Current Department Employees: CLS Technical Specialist

This is a full-time, day shift, opportunity

Bargaining Unit: EAP

Rate of Pay: DOE

• Performs complex laboratory testing in accordance with established procedures; evaluates results, recognizes abnormalities or deviations, and takes appropriate action to ensure accuracy, precision, and patient safety.
• Evaluates pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes; identifies factors that may affect results and takes appropriate corrective action.
• Analyzes quality control data and determines the validity of patient results; responds to questions regarding results, methodologies, specificity, sensitivity, and factors that may influence testing.
• Operates, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory instruments and equipment; ensures required maintenance is completed and documented and coordinates vendor service when necessary.
• Performs and Evaluates new techniques and procedures, including method comparisons, reference interval establishment, and assessment of space and personnel requirements; writes and revises technical procedures as needed.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, safety, HIPAA, and organizational requirements within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintains current policies, procedures, and required documentation for assigned areas.
• Monitors daily operations, including quality control, corrected reports, pending lists, shift reports, instrument issues and maintenance, supply levels, and other operational concerns; submits Quality Monitor Reporting (QMR) as appropriate.
• Utilizes time away from bench duties to complete regulatory, accreditation, quality, technological, and other specialist responsibilities. 
• Promotes timely and accurate communication of laboratory results to appropriate providers and caregivers and responds professionally to inquiries and concerns.
• Receives, documents, and appropriately escalates complaints or concerns from staff, providers, and patients.
• Assists with staff competency assessments, direct observations, training, and education; With support of supervisor, provides updates regarding procedures, policies, and operational issues.
• Reviews and may submit Proficiency Testing results associated with assigned areas.
• Participates in laboratory leadership meetings and presents updates for assigned areas as requested.
• Documents and communicates staff work-time discrepancies and other staffing or operational concerns to the appropriate laboratory supervisor.
• Monitors laboratory information systems and end-user computer operations and participates in software verification, downtime procedures, and recovery.
• Maintains a safe work environment and supports compliance with laboratory safety requirements.
• Collaborates with external departments, quality committees, vendors, and other organizational groups as directed by laboratory management. 
• Demonstrates System Values and complies with System policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Upon hire

• Upon hire