Medical Lab Tech (MT) Fulltime Days 7a-7p

Wellstar Mountain Lakes Laboratory Technologist

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Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

Fulltime Day Shift. Wellstar Mountain Lakes is located in Clayton GA- NE GA Mountains accessible to Asheville/Hiawasee/Highlands- beautiful community and a modern campus committed to genuine care and compassion is a holistic setting.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Maintains acceptable accuracy in patient, quality assurance, proficiency, and competency testing.

• Meets department standard for correct patient or specimen identification.
• Meets department standard for error rate in testing or reporting patient or QC results.
• Consistently documents investigation and correct interpretation of QA failures or trends.
• Earns acceptable scores in proficiency testing and personnel competency testing.
• Maintains instrumentation for testing.

Uses clinical/ theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret, and report lab data.

• Reports lab data accurately and within established turnaround times and productivity standards.
• Recognizes the relationship between lab data and clinical findings or expectations.
• Interprets information from multiple sources

Practices information monitoring, investigation, resolution, and hand-off to team members.

• Complies with Pending Log procedure for tracking laboratory test status.
• Documents in the LIS all elements of the Notification Value Call procedure.
• Hands-off information to others according to the department procedure and chain of command.
• Adheres to WellStars Standards of Behavior in a consistent fashion.
• Takes personal responsibility for corrective action on constructive criticism

Contributes to the Laboratorys Performance Improvements and inspection readiness.

• Assists in analysis of new methods for testing including correlations and procedure writing.
• Assists in inspection preparation.
• Participates in the Laboratory Performance Improvement initiatives.
• Practices cost-efficient work processes that maintain high quality laboratory data.

Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures.

• Maintains current knowledge and practice of WellStar policies and procedures, including LIS.
• Demonstrates adequate knowledge of laboratory regulatory compliance.
• Practices all Wellstar and Laboratory Safety Standards.
• Participates in meetings, committees, task forces and project teams.
• Completes monthly, quarterly, or yearly educational requirements.

Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Medical Technology or Bachelors Medical Science or Bachelors General or Masters Other / Related Field-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist or MT(AMT) - Medical Technologist or MT(AAB) - Medical Technologist or MT(HEW) - Medical Technologist or MLS(ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MLS(AMT) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MB(ASCP) - Molecular Biologist - American Society for Clinical Pathology or H(ASCP) - Hematology - American Society for Clinical Pathology or M(ASCP) - Microbiology - American Society for Clinical Pathology

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 1 year Laboratory experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

Computer/data entry experience. Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team. Ability to use EXCEL, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge. Epic and 3M experience preferred.

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