate with others, communicate using the telephone and be able to monitor the many sounds produced by clinical instrumentation.

Work requires analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses and summarizing the information and data in order to interpret and report results.

Must possess sufficient motor skills in order to perform delicate tasks such as calibration and maintenance of laboratory instruments, perform precise sample procedures, pipetting of samples and use of computer workstations.

Applicants for this position must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor an employment visa for this position

Position Highlights and Benefits

Our Mission and Core Values

• Great benefits and Health Insurance Coverage-starting Day One!
• Generous Shift Diffs
• Award-winning Hospitals and Departments

Ministry/Facility Information

Saint Francis Hospital has been an anchor institution in Connecticut since 1897. Saint Francis, a member of Trinity Health Of New England and Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Saint Francis Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center, is a 617 bed hospital and a major teaching hospital. Other Saint Francis entities include the Comprehensive Women's Health Center, the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute, and the Smilow Cancer Hospital.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.