Medical Technologist 1 PRN Premium

FMOL Health; Jackson (MS); In loco; USD 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

FMOL Health in Mississippi seeks a qualified Medical Laboratory Technician to conduct routine diagnostic tests, perform phlebotomy, and report to a supervisor. The role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and patient care.

You will maintain quality control, uphold infection-control policies, and participate in ongoing quality improvements to ensure high standards of care for FMOL Health patients.

Competenze

• Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.
• Licensure/Certification: Must be certified by ASCP, AMT, or equivalent certification and maintain certification. If a new grad, must be able to pass certification exam within 6 months of hire.

Mansioni

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Maintains required records, reports and statistics as directed.
• Requests supplies as necessary to keep materials on hand at all times.
• Attends meetings as required. Participates on committees as assigned.
• Performs technical functions including maintenance, quality control and quality assurance.
• Reports equipment or procedural malfunctions.
• Troubleshoots problems when possible.
• Performs computer functions as assigned.
• Performs phlebotomy procedures as assigned.
• Understands scope of limitations. Requests supervisory assistance when appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Conoscenze

Phlebotomy

Quality control

Documentation

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

Conducts routine tests for use in diagnosis and treatment of disease, and performs related duties, following established standards and practices. Reports to supervisor.

Responsibilities

Organizational Expectations

• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.
• Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and TJC standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.

Essential Functions

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Maintains required records, reports and statistics as directed.
• Requests supplies as necessary to keep materials on hand at all times. May be assigned to order supplies.
• Attends meetings as required. Participates on committees as assigned.
• Performs technical functions as assigned to include maintenance, quality control and quality assurance.
• Reports equipment or procedural malfunctions.
• Troubleshoots problems when possible.
• Performs computer functions as assigned.
• Performs phlebotomy procedures as assigned. Labels specimens appropriately; discards specimens after required storage.
• Understands scope of limitations. Requests supervisory assistance when appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Functional Demands

• Prolonged periods of standing, walking, or sitting while on duty.
• Lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 50 pounds with or without assistance.
• Transferring, repositioning patients.
• Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeing, and crouching for patient care functions.
• Visual and auditory acuity and manual dexterity essential to performing designated duties required.
• Optimal auditory acuity required.
• Manual dexterity involving the handling of equipment and instruments or needles is essential to performing assigned duties.
• Ability to perform effectively in a stressful and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to pass all required health and other screening tests.
• Physical conditions are clean, neat and well lit. Maybe subjected to unpleasant sights and odors, stressful situations and hazardous or infectious agents where judgment as to precautions need to be taken is essential. Climate control and ambient temperature variances may be experienced. Exposure to limited amounts of hazardous chemicals or substances and infectious disease processes are a possibility. Hours of duty maybe irregular or unexpectedly extended due to emergency circumstances.
• Direct contact with blood or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply. Personal protective equipment is made available and must be worn.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.

Licensure/Certification: Must be certified by ASCP, AMT, or equivalent certification and maintain certification. If a new grad, must be able to successfully pass certification exam within 6 months of hire. Failure to pass can result in termination of employment. No license required in MS.