Medical Technologist PRN

Catholic Medical Center; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 72,000; Part time

Job summary

The Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH, seeks a PRN Medical Technologist to support the hospital's clinical laboratory across transfusion, chemistry, hematology and microbiology disciplines.

Responsibilities include performing routine and specialized tests, documenting results, maintaining equipment, ensuring quality control, and serving as a technical resource for staff while upholding CAP and Joint Commission standards.

Qualifications

• The Medical Technologist performs a variety of routine and specialized medical laboratory diagnostic tests on blood and body fluid specimens.
• Tests are conducted as prescribed by physicians or pathologists in key areas including Transfusion Service, Chemistry, Hematology, and Microbiology.
• Maintains confidentiality and adheres to CAP, Joint Commission and other accrediting standards.

Responsibilities

• Utilize professional judgment in interpretations of clinical lab results and in responding to unusual situations.
• Perform a variety of clinical laboratory tests, including setup of supplies and equipment to analyze specimens.
• Adhere to established quality control policies and procedures to guarantee data reliability.
• Coordinate quality assurance and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Document test results and report to nursing units and/or physicians per procedure.
• Check, calibrate and maintain equipment; perform preventative maintenance as prescribed.
• Maintain records needed to comply with accrediting agencies.
• Display professionalism and provide timely, helpful service to staff and patients.
• Serve as a technical resource and provide instruction on test procedures.
• Perform phlebotomy duties and communicate procedures to patients.

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Medical Technologist PRN with Catholic Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Summary

The Medical Technologist performs a variety of routine and specialized medical laboratory diagnostic tests on blood and body fluid specimens as prescribed by physicians or pathologists in a minimum number of technical areas as defined to meet the needs of the department, to include: Transfusion Service, Chemistry, Hematology, and Microbiology; to provide laboratory data for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

Major Responsibilities

• Utilize professional judgment in interpretations of clinical lab results and in responding to unusual situations.
• Perform a variety of clinical laboratory tests, including set up of supplies and equipment to analyze specimens.
• Adhere to established quality control policies and procedures in order to guarantee the reliability of data.
• Coordinate quality assurance and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Document test results and report results to nursing units and/or physicians according to established procedure.
• Check, calibrate and maintain equipment in working order, performing preventative maintenance at prescribed intervals and as appropriate.
• Maintain all records and documentation needed to comply with CAP, Joint Commission and other accrediting agencies.
• Maintain technical proficiency in a minimum number of technical areas.
• Display courtesy and professionalism at all times while providing timely, helpful service.
• Perform duties of charge technologist in the absence of the Supervisor as assigned.
• Act as technical resource to lab and all hospital employees; provide instruction on basic theory, technical skills and applications of test procedures.
• Ensure confidentiality of employee, legal, client/patient, budget and all company matters.
• Utilize judgment and discretion in considering sample integrity and acceptability, process calibration, reagent concentration and stability, quality control relationship to unknown results, evaluation of unexpected patient results and error identification.
• Set up supplies and equipment to analyze specimens (i.e. body fluids, tissue, sputum, etc.) according to written procedures.
• Forward unresolved problems to supervisor
• Maintain the integrity of the specimens throughout the process.
• Perform quality control procedures as required and maintain adequate control records to include problem log documentation, reporting any abnormal or unusual variances to supervisor and/or Medical Director as appropriate.
• Perform daily QC review.
• Inform supervisor or designee of unusual or unexpected test results after verification and accessing validity of the original test results.
• Recognize critical and/or life threatening results and immediately telephone critical values to the nursing units and/or physicians.
• Troubleshoot technical and procedural problems, make repairs and utilize service “hot” line as needed; arrange service call as appropriate.
• Keep related records.
• Maintain technical proficiency in a minimum of two (2) of the four (4) technical areas on the day shift; or in four (4) of the technical areas on the evening and night shifts; OR if scheduled less than or equal to 8 hours per week, maintain technical proficiency in a minimum of one (1) of the four (4) technical areas on the day shift; or in two (2) of the technical areas on the evening and night shifts. Technical areas include: Transfusion Service, Chemistry, Hematology, and Microbiology.
• Maintain a professional decorum within the work environment under all types of circumstances, demonstrating ability to remain calm in tense and/or emergency situations.
• Perform phlebotomy duties and effectively communicate the procedure to the patient.
• Demonstrates competency in obtaining capillary or venous samples from both the inpatient and outpatient population served by the hospital.
• Perform phlebotomy for legal alcohol draws and testify in court as required.
• Perform specimen processing duties.
• Ensure adequate reagent supplies according to Laboratory and Section policies.
• Receive and store supplies per established procedure.
• Conduct tests on proficiency survey specimens and evaluate proficiency testing results.
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