About the position
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
Responsibilities
- Performs general housekeeping duties to keep work areas safe from contamination and physical hazards
- Continuous cooperation with co-workers and other hospital departments to ensure our customers are VERY SATISFIED
- Performs instrument maintenance and troubleshooting activities in areas of demonstrated competency
- Takes initiative to update procedure manuals as changes are required
- Demonstrates Coaching, Mentoring, and Education capabilities with all of the following disciplines: MT, MLT, Medical Student, Phlebotomist, and Laboratory assistant
- Actively participates and supports co-workers participating in Community Cares initiatives
- Works with students and other interested persons to promote the clinical laboratory profession
- Demonstrates a Positive Attitude at all times
- Performs daily Quality Control activities in areas of demonstrated competency
- Participates in Quality Assurance programs
- Performs Proficiency Testing in areas of demonstrated competency
- Reports critical values to appropriate physician or nursing service upon verification of result
- Shows an awareness of how patient age and other factors can affect test results
- Recognizes and maintains specimen integrity from receipt through testing & storage
- Participates in Continuing Education activities
- Takes problem-solving initiative
- Takes a pro-active approach to learning new procedures and/or laboratory areas, including LIS
- Recognizes opportunities to reduce reagent waste and unnecessary test repeats
- Manages inventory, time and workflow efficiently
- Recognizes and reports Laboratory Compliance issues, including potential fraud, over- or under-billing for services performed, CPT coding changes or discrepancies, and questionable medical necessity
Requirements
- LIC-Medical Technologist - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
- Graduate of an approved discipline specific program
- Less than 1 year of relevant work experience
Benefits
- $10,000 SIGN ON BONUS
