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Medical Technologist MT (Part-Time, Weekends)
Job description
- Follows established departmental and SMC policies and procedures, objectives, quality control and performance improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Consistently performs test procedures following written procedures conforming to current standards and manufacturers recommendations.
- Reviews and verifies patient results prior to reporting and communicates critical values and other grossly abnormal results to the appropriate healthcare personnel in a timely manner, following established policies.
- Receives and/or collects specimens and labels them appropriately, maintaining specimen integrity until specimens are discarded following established policies and procedures for specimen retention.
- Performs supply inventory as assigned to prevent shortages in assigned work areas.
- Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves.
- Follows proper procedures for disposal of sharps and hazardous materials.
- Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment as directed.
- Maintains current knowledge and training on equipment and procedures.
- Performs required calibration, maintenance, and quality control of instruments and procedures.
- Notifies supervisor promptly of customer concerns, unsafe conditions, and malfunctioning instruments/test procedures.
- Maintains competence in computer skills pertaining to order entry, and laboratory computer system orders, collections, result entry, patient report retrieval, and report printing tasks.
- Attends required SMC and departmental safety, compliance, and infection control in-services.
- Maintains knowledge of coding and billing policies as they pertain to determination of medical necessity and federally mandated reimbursement.
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, and in-service meetings.
- Assesses educational needs of patients and provides patients with education of procedures, obtaining patient feedback to ensure their understanding. Adapts performance of procedures to accommodate unique needs of patients.
- Performs and maintains documentation.
- Maintains required records, reports, and statistics, as directed.
- Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, patient teaching and status of outcomes at discharge.
- Completes shift end check prior to leaving duty.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
