Schedule: Flexible GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Ensures all activities are conducted in accord with generally accepted laboratory procedures and patient data is obtained and maintained in accordance with all applicable HIPAA regulations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Monitors test analyses and examinations to ensure only acceptable levels of analytic performance are reported.
* Adheres to good laboratory practices including the following:* Instrument maintenance* Supplies and reagent inventories* Quality Control* Proficiency testing * Monitors the status of daily patient testing including the following: * Timeliness of patient test result reporting and adherence to reporting schedule* Completion of all testing in accordance with accepted timetables.
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Ensures remedial action follows any deviation from established levels of performance.
* Ensures results are not reported before all corrective actions have been taken and test systems are confirmed to be optimal.
* Consults with testing personnel when patient results fall outside acceptable ranges.
* Checks for proper completion of all maintenance, quality control, and in-house workload documentation.
Reports, documents and corrects errors if possible and proposes preventative actions to the General Supervisor.
* Holds periodic departmental meetings and discussions to convey departmental and laboratory directives.
* Remains accessible to testing personnel in each laboratory and assures adherence to established policies and procedures.
* Exercises best judgment in matters relating to generally accepted laboratory practices.
Suggests options when conflicts arise.
* Maintains excellent attendance to ensure responsibilities are met.
* Maintains technical currency through attendance at technical seminars, technical reading, and/or contact with industry peer group.
* Works in laboratory where position requires sitting for extended periods of time and acute reading of testing instruments.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS: * This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.
He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Any one of the following will be considered * Requires a minimum of bachelor’s degree in a health related science.* Prior work experience in a hospital clinical laboratory Microbiology department, reference laboratory, or larger physician group practice laboratory is preferred.* Prior experience in pharmaceutical or university research will be considered.* Some supervisory experience is required.* Must possess excellent communications skills and knowledge of medical terminology.
TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/INSTRUMENTS: * Moderate complexity instruments under the technician supervision.
HAZARDS: * Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens or other potentially infectious material.
PPE: * Moderate complexity instruments under the technician supervision.
DISCIPLINE: * Employees that fail to follow the work rules stated above or fail to use the appropriate PPE will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
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