Laboratory - Medical Technologist

Medical Technologist

The Medical Technologist(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract is a nationally certified Medical Technologist with three (3) years of recent chemistry, urinalysis, blood bank, hematology, coagulation, and microbiology experience.

The Medical Technologist(s) assigned by the Contractor must be a nationally certified Medical Technologist(s).

Contractor's personnel shall be available and present during specified tour of duty hours at their assigned VAMC which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. The employee may also be required to work weekends, holidays and overtime. However, on call or standby duties will NOT be required.

The Contractor's personnel may work in multiple areas of the lab as determined by the needs of the service at that time and shall be responsible for providing the following services:

• Chemistry: The employee will be expected to perform routine chemistry testing on automated instrumentation (Abbott Architect ci8200, Abbott Alinity, Tosoh G8, Advanced Instruments Osmos, Polymedco OC80, manual chemistry tests) as well as routine daily and weekly quality control, and instrument maintenance.
• Urinalysis: The employee will be expected to perform routine chemistry and urinalysis testing on automated instrumentation (Iris, Advanced Instruments Osmos, Polymedco OC80, manual chemistry tests) as well as routine daily and weekly quality control, and instrument maintenance.
• Blood Bank: The employee will be expected to perform routine blood bank duties to include cross matching, antibody screening and identification, selected cell panels, processing in blood and blood products as part of weekly issue or emergency requests, and routine daily and weekly quality control procedures using tube and gel technology.
• Hematology/Coagulation: The employee will be expected to perform routine hematology and coagulation testing on automated instrumentation (Sysmex XN, ACL Top, Alcor iSed, manual hematology and coagulation tests) as well as routine daily and weekly quality control, and instrument maintenance.

As part of safety, positively identifies patients prior to sample collection and samples prior to testing or aliquoting. As part of safety and safeguards electronic and paper patient information. Independently tests, evaluates, documents, and reports patient testing and Quality Control (QC); identifies, documents, and resolves any collection, processing, testing or reporting issues. Assures patient-centered care and provides service in a manner that is professional and will avoid complaints from all stakeholders and customers.