Clinical Laboratory Technician 2
This recruitment offers a $3,000 Recruitment Incentive to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine#UWMRecruitmentIncentiveThe Department of Laboratory Medicine serves as a regional resource for clinical laboratory services required for patient care, research, and educational programs in laboratory medicine.
The department now employs 1400 people who work at the award-winning University of Washington Medical Center (ranked among the top medical centers in the United States as rated by U.
S.
News & World Report), Harborview Medical Center (the region's only Level I Trauma center, known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis:
Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD CARER, and mentally- and medically- vulnerable populations.
), and many other clinical and research facilities in the area.
The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation's premier educational and research institutions.
Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service.
Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, and natural beauty.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology department has an outstanding opportunity for a CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN 2 (FULL-TIME, EVENING-SHIFT)RESPONSIBILITIESCorrectly process patient, proficiency, and environmental specimens for analysis to include the following:
specimen identification, appropriate orders, assessment for acceptability or rejection, specimen preparation/ concentration, media/ smear inoculation, incubation, storage, etc.
Perform patient and proficiency tests without errors by following SOP as identified by current policies and procedures for the areas trained to include:
specimen Gram stains, specimen testing with kits or molecular platforms, specimen AFB stains, etc.
Utilize information management systems to accession, status, verify, and reject orders.
Correctly input test results using the laboratory information system.
Demonstrate the ability to report critical values, STAT results, courtesy notifications, and routine results according to established protocols, insuring turn-around-times are consistently within guidelines and documentation is complete.
Demonstrate the ability to perform and document routine quality control and preventative maintenance according to established protocols.
Demonstrate the knowledge and judgment needed to recognize problems associated with patient testing, quality control, and preventative maintenance.
Possess basic troubleshooting skills and corrects problems with proper documentation.
Notifies appropriate personnel when unable to correct a problem.
Demonstrate the ability to assist in instruction and training of employees, post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, medical technology students, etc.
Provides evaluation feedback in a timely manner.
Assist in the development and evaluation of new processes and/ or procedures and participates in improving current processes.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care or other services based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patient.
Performs related duties as required.
REQUIREMENTSHigh school graduation or equivalent AND two years of chemical, clinical, or public health laboratory experienceOREquivalent education/experience.
DESIRED REQUIREMENTSAssociate degree in a laboratory science (chemical or biological science) or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution and equivalent laboratory training and experience meeting the requirements defined in the CLIA regulation 42CFR493.
1489 (refer to the CLIA regulations for more details).
Equivalent laboratory training and experience meeting the requirements defined in the CLIA regulation 42CFR493.
1489, which includes 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution that, at a minimum, includes either 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester 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; AND laboratory training including either completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, NAACLS, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above), OR at least three months documented laboratory training in each specialty in which the individual performs high complexity testing.
Recommended Skills Biology Clinical Works Courtesy Health Technology Information Management Inoculation Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
The department now employs 1400 people who work at the award-winning University of Washington Medical Center (ranked among the top medical centers in the United States as rated by U.
S.
News & World Report), Harborview Medical Center (the region's only Level I Trauma center, known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis:
Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD CARER, and mentally- and medically- vulnerable populations.
), and many other clinical and research facilities in the area.
The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation's premier educational and research institutions.
Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service.
Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, and natural beauty.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology department has an outstanding opportunity for a CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN 2 (FULL-TIME, EVENING-SHIFT)RESPONSIBILITIESCorrectly process patient, proficiency, and environmental specimens for analysis to include the following:
specimen identification, appropriate orders, assessment for acceptability or rejection, specimen preparation/ concentration, media/ smear inoculation, incubation, storage, etc.
Perform patient and proficiency tests without errors by following SOP as identified by current policies and procedures for the areas trained to include:
specimen Gram stains, specimen testing with kits or molecular platforms, specimen AFB stains, etc.
Utilize information management systems to accession, status, verify, and reject orders.
Correctly input test results using the laboratory information system.
Demonstrate the ability to report critical values, STAT results, courtesy notifications, and routine results according to established protocols, insuring turn-around-times are consistently within guidelines and documentation is complete.
Demonstrate the ability to perform and document routine quality control and preventative maintenance according to established protocols.
Demonstrate the knowledge and judgment needed to recognize problems associated with patient testing, quality control, and preventative maintenance.
Possess basic troubleshooting skills and corrects problems with proper documentation.
Notifies appropriate personnel when unable to correct a problem.
Demonstrate the ability to assist in instruction and training of employees, post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, medical technology students, etc.
Provides evaluation feedback in a timely manner.
Assist in the development and evaluation of new processes and/ or procedures and participates in improving current processes.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care or other services based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patient.
Performs related duties as required.
REQUIREMENTSHigh school graduation or equivalent AND two years of chemical, clinical, or public health laboratory experienceOREquivalent education/experience.
DESIRED REQUIREMENTSAssociate degree in a laboratory science (chemical or biological science) or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution and equivalent laboratory training and experience meeting the requirements defined in the CLIA regulation 42CFR493.
1489 (refer to the CLIA regulations for more details).
Equivalent laboratory training and experience meeting the requirements defined in the CLIA regulation 42CFR493.
1489, which includes 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution that, at a minimum, includes either 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester 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; AND laboratory training including either completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, NAACLS, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above), OR at least three months documented laboratory training in each specialty in which the individual performs high complexity testing.
Recommended Skills Biology Clinical Works Courtesy Health Technology Information Management Inoculation Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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