St. Charles Health System
Medical Lab Scientist or Technician - Float
Prineville, OR · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$38k-$57kDetected 28 days ago
Customer SupportPatient CareClinical Laboratory TechniquesResearch
About the role
- The Medical Laboratory Scientist at St.
- Charles Health System performs, interprets and reports clinical laboratory testing on a variety of human biological specimen types.
Responsibilities
- This position does not directly manage other caregivers, however may be asked to review and provide feedback on the work of other caregivers.
- Performs laboratory analysis of human biological specimens submitted for testing in accordance with laboratory policies, procedures and quality standards.
- Accurately documents results into the Laboratory Information System.
- Recognizes reports and documents critical test results in a timely manner.
- Recognizes when specimen condition or adequacy may impact test results and exercises professional judgment to reject, request recollection, consult with ordering provider, or perform testing with appended warning comments.
- Performs additional quality assurance activities when professional judgment identifies a need to confirm the accuracy and/or quality of test results.
- Performs and documents cleaning, maintenance and troubleshooting of analytic instruments and test systems.
- Performs all specimen handling, specimen manipulation, reagent preparation, test system maintenance, chemical/biologics handling and testing procedures in a manner that ensures the safety of self and others.
Requirements
- Continually (75% or more): Standing and walking, use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
- Performs, evaluates and documents quality control, quality assurance, proficiency testing and calibration procedures according to laboratory policies and procedures.
Nice to have
- Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.
Compensation
- MLS Pay range: $37.73 - $56.60
Benefits
- In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
Company info
- OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork
- DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY: The laboratory departments provide many services to our multi-hospital organization and outreach community including: blood collection, processing, testing, and reporting of results, spanning all disciplines of laboratory medicine.
- POSITION OVERVIEW: The Medical Laboratory Scientist at St.
- Ensures that specimens for analysis are appropriate and adequate to provide meaningful results.
- Ensures that analytic instruments are properly calibrated and maintained.
- Recognizes when a test system is operating in a manner that may compromise the quality or accuracy of testing results and takes appropriate remedial actions.
- Reviews and evaluates test results prior to release.
- Recognizes suspect results based upon laboratory defined criteria, system appended alerts, inconsistency with previous results, inconsistency with patient age/medical condition, or professional judgment.
- Takes appropriate remedial steps to ensure the accuracy of suspect results.
- Appropriately refers issues beyond scope of practice to a discipline/sub discipline specialist, supervisor or pathologist.
- Performs all duties in a professional and ethical manner and in accordance with all regulatory requirements.
- Obtains blood samples via arterial, venous or capillary puncture according to laboratory policies and procedures (site dependent duty).
- Within credentialed scope of practice, serves as a resource to medical providers assisting with the selection of appropriate testing, specimen collection and handling, and interpretation of test results.
- Consults with clinicians and colleagues in the investigation and identification of possible sources of error or interferences that may impact test performance or compromise test results.
- For those disciplines or sub disciplines in which a specialist credential is held, serves as an expert resource to laboratory colleagues, clinicians, and other health care professionals.
- Consults and collaborates with professional colleagues to identify and remediate process issues.
- Participates in efforts to identify opportunities to continuously improve laboratory procedures, processes and services.
- Leads or assists in the research, development, evaluation, validation, documentation and implementation of new, improved or expanded testing services.
- Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
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