Medical Technician

Job Title

Medical Technician

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Collects and processes specimens obtained for analyses throughout P&LMS and associated reference laboratories, ensuring safety and non-traumatic processes are used with critical concern for the patients and the quality of the specimen.
• Performs venipuncture specimen collections from inpatient, outpatients, and ambulatory inpatients, with a minimal number of failures, patient bruising, or required re-sticks, ensuring that samples are submitted to the clinical laboratory with the least possible delay.
• Makes gross visual observations and identifies subtle changes regarding the patient's condition, notifying appropriate emergency personnel as needed.
• Performs work related to tests and examinations using the techniques of medical laboratory practice in one or more specialized areas.
• Prepares specimens for testing, such as labeling, centrifugation, decanting, aliquoting, etc., prepares reagents, performs the test procedure, verifies the accuracy of the results and reports results in the VISTA computer system.
• The technician must be familiar with tests performed throughout the Laboratory, i.e., cytology, chemistry, and hematology.
• Operates centrifuges, reporting any malfunction to supervisor, as needed, and evaluates temperature requirements of refrigerators on the wards as needed.
• Processes timely request for supplies to ensure adequate materials are always maintained.
• Receives and sorts specimens collected from inpatients, outpatients, and all CBOC's, checks request slips for proper information, logs in specimen, and delivers specimens to various laboratory sections.
• Receives accessioning and processing of laboratory specimens from the main draw room, emergency department (ED), ward collect specimens, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) and Home Base Health Care (HBHC) patient draws.
• Verifies the accuracy of information on each specimen, accessions (receives) each specimen into the computer system, prints and accurately labels each specimen.
• Manually accessions (multi-purpose accessioning) any specimen(s) received with a written laboratory requisition.
• Sorts all specimens by laboratory department and distributes specimens to corresponding testing area (i.e., Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Send Out (Reference Laboratory).
• Generates (document) occurrence reports for any specimen(s) rejected for analysis (i.e., unlabeled, mislabeled, clotted, QNS, or other reasons for rejections).
• Performs computer downtime operations when the EHR is not operational; manually enters all patient information found in the computer down time form, test orders, and generates labels; labels, sorts, and delivers all specimens to designated testing areas of the lab; and diligently reorders laboratory tests in the EHR system for all patients once the EHR system becomes operational.
• Observes and processes employee drug screen testing.
• Enters pathology biopsy specimens form hospital and clinics, into the laboratory computer reporting system, prepares specimen cassettes, and prepares bar code labels for specimens.
• Responsible for receiving Microbiology specimens.
• Prepare gram stains on specimens when appropriate.
• Loads blood culture bottles into the Vitek Blood Culture Incubator.
• Performs and documents quality control and assurance activities and corrective actions as directed by the Technologist on duty.
• Performs instrument maintenance for PCR analyzer.
• Performs preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Responsible for the generation of laboratory results from the work area into the laboratory computer system and for the editing and verification of the results recorded into the computer system for waived testing.
• Responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of all centrifuges and serofuges in the service.
• Processes send out specimens and stores specimens according to specimen storage requirements (i.e., ambient, frozen, or refrigerated).
• Trouble shoots issues on the automated instrument and work independently to be assigned to operate the automated instrument.
• Conducts training for new laboratory medical technicians, new medical laboratory technologists (MT)/chemistry staff and medical technologist students on how to operate and trouble-shoot the chemistry automated processing instrument.

Work Schedule: Part Time, Thursdays & Fridays, 6:00am to 2:30pm MST (Rotating holidays and weekends)

Telework: Not authorized.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Medical Technician/ PD60447A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.