Clinical Lab Technician - Internal

Company: Oroville Hospital
Location: Oroville
Posted on: April 30, 2024

Job Description:

Job #: 11697

Job Category: Laboratory

Job Type: Per Diem

Shift Type: Variable

Facility:

Department: Lab - Clinical

Pay Range: $30.44/hr. - $40.91/hr.

Open Date: 04.26.24

Close Date:

Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or Equivalent
• Applicable bachelor's degree preferred Job Details:
  Start Date:
  
  Open Until Filled. This position is for internal applicants only.
  
  Qualifications:
  
  • High School Graduate or Equivalent
  • Applicable bachelor's degree preferred
  • Previous Lab experience and/or medical background preferred Duties &
    Responsibilities:
    
    Job Summary
    
    Performs specified medical laboratory tests, procedures and analyses under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
    
    Duties
    
    Have documentation of training appropriate to ensure that the individual has all of the following skills and abilities:
    
    • The skills required for labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, and transportation and storage of specimens
    • The skills required for assisting the License Clinical Scientist, including:
      • Evaluating specimen integrity
      • Processing and loading of specimen on instrumentation
      • Transcribing results from printouts
      • The skills required for performing preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting
      • A working knowledge of reagent stability and storage
      • The skills required for assisting and performance of quality control procedures, and an understanding of the quality control policies of the laboratory
      • An awareness of factors that influence test results Specific tasks in the laboratory include, and are limited to, (providing there is documentation of training):
        
        • General operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the following chemistry analyzers:
          • Beckman LX20
          • Abbott AXSYM
          • Beckman ACCESS
          • Beckman IMMAGE
          • Stratus
          • Dupont NKLI
          • Precision Osmette
          • Beckman ultracentrifuge
          • TOSOH 2.2
          • General operation of other laboratory analyzers, including and limited to, (providing there is documentation of training):
            • Beckman GENS
            • Beckman Electra1400C
            • Cliniteck Atlas
            • Performs other duties as assigned Job Limitations
              
              As unlicensed personnel, the technician should be aware of those tasks that shall not be performed, including:
              
              • Accepting any results in the LIS and / or reporting verbally any results which have not already been approved and accepted (in LIS) by the CLS
              • Perform any test or part thereof that involves the quantitative measurement of the specimen or test reagent, or any mathematical calculation relative to determining the results of or the validity of a test procedure
              • Perform any phase of test in the specialty of blood bank beyond initial collection and centrifugation
              • In the case of qualitative and semi-quantitative "spot, tablet, or stick" tests, the personnel may add the reagent to the specimen or vice versa, but the results must be read by the CLS In using electronic instruments, the unlicensed personnel shall not:
                
                • Standardize or calibrate the instrument or asses its performance by monitoring results of appropriate standards and control
                • Read or records test results, or accept in the LIS, except that the personnel may transcribe results that have been previously recorded automatically by a testing instrument
                • Quantitatively measuring any sample or reagents unless done automatically by the instrument, automatically by the instrument in the course of its normal operation or by the use of previously calibrated and approved automatic syringes or other dispensers Other Info:
                  
                  Lifting Requirements
                  
                  Sedentary- generally lifting not more than 10 lbs. maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as ledgers, files and small items.
                  
                  Job Posted:
                  
                  04/26/2024

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