National medical or clinical laboratory technologist certification, such as American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), or equivalent, is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
The employee must maintain laboratory and BLS certifications.
The employee must use personal protective equipment and follow safety and exposure-control procedures.
The employee must appropriately use BD safety needles, Point-Lok devices, aerosol shields, safety caps, sharps containers, and red-bag waste procedures.
Responsibilities
Judge test-order appropriateness and accurately transcribe provider test orders.
Process standing, verbal, referral, and outgoing laboratory orders and specimens within the scope of responsibility.
Obtain an Advance Beneficiary Notice when required.
Positively identify patients and label samples at the bedside or in the patient's presence.
Collect blood specimens in appropriate tubes using techniques appropriate to the patient's age and physical condition.
Instruct and direct urine-specimen collection using the technique appropriate to the ordered test.
Determine specimen acceptability and reject specimens according to policy.
Provide collection requirements to patients and providers.
Stock supplies, maintain inventory, and keep the work area neat and orderly.
Maintain analyzers and perform instrument calibration and quality control.
Recognize unexpected or out-of-control quality-control values, troubleshoot systems, and notify the supervisor of discrepant results, nonfunctioning equipment, and unresolved quality-control problems.
Perform laboratory testing in all areas and investigate unexpected or abnormal results in relation to patient age and sex.
Recognize interfering substances that can affect results and alert providers to panic values according to policy.
Process, distribute, and file laboratory reports.
Operate the CPSI system within the scope of responsibility.
Instruct and observe students performing testing and orient new employees through assigned areas.
Review new policies and procedures.
Participate in hospital-wide and department-specific quality-improvement programs and projects, recommend process improvements, report service-delivery quality issues, and support organizational quality initiatives.
Participate in emergency and disaster-preparedness planning, drills, and the hospital's response to real-life emergencies when called upon.
Observe, report, and eliminate safety hazards within the work area.
Immediately dispose of capped needles and holders.
Description
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PVH employment application required. All job offers contingent upon background check and completion of pre-employment physical.
This position is full time, 36 hours/week, flexible shifts, Holiday and weekend rotation. Union, non-exempt, hourly rate.
JOB FUNCTIONS:
Judge test order appropriateness.
Accurately transcribe provider test orders.
Process standing and verbal orders.
Obtain Advance Beneficiary Notice if required.
Positively identify patient and label samples at bedside or in the presence of the patient.
Collect blood specimens in appropriate tubes using technique appropriate to age and physical state of patient.
Annual in-service on handling patient emergencies.
Instruct / direct collection of urine specimens using technique appropriate to test ordered.
Determine acceptability of specimens and rejects per policy.
Give collection requirements to patients and providers.
Process referral specimens up to point of shipment.
Stock supplies within and maintain a neat and orderly work area.
Maintain inventory.
Maintain analyzers.
Perform instrument calibration and quality control.
Perform instrument calibration and quality control.
Recognize an unexpected or out-of-control QC value and troubleshoot system before reporting patient results.
Notify supervisor of discrepant results, non-functioning equipment, and unresolved QC problems.
Perform laboratory testing in all areas.
Recognize an unexpected and/or abnormal result, correlating with patient age and sex, and troubleshoot system.
Recognize interfering substances that can affect results.
Alert provider of panic values per policy.
Process outgoing laboratory reports.
Distribute reports.
File laboratory reports.
Operate CPSI system within scope of responsibility.
Instruct and observe students in performing testing.
Orient new employees through responsible areas.
Review new policies and procedures.
Seeks to upgrade or broaden skills, maintains Lab and BLS Certifications.
Use personal protective equipment during collection and testing, including gloves.
Appropriately use BD safety needles and Point-Lok device.
Appropriately use aerosol shields and safety caps.
Immediately dispose capped needle and holder.
Appropriately use Sharps containers and red bag waste.
Observe, report, and eliminate safety hazards within work area.
Follow safety and exposure control procedures.
Quality Improvement: Actively participates in the Hospital-wide Quality Improvement Program, actively supports and implements Department-specific Quality improvement initiatives and projects, recommends process improvement as appropriate, reports any quality issues in service delivery and consistently commits to a focus on quality improvement and organizational excellence.
Disaster/Emergency Management: As an employee of Penobscot Valley Hospital, the position has an inherent role to care for our community members when in need. To this regard, the incumbent will be expected to participate in emergency/disaster preparedness planning and drills as requested. When called upon during a real life disaster/emergency event, the incumbent will be expected to participate in the Hospital’s response to this event, within the scope of professional and personal ability to do so.
Requirements
National medical / clinical laboratory technologist certification required, such as ASCP, AMT, or equivalent. BLS required.
Benefits
PVH has a Section 125 Cafeteria Benefits Plan and pays a portion of the cost of our health plan, dental, basic life, and disability insurance for employees for 30+ authorized hours, and provides partial subsidy for dependent health insurance. Part-time employees are eligible to receive dental, life, and disability coverage and are eligible to participate in the health insurance plan. Other benefits include a 403(b) plan and earned time off accrual.