Clinical Laboratory Technician

Job description

City/State:
Bronx, New York
Grant Funded:
No
Department:
Path - Pathology Reference Laboratory
Bargaining Unit:
1199
Work Shift:
Evening
Work Days:
ALTERNATE WEEKENDS
Scheduled Hours:
11 AM-7:30 PM
Scheduled Daily Hours:
7.5 HOURS
Hourly Rate:
$43.79
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Montefiore Medical Center's Division of Clinical Pathology is responsible for the laboratory testing of blood, urine, and body fluids for disease diagnosis and health maintenance. Utilizing the latest advances in computer technology, the Division maintains millions of dollars of state-of-the-art automated equipment at its laboratory sites and services hospitals, nursing homes, the Montefiore Medical Group, faculty practices, and voluntary physicians' offices at more than 40 sites.
Under supervision of a supervisor or Senior Technologist performs all tests within the scope and responsibility of the Chemistry Laboratory according to the laboratory policy and procedure manual. Performs any related clerical duties.
Essential Functions:
• Perform routine QC
• Operate automated instruments
• Manual procedures, maintain logs
• Use all infection controls procedures
• Ability to operate Laboratory equipment
• Use independent judgment to solve technical and procedural problems
• Recognize pediatric, neonatal panic values
• Review results for consistency with demographics of patient
• Report panic and abnormal values, proper handling with specimens’ problems (QNS, clotted, lipemic, hemolyzed)

Qualifications:
• Associate degree required, Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technician or life sciences preferred
• A minimum of 1 year of work experience required
• New York State Department of Education Clinical Laboratory Technician License required
• Knowledge of laboratory practices, QA/QC concepts and practices
• Use of all types of laboratory equipment: centrifuges, pipettes, microscopes, mixers, vortex mixers, computers and QC programs required
• Must be proficient using automated and manual equipment
• Knowledge of Laboratory information systems

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.