Clin Tech Specialist- Serology/Immunology Lab

About the role

The Clinical Technical Specialist is a technologist (clinical laboratory/cytology/histology) who performs procedures/tests aiding in disease detection and treatment monitoring. This role requires independent judgment and responsibility, with opportunities for technical advisor and supervisor roles.

Responsibilities

• Accurately documents daily work activities
• Thoroughly, accurately, and legibly documents test results and quality control
• Uses effective written and verbal communication skills
• Serves as a technical advisor for co-workers, students, and healthcare providers
• Develops and validates new test methodologies and procedures
• Assists clinicians in evaluating unexpected test results
• Communicates status of projects and identifies potential resource or material limitations
• Conducts a workflow analysis to improve processes and implement solutions
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and voluntary standards of performance

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, chemical, physical, or biological science
• At least 6 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience as a qualified Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Cytotechnologist, or Histotechnologist
• Extensive management experience
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of regulatory influences specific to the work environment
• Understanding of Good Laboratory Practice (cGLP)
• Current knowledge of relevant scientific disciplines and technologies
• Ability to integrate concepts from various laboratory areas to advance expertise
• Ability to delegate tasks effectively and follow up on their completion
• Time management skills to complete work on time
• Knowledge of policies, protocols, and procedures relevant to the work environment
• Ability to deploy and manage new testing modalities
• Ability to validate reference intervals and demonstrate clinical efficacy of testing
• Ability to perform special maintenance procedures and complex troubleshooting of equipment
• Ability to specify and implement a control system to ensure high quality results
• Ability to determine benefits of standardizing technology in an integrated model

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, chemical, physical, or biological science (required)
• Master's Degree in medical technology, chemical, physical, or biological science (preferred)
• At least 4 years of pertinent laboratory experience with at least 2 years within the designated laboratory specialty in qualified Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Cytotechnologist, or Histotechnologist (required for Master's Degree)
• Extensive management experience (required)
• Effectively communicates with customers, nursing staff, physicians, and other hospital employees (required)
• Knowledge of all policies (both hospital and departmental), protocols, and procedures and instrumentation for which they have been trained (required)
• Accepts constructive criticism in a professional manner, incorporating changes where necessary (required)
• Deploy and manage new testing modalities (required)
• Validate reference intervals and demonstrate clinical efficacy of testing through clinical and statistical based endpoints (required)
• Perform special maintenance procedures and complex troubleshooting of equipment (required)
• Specify and utilize computerized tools for the selection and interpretation of laboratory testing (required)
• Maintain LIS and procedures to ensure clinicians receive laboratory data in a timely and useful manner (required)
• Design and implement reports that present patient data in a clinically useful format (required)
• Analyze information from multiple sources to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to convert it to actionable knowledge (required)
• Effect conflict resolution to benefit both the patient and the healthcare team (required)
• Identify situations where delegation is appropriate, communicate expectations clearly, and follow up to ensure effective completion (required)
• Manage time by getting control of time wasters and completing work on time (required)
• Be honest and perform job duties ethically (required)
• Serve as a positive role model for other staff by being punctual (including breaks), maintaining personal hygiene, wearing appropriate attire, limiting personal phone calls, and contributing to the departmental "team" through cooperation and conflict avoidance (required)

Skills

• Proficiency in computer systems
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations in all units of measure
• Ability to compute dilutions and do statistical analysis
• Ability to prepare solutions and/or media
• Ability to assess and demonstrate competencies and accomplishments
• Ability to understand regulatory influences specific to the work environment
• Ability to understand and implement quality tools and systems
• Ability to participate in the laboratory quality management program
• Ability to use competitive comparisons and benchmarking
• Ability to ensure compliance with regulatory and voluntary standards of performance
• Ability to participate in regulatory and accreditation surveys
• Ability to monitor satisfaction of internal and external customers and react effectively to feedback
• Ability to develop understanding of processes and regulatory/quality requirements for development of assays, instruments, and tools used in laboratory medicine
• Ability to generate information and summary reports using statistical and decision-making tools
• Ability to specify and utilize computerized tools for the selection and interpretation of laboratory testing
• Ability to maintain LIS and procedures to ensure clinicians receive laboratory data in a timely and useful manner
• Ability to design and implement reports that present patient data in a clinically useful format
• Ability to analyze information from multiple sources to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to convert it to actionable knowledge
• Ability to effect conflict resolution to benefit both the patient and the healthcare team
• Ability to identify situations where delegation is appropriate, communicate expectations clearly, and follow up to ensure effective completion
• Ability to serve as a resource in resolution of intra/inter departmental healthcare issues

Benefits

Includes comprehensive health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and more.

Pay

$77,075.00 - $119,466.00 per year

Schedule

Day shift