Lab Tech Aide I - Rancho Mirage, United States - Eisenhower Health

Eisenhower Health
Eisenhower Health
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Rancho Mirage, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Job Objective:

A brief overview of the position.- Performs waived and up to moderate complexity testing on manual, automated, semi-automated platforms, processes specimens and specimen setup per department policy and procedure, and assists CLS, HT, and CT with daily operation; performs instrument maintenance, quality control and troubleshooting; performs Laboratory Assistant function, and shares skills intra-departmentally.

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Reports to- Assigned Supervisor-
Supervises- N/A-
Ages of Patients- Neonate/ Infant Pediatric Adolescent Adult Geriatric-
Blood Borne Pathogens- High Potential-
Qualifications

Education- Required: High school diploma, GED or higher degree

  • Preferred:
Associate's Degree in Science in related field
Licensure/Certification- N/A
Experience- Required: One (1) year of relevant work experience in a laboratory or hospital or Associate's degree in related field or higher in lieu of experience if hired after January 1, 2023

Preferred:
Anatomic pathology laboratory experience

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Essential Responsibilities
  • Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
  • Orders and processes laboratory requests in accordance with established procedures.
  • Collects and processes all necessary paperwork, assuring appropriate reporting
  • Assists in ordering, maintaining, and restocking of supplies
  • Answers telephone and responds to questions or directs call to appropriate individual
  • Utilizes Laboratory Information System as appropriate
  • Disinfects and maintains work areas as needed
  • Assists CLS, HT, CT in performing preventative maintenance and quality control procedures.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in the operation and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment and instrumentation with direction from the CLS, HT, CT
  • Performs preanalytic nontechnical test setup.
  • Assist in the orientation and training of Medical Laboratory Scientist Students and Medical Fellows.
  • Performs waived testing as directed by the department lead, supervisor, manager or director
  • Complies with hospital and Laboratory safety policies and procedures
  • Complies with all State and federal regulations.
  • In addition to the above responsibilities, department specific duties include:
  • Cytology: Fine needle aspirate scheduling, prepare Cytology preparations and staining
  • Histology: Assists Pathologists and Pathologists' Assistant with gross specimen procedures; performs frozen section and assists with autopsies when necessary; files pathology slides and blocks and retrieve them from offsite archiving locations; send out and receive pathology slides and blocks; assist Histotech, Pathologists Assistants, and Pathologists with pre and post testing functions under the direction of the department supervisor, lead, manager or director.
  • Microbiology: Reviews specimen test selection for correct collection and appropriate test selection; Performs Microbiology specimen setup consisting of selection of appropriate media and incubation environment; aliquots shared specimens, with distribution to appropriate department.
  • Transfusion Services: Picks up blood samples from, and delivers blood components to patient locations throughout the hospitals; Checks patient history for evidence of antibodies, prior treatment history, previous ABO and Rh and autologous unit availability; Thaws FFP and Cryo, and dispenses all blood products through the computer; Assists in signing out blood to Nursing Services; Performs daily inventory, orders products as needed; Picks up blood totes from patient areas.
  • ED STAT Lab: Assist in Transfusion Services as directed by the Supervisor, Lead, or CLS.
  • Triage: Researches and performs reference lab specimen send outs; Assist and backup for the in house Reference Laboratory coordinator; Specimen prep and test setup for automation, flow and immunology departments.
  • Performs other duties as necessary

Location:
Eisenhower Health - Lab Microbiology

Schedule:
Per-Diem, Varies, 8 Hour Shift
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