Medical Technologist Lead

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC seeks a qualified Medical Laboratory professional to ensure quality, safety and accreditation compliance. The role requires a Bachelor’s Degree with MT(ASCP) certification and active involvement in policy development and competency assessment.

The position emphasizes problem solving, process verification, and timely reporting of results to the medical record, within a fast-paced clinical lab environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with MT(ASCP)/MLS/HTL/CT ASCP or equivalent required.
• Ensures compliance with CAP, AABB, TJC accreditation standards.
• Conducts competency assessments for the section and reviews results.

Responsibilities

• Ensures implementation and maintenance of quality, efficiency, and safety meeting accreditation standards.
• Tracks and resolves problems, checks processes and instruments, reviews results before reporting.
• Assigns work and delegates responsibilities to ensure timely completion and reporting.

Skills

Quality assurance

Accreditation standards

Policy writing

Team delegation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MT(ASCP)/MLS/HTL/CT ASCP certification

Job description

• Ensures the implementation and maintenance of quality, efficiency, and safety in the section by meeting all accreditation standards (CAP, AABB, TJC, etc) on a continual basis.
• Demonstrates initiative in tracking and resolving problems, and continually checks the accuracy of processes, test methods, instruments in the section, including the review of results and clerical errors before they are reported to the medical record
• Assigns work for section and assists in workload evaluations as needed, delegating authority and responsibility as appropriate to ensures that work assigned to members of the section is completed and reported in a timely manner.
• Participates in writing/reviewing policies and procedures.
• Performs competency assessments for the section, ensuring that all teammates meet accreditation complexity requirements prior to reporting patient results and ongoing thereafter.

Essential Functions

• Ensures the implementation and maintenance of quality, efficiency, and safety in the section by meeting all accreditation standards (CAP, AABB, TJC, etc) on a continual basis.
• Demonstrates initiative in tracking and resolving problems, and continually checks the accuracy of processes, test methods, instruments in the section, including the review of results and clerical errors before they are reported to the medical record
• Assigns work for section and assists in workload evaluations as needed, delegating authority and responsibility as appropriate to ensures that work assigned to members of the section is completed and reported in a timely manner.
• Participates in writing/reviewing policies and procedures.
• Performs competency assessments for the section, ensuring that all teammates meet accreditation complexity requirements prior to reporting patient results and ongoing thereafter.

Physical Requirements

Works in a fast-paced clinical environment. Works in an area which contains bio hazardous (infectious) materials along with chemical, fire, and mechanical hazards. Duties may involve standing, walking, stretching, stooping, bending and lifting light (20 pound) to moderately heavy (50 pound) loads.

Education, Experience And Certifications

Bachelor's Degree with certification as MT(ASCP), MLS(ASCP), HTL(ASCP), CT(ASCP) or equivalent required.