MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS

About the role

Designs, manages, and maintains a clinical or public health laboratory information system. Essential Job Functions include developing, designing, and formatting management reports; conducting system-verification tests; collecting and formatting data for quality control procedures; acting as a liaison between the laboratory unit and external agencies; assisting in implementing and supporting electronic interfaces; assisting in conducting training programs; analyzing, overseeing, and revising laboratory information system applications; maintaining and updating master test files; developing and documenting backup procedures; and ensuring the operational accuracy of data transmission.

Responsibilities

• Develops, designs and formats management reports utilizing a report-writer program.
• Conducts system-verification tests to ensure the operational accuracy of data transmission related to database/client and equipment interfaces and test code reproducibility.
• Designs, formats, and collects data from laboratory information system applications/programs for quality control procedures; creates reports for on-going quality assessment.
• Acts as a liaison between the laboratory unit, contract maintenance and repair service and other units within the medical facility, department or external agencies/clients concerning problems with the laboratory information system.
• Assists in implementing, supporting and may validate electronic interfaces linking the laboratory information system to other information systems or instruments.
• Assists in conducting training programs and providing direction to laboratory personnel in the use of laboratory information systems, instrument interfaces and change implementation.
• Analyzes, oversees, and revises existing laboratory information system applications, data system parameters, and associated test code definitions for analytical tests on human, animal and environmental specimens to conform with updated test methodology or standard value ranges.
• Maintains and updates the master test file, user and client profiles, procedure and security clearance files and access user levels.
• Develops and documents backup procedures to ensure the viability and accessibility of laboratory information and operations in the event of system malfunction.

Requirements

• Three years of experience as a clinical laboratory scientist* or public health microbiologist** in a CLIA-certified laboratory****.
• Los Angeles County Department of Health Services: Clinical Laboratory Scientist license issued by the California Department of Public Health.
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Limited Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Microbiologist Scientist License, or Public Health Microbiologist Certificate issued by the California Department of Public Health.
• Experience using Cerner System for managing hospital laboratory reports.

Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications include additional experience beyond the Selection Requirements.

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