Medical Technologist - Canton Potsdam Hospital

$55,120 - $87,360/Yr

Rochester Regional Health - West Bangor, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

West Bangor, NY

51-100 employees

Hospitals

About the position

The Clinical Laboratory Technologist (Medical Technologist) at St. Lawrence Health is responsible for performing a wide variety of laboratory procedures on various body fluids to assist in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases. This role requires adherence to professional standards and regulations while ensuring the quality and accuracy of laboratory results. The position is full-time and located at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, a community healthcare facility dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates requested procedures to determine the suitability of specimen for analysis, requesting new specimen if determined to be unusable.
• Prepares specimens for analysis, ensuring that the physiologic state of the properties is maintained.
• Performs laboratory procedures on tissue, blood, exudates and other body fluids in Chemistry, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Hematology, Coagulation, Clinical Microscopy, and Immunology in accordance with state and federal regulations, accreditation standards, professional standards, laboratory procedures and hospital policies.
• Participates in proficiency testing and ensures samples are handled in the same manner as patient samples.
• Evaluates patient results to ensure correlation with the patient's condition, age, sex, diagnosis and other pertinent clinical data.
• Issues laboratory reports and reports results to appropriate individuals.
• Maintains continuity, quality and accuracy of documentation to ensure results are properly and timely reported.
• Calibrates, standardizes, adjusts, and maintains instruments.
• Verifies correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality control checks.
• Recognizes and reacts to indicators of malfunction; locates and implements corrections.
• Identifies the cause of common problems and makes simple repairs; conducts quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products, and maintains proper records for quality control reports.
• Documents all corrective actions when indicated.
• Directs and supervises the work of assigned students, phlebotomists, lab assistants and technicians.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Medical Technology, Chemistry, Biology, or a related field, or meets the educational requirements of NYS for licensure.
• Current Clinical Laboratory Technologist NYS License or Permit.

Nice-to-haves

• American Society of Clinical Pathologists Certification.
• At least one year (12 months) experience in a hospital laboratory.

Benefits

• Same Day pay through Daily Pay
• Paid vacation & holiday pay
• Medical, dental, vision, hearing benefits