Medical Technologist - Full Time - Day Shift - Pittsburgh

Allegheny Health Network; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

HIPAA training

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network seeks a skilled medical laboratory professional to independently perform routine and highly complex analyses on clinical specimens across multiple laboratory sections.

The role emphasizes quality control, instrument maintenance, mentoring of ALT/MLT staff, and collaboration with clinicians to ensure accurate results and timely reporting. Compliance with HIPAA and privacy policies is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in ASCP eligible program.
• ASCP certification required within 1 year of hire.
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist or equivalent certification where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of routine and complex procedures to provide quality clinical information.
• Operates, calibrates, checks, and maintains instrumentation and addresses QC issues.
• Provides oversight and mentors ALT, MLT, phlebotomists, students, and new staff.
• Consults with medical laboratory technicians and clinicians; participates in continuing education.
• May collect and process patient specimens within policy and timelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality control

Instrumentation

Mentoring

Lab procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree ASCP eligible program

ASCP Certification within 1 year

Clinical Laboratory Technologist (NY) or equivalent (if applicable)

Job description

General Overview

This job independently performs routine and highly complex laboratory analyses on clinical specimens in one or more sections of the laboratory.

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

$10,000 sign on bonus available

This job independently performs routine and highly complex laboratory analyses on clinical specimens in one or more sections of the laboratory.

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. (40%)


• Operates, calibrates, checks, and maintains instrumentation. Recognizes problems with quality control and test procedures and takes appropriate action to ensure quality clinical information. (30%)


• Provides oversight and mentors ALT, MLT, phlebotomist, students, and new employees in laboratory testing following system policies and procedures, as well as any applicable State regulations, to ensure accuracy and quality (20%)


• Serves as a consultant to medical laboratory technicians, phlebotomists, other health care providers, as needed. Participates in continuing education to ensure growth and development of the laboratory. (5%)


• May collect and process patient specimens in accordance with laboratory policies and procedures and within the expected time frames. (5%)


• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in ASCP eligible program


• If located in Pennsylvania MLS, MT, Categorical or Specialty ASCP Certification, required within 1 year of hire. Incumbents in role as of June 1, 2022 are exempt from this expectation.


• If located in New York Clinical Laboratory Technologist required within 6 months of hire for new graduates.

Preferred

• 1 to 2 year's clinical laboratory experience

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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