Lab Technologist Level III

About the role

Kings County Hospital Center has a rich legacy for its pioneering role in medicine. Today, with over 625 beds, our hospital remains on the cutting edge of technology and provides the most modern procedures with state-of-the-art equipment. Built in 1831 as a one room infirmary for publicly supported care of the sick, Kings County Hospital Center continues to be a leading healthcare facility whose mission is to provide care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Responsibilities

Purpose of Position: This class of positions encompasses the scopes of practice of clinical laboratory technologists and, where appropriate, cytotechnologists and histotechnologists, in accordance with Article 165 of the New York State Education Law and Title 10 of the New York State Public Health Law.

Under direction, with very broad latitude for independent judgment and decision making, supervises, trains, assigns work to, and evaluates work performance of personnel in a small laboratory or laboratory sub-unit performing routine and complex clinical laboratory tests and analyses.

• Performs routine clinical laboratory tests and procedures for diagnosis and treatment on specimens submitted to the laboratory
• Enters raw data from instruments into computer to determine final results and records results on report forms, in record books, and/or in electronic form, as appropriate and required
• Processes specimens and cultures, isolates and identifies micro-organisms, prepares and examines slides and smears
• Operates and maintains laboratory equipment, and performs quality control procedures
• Participates in internal and external programs of quality control and proficiency testing, as required by regulatory agencies
• Prepares packages, labels, standardizes laboratory media, reagents, and controls to ensure that the laboratory is adequately supplied
• Prepares reports, makes entries on charts, and maintains data and other records on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, as required

Qualifications

Valid license as a clinical laboratory technologist, cytotechnologist, or histotechnologist issued by the NYSED.

In addition to meeting the qualification requirement of Assignment Level II, appointment to Level III requires: One (1) year of full-time paid experience as a technologist in a clinical laboratory or blood bank.

Qualifying experience is not limited to New York State.

Candidates that are solely licensed or issued permits to practice as cytotechnologists or histotechnologists may only be assigned work, including supervising personnel performing laboratory work, in a laboratory discipline/specialty appropriate to their license or permit.

Candidates that are licensed or hold permits to practice as clinical laboratory technologists may be assigned work, including supervising personnel performing laboratory work, in all laboratory disciplines/specialties.