Medical Laboratory Technologist

Medical Laboratory Technologist

The Queen City The Community – Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati is a city in Ohio, on the Ohio River. The Over-the-Rhine district is known for its 19th-century architecture, including Findlay Market, which has food and craft vendors. To the north is the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The Cincinnati Museum Center encompasses history, science and children's museums in the art deco Union Terminal. Works spanning 6,000 years are on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Explore Cincinnati The Facility – The Cincinnati VA Medical Center The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio and Fort Thomas, Kentucky serving fifteen counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with six Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. Three Cincinnati VAMC campus locations are also available in Cincinnati to include an Eye Center, Vet Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division. Cincinnati VA is an affiliated teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, medical education, and research. The Medical Center provides comprehensive health care through primary care, dentistry, specialty outpatient services, and tertiary care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology. A Community Living Center (CLC) is located adjacent to the Cincinnati VAMC that provides hospice, palliative care, short-term rehab and long-term care.

Location: 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220-2213

Responsibilities:

• Provide laboratory specimen collection, processing, testing and reporting services for eligible patients (Pediatrics, adults and elderly)
• Collection of specimens from patients and preparation of specimens for routine testing or packaging them for referral to reference laboratory
• Performs/monitors routine and specialized laboratory tests in microbiology, hematology, chemistry, urinalysis and serology
• Conducts quality control procedures on equipment, reagents and products
• Performs preventative maintenance for all instruments. Troubleshoots malfunctions and makes simple repairs or identifies need for external service
• Is familiar with and follows all written procedures and policies including laboratory technical procedures, laboratory safety, and laboratory blood borne pathogen policy
• Participates in laboratory proficiency testing
• Participates in laboratory quality assurance program and the clinics continuous quality improvement program as necessary
• Complete and file laboratory reports
• Assists in keeping laboratory neat and orderly. Shall be knowledgeable and perform services using infection control practices in accordance with accreditation standards, Client policy and procedures and other agency regulations and laws
• Shall use personal protective equipment to protect patient and personnel from exposure from infectious disease as appropriate
• Professional knowledge of medical terminology concepts, principles and practices derived through formal education
• Understanding of related disciplines such as microbiology, chemistry, physiology, anatomy, and their relationships to medical terminology
• Knowledge of quality control, proficiency testing and quality assurance to assure the reliability of data reported
• Skill in interpreting and evaluating the results of test/examinations in process and upon completion in order to recognize anticipated reactions and departures from the norm. Repeats tests and examinations if results provide improper or imprecise outcomes and reports reoccurring abnormalities and deviations to the supervisor
• Skill in calibrating and operating analytical instruments sufficient to independently perform reoccurring tests and analysis
• Knowledge and ability necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Ability to identify and categorize and perform laboratory services to address each patients age specific needs (pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric)
• Provides services in a professional and respectful manner when dealing patients and colleagues

Schedule

Sunday-Saturday, 8 hr shifts starting at 0630, 0730, 0830, 1330 and possibly 2200. Hours of Operation: 40 hours per week. Sunday-Saturday with varied shifts. All federal holidays are excluded from the schedule.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Holds a BS degree in Medical Laboratory Science
• Must be ASCP certified
• Must be CPR (BLS) certified
• Shall have at least (1) year experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or directly related to the work of this position.

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