Medical Technologist/PRN Weekends

Medical Technologist/PRN Weekends

Job Category: Laboratory

Location: Lubbock, TX

Description

JOIN OUR TEAM!!! Are you looking to be one of the team? To be part of the family and not just another number? Are you looking for a positive work environment where teamwork and diversity are key?

We value your contributions. Every role in our hospital has an impact on each of our patients. We work hard to make sure our employees love their work here. Many have been with us from the very beginning. Because we're physician-owned, we understand the value of having a well-trained, well-resourced staff. When it comes to procedural healthcare, experience matters.

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital is committed to providing better outcomes for our employees!

• Great Benefits – Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO & 401K
• Individually Tailored 6-12 Week Orientation
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Consumer discounts through Perks
• Family Atmosphere
• Free CEUs through Cornerstone, our online training system

We are looking for a dedicated Medical Technologist like you to join our Lubbock Heart team.

What You Will Do in this Role:

• Accurately performs correct blood collection procedures using a variety of standard equipment and ensures timely and appropriate transportation to the laboratory.
• Identifies patients and labels specimens correctly and legibly according to departmental policy.
• Processes, labels, and stores specimens appropriately for subsequent testing.
• Performs laboratory procedures, reports and evaluates test results in all laboratory areas ensuring accuracy, reliability, and validity of results through application of clinical knowledge and training. Performs testing with respect to quality and timeliness.
• Demonstrates awareness of and compliance with the laboratory record keeping, test resulting and report handling policies.
• Understands quality control policies and demonstrates skills required to perform quality control procedures and evaluate quality control results.
• Demonstrates ability to operate, troubleshoot and maintain instrumentation, perform calibration, and participate in technical and operational problem solving. Documents and reports concerns according to lab policies.
• Effectively uses a variety of computer systems and programs.
• Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent patient care information to assure that patient rights are protected.
• Promotes positive morale and team work by interacting effectively with members of the laboratory, and other service areas of the hospital and external customers.
• Orients, mentors, and teaches clinical laboratory methods, procedures, and techniques to new employees or co-workers as applicable.
• Participates in staff meetings, continuing education and mandatory in-services.
• Complies with all safety and regulatory practices, policies, and procedures.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university; Medical Technology degree preferred.
• Experience preferred
• MT (ASCP), MLS(ASCP) or CLS (NCA), or other applicable national certification. If this certification is not complete and/or current at time of hire, it must be done within one (1) year from date of hire
• Ability to perform complex, advanced clinical procedures and to effect appropriate modifications to existing procedures
• Ability to independently analyze, verify, and assess clinical and/or laboratory data.

Your Shift: PRN Weekends

LHSH Incentives

• Flexible Scheduling
• No mandatory overtime

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital specializes in the care of cardiac, orthopedic, nephrology, urology, and general medical patients. We are also a highly active inpatient center mainly centered on surgical procedures that include cardiothoracic, orthopedic, urology, and general surgery. We have a 24-hour Emergency Department with 5 fully equipped ED rooms, 4 fully operating OR rooms, 4 cardiac catherization labs with 1 electrophysiology room, 11-day surgery rooms, 58 acute care beds spread over three units, and 16 cardiac critical care rooms. We pride ourselves on giving the best overall care possible to our patients and on our family style atmosphere that includes everyone: patients and their families, physicians, and our employees.

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