at William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ability to function in all areas of the clinical laboratory: blood bank, chemistry, hematology, microbiology and immunology.
- Performs qualitative urine analysis; color, clarity, specific gravity.
- Performs type and cross matches in the blood bank with results reviewed by the medical technologist.
- Demonstrates knowledge of expected lab results for the infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient. Makes medical technologist and/or Lab Director aware of abnormal results, panic values.
- Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
- Maintains trouble shooting and performs quality.
- Follows standard precautions at all times.
- Operates and maintains equipment correctly and safely, including calibration of instruments.
- Interacts professionally with Laboratory General Supervisor, Section Supervisors, Lab Director and Clinical laboratory personnel.
- Uses hospital approved disinfectants for cleaning.
- Responsible for inventory of reagents and supplies in the laboratory, reports needed supplies to the general supervisor.
- Initiates the meeting of responsibilities without prompting.
- Demonstrates the values of team concept on a consistent basis.
- Communicates verbally in a clear and concise manner.
- Submits suggestions to improve the laboratory’s efficiency.
- Interacts with laboratory personnel in a professional manner.
- Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.
Requirements
Professional Requirements:
- Adheres to dress code standards, appearance is neat and clean.
- Completes annual educational requirements.
- Maintains regulatory requirements including all state, federal and CMS regulations.
- Maintains and ensure patient confidentiality at all times.
- Reports to work on time and as scheduled; completes work within designated time.
- Wears identification while on duty; uses computerized time system correctly.
- Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
- Attends annual review and departmental in-services, as scheduled.
- Attends staff meetings; reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
- Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
- Actively participates in performance improvement and quality improvement activities.
- Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments and staff.
- Ensures compliance with policies and procedures regarding department operations, fire, safety and infection control.
- Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
- Communicates the mission, vision, core values, ethics and goals of the hospital as well as the mission statement of the department.
- Uses AIDET with each patient interaction.
