Moderate Complexity Tester - Night Shift

March 22, 2024 |

Department: Laboratory

Status/Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Night Shift

Location: Hartford, KY

For more information contact: Hilliary Edelen, hedelen@ochcares.com

Qualifications:

• Education:
  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • ASCP Certification preferred
  • Courses in MLT AS preferred
• Experience: Preferred 2 years.

Job Description:

• Follow the laboratory’s procedures for specimen collection, handling, processing, test analysis, reporting, and maintaining records of patient results.

• Report chemistry, coagulation studies, hematology and urinalysis excluding manual differentials and microscopic exams, results without assay ranges or critical values, Sed-rates, D-Dimers, BNP, triage urine tox screens, and all waived tests.

• Performs proficiency testing samples in the same manner as patient samples.

• Adhere to the laboratory’s Quality Control policies and documenting all Quality Control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and instrument maintenance, under the supervision of an MLT or MT.

• Follow the laboratory policies, including taking and documenting corrective actions, whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established acceptable levels of performance.

• Be able to identify problems that may adversely affect the performance or test result reporting and correcting the problem or notifying the appropriate supervisor.

• Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.

• If required by route of qualification, performing moderate complexity testing only under the on-site direction supervision of an MLT or MLS.

• Responsible for assuring that services are provided in a manner that is consistent with Ohio County Healthcare policies and procedures and the Purpose, Vision, and Values.

• May be requested to be member of QI team.