About the position
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is recruiting top talent interested in supporting our nonprofit mission to prioritize individualized care for patients facing chronic kidney disease. Our mission states "the care of the patient is our reason for existence," and our dedicated team embodies our sole purpose during every patient interaction. We seek motivated, compassionate individuals to provide top-notch patient care and offer paid training, competitive pay, outstanding benefits, Sundays off and a strong culture. Join DCI today to build relationships and gain fulfillment serving individuals in our comfortable clinical setting with a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio than other providers. The Medical Technologist II, under supervision of the laboratory director / supervisor, the employee may process samples, perform HLA test procedures and analyzer maintenance functions, participate in quality control and quality assurance functions and if required, make preliminary result interpretations and other tasks as assigned. Once satisfactorily trained, employee must participate in weekend call and holiday rotations. Schedule: Full-time, 5 days/week; shifts are 2:00pm - 10:00pm.
Responsibilities
- Performs moderate and high complexity testing procedures as outlined in the procedure manual.
- Notifies supervisor (or other designated personnel) of changes or problems with procedures.
- Maintains sample identification throughout testing process.
- Takes appropriate action to prevent DNA contamination and sample switches.
- Adheres to the laboratory's quality control (QC) procedures to ensure all QC criteria are met.
- Successfully prepares reagents, control materials and other products used in testing as required.
- Performs and documents required analyzer maintenance in a timely fashion.
- Notifies supervisor/designee of any problematic issue.
- Performs required proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples.
- Identifies problems which may affect test performance or test results.
- Properly documents problems / resolutions on appropriate 'Problem Resolution' form.
- Notifies supervisor/designee to ensure corrective action is taken immediately.
- Adheres to established laboratory policies in handling hazardous substances (OSHA standards).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degrees from a four-year college/university.
- Completion of an approved medical laboratory technologist training program.
- Current licensure as an MT (ASCP) CHT preferred.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Desire to collaborate with teams.
- Effectively works with coworkers.
- Places a high priority on customer service.
Nice-to-haves
- Current licensure as an MT (ASCP) CHT.
- Willingness to take the ASHI CHT exam after 1 year of employment if not licensed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits.
- Life and long-term care insurance provided at no additional expense to employee.
- Paid time off (PTO) including holidays.
- Extended Sick Bank (ESB) in addition to PTO - paid time for doctor appointments, sickness or medical leave.
- Retirement plans with $.50 of each contributed dollar matched for eligible employees, up to 8 percent.
- Education reimbursement.
- Employee assistance program.
- Wellness program.
