Intermediate Lab Assistant - Laboratory

Medical Lab Scientist/Medical Lab Technician - Laboratory

Christie Clinic's department of Laboratory is seeking a full-time Medical Lab Scientist or Medical Lab Technician in Champaign at the University clinic between the hours of Monday-Thursday 9:00am-6:00pm and Friday 10:00am-7:00pm, with no night or weekend requirements. This position may require travel to other clinics in Champaign, as needed, to support the department.

Perform both moderate and high complexity testing as defined by CLIA roles. Evaluate complex chemical, biological, and microscopic analyses. Collaborate with caregivers across the organization to ensure they have critical information needed to provide excellent patient care.

Job Qualifications and Expectations

JOB DUTIES: (This list may not include all the duties assigned.)

• Demonstrates technical skills in the pre-analytical, analytical, and post analytical phases of the testing process.
• Determines acceptability of specimens within guidelines.
• Correctly identify patients through all phases of testing,
• Ensure proper storage of all patient sample, reagents, and laboratory inventory.
• Prepares reagents / standards / calibrators correctly and ensures they are dated & in sufficient quantity.
• Performs and document daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and as needed maintenance activities according to manufacturer's recommendation.
• Recognizes specimens that do not meet the requirement for testing and follows specimen rejection process.
• Recognizes appropriate selections of test orders; can assist in making recommendations for proper test order.
• Selects appropriate culture media, incubation temperatures and atmosphere for microbiology cultures. Streaks plates with good standard isolation technique or for quantification (colony counts).
• Organizes and prioritizes work for optimum turnaround time.
• Observes safety guidelines.
• Recognizes appropriate selection of test orders.
• Evaluates new products, new assays, new systems and & new instrumentation when assigned.
• Performs linearity, sensitivity, precision, correlation, and reference range validation before new or revised test procedures are implemented when assigned.
• Performs test procedures with care and accuracy.
• Makes dilutions accurately; calculates correctly.
• Performs proficiency testing successfully within assigned time.
• Displays knowledge by correlating test results to disease states and resolving problems with methodologies and/or instrumentation.
• Ensures quality of work by performing QC at required intervals, performing calibrations, and investigating cause of out-of-control QC and resolves before testing is resumed. Ensures that QC is tested and documented at frequencies mandated by manufacturers and regulatory agencies.
• Reviews worksheets and maintenance logs; investigates or corrects as needed.
• Ensures that outdated materials (kits, QC, or reagents) are not used; use oldest outdate first.
• Ensures timeliness of testing by organizing work for minimal turnaround time, performing work in careful manner to minimize repeat testing and turnaround time, referring testing to alternate sites if in-place systems are not operable.
• Perform and record competency assessment of testing personnel as delegated by medical director.
• Teaches both procedure and theory to students, peers, and new employees.
• Demonstrates skills in the post analytical phase of the testing process. Recognizes implausible results, unusual tests reactions, errors, and instrument malfunctions and can investigate & problem solve.
• Enters data results properly & carefully, including required notification & documentation.
• Reviews data entry for correctness prior to verifying results to minimize errors.
• Use pending logs to assess completion of testing to improve turnaround time.
• Uses computer functions to access information necessary for resulting out data and/or giving out results to customers.
• Serves as technical resource to our customers, patients, and coworkers.
• Addresses unresolved method & equipment problems by utilizing manufacturer resources such as hot lines or operating manual to assist in problem solving.
• Communicates all information necessary to coworkers to ensure completion of testing process or problem resolution.
• Participates in support activities necessary to insure a smooth and efficiently run operation.
• Contributes ideas and assists in implementing changes to insure cost-effective operation of the department.
• Calibrates pipettes, takes temperatures, dates all kits, QC, reagents in use, dates and restocks reagents and supplies, washes pipettes
• Potential for travel to other lab locations. Mileage will be reimbursed after employee submits to supervisor.
• Perform related work as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Copy of Diploma
• Copy of Transcripts indicating:
• 60 semester hours or equivalent to an accredited institution that, at a minimum, includes either
• 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR
• 24 semesters hours of science courses that include:
• six semester hours of chemistry,
• six semester hours of biology, and
• 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination
• Proof of current certification for ASCP or AMT
• Ishihara test (color/eye test)

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE:

• Medical Laboratory Technician AMT/ASCP certification within 1 year of hire.

OR

• Medical Laboratory Scientist AMT/ASCP certification within 1 year of hire.

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Demands include sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, stretching, and lifting up to 25 pounds. Visual acuity and normal color perception is mandatory. Hearing within, or correctable to, normal range, vision correctable to 20/20 and manual dexterity for the operation of office equipment is required.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Work is performed in a laboratory setting with frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment. Requirements may include working irregular hours.

PAY AND BENEFITS:

The estimated pay range for this position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related criteria. This position allows for interchangeable credentialed roles with varying pay ranges:

Medical Lab Tech. pay range: $29.65 /hr. to $40.77 /hr. USD

Medical Lab Scientist pay range: $33.03 /hr. to $45.41 /hr. USD

We also offer a substantial benefits package, including:

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Personal, Holiday, Birthday) - Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

401k Plan - Medical Flexible Spending Account

Health Insurance - Group Term Life Insurance

Dental Insurance - Identity Theft Protection

Vision InsuranceLong Term Disability - Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance