Lead Clinical Lab Tech - Day Shift

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus Opportunity Rutherford Regional Health System is a 143-bed acute care facility that offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Rutherford Regional is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs. We provide our services in a caring, professional environment through the teamwork of our medical staff and employees. Rutherford Regional Health System's partnership with Duke LifePoint Healthcare is bringing the pieces together to transform healthcare in Rutherford County. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System, one of the country's leading academic health systems, and LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals, healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality, innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Duke's unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoint's extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations. Clinical Lab Techs perform diagnostic testing on patient samples to aid physicians in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of various disease states. They will perform a variety of routine and complex testing ranging from waived to high complexity testing in all sections of the laboratory, including Hematology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, and Microbiology. Clinical Lab Techs participate in patient testing, quality control, CAP surveys, policy and procedure development, and equipment maintenance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Assists staff in resolving issues and complex troubleshooting with instruments to ensure area is always able to report results.
• Resolve technical problems and ensures that remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from policies and procedures.
• Establishes and monitors quality control programs as the technical lead of assigned area and administrative director direction.
• Performs Quality Assurance work to ensure accuracy of equipment.
• Technical leads are eligible for after shift hours for on-call pay including the coverage when Administrative Director is Unavailable.
• Mentors and trains all staff and reports any training issues to the laboratory administrative director.
• Verifies patient and specimen identification before performing any procedure.
• Follows standardized procedures and helps prepare samples for testing.
• Follows specimen rejection policies and procedures.
• Assists in the Laboratory Information system with direction from Internal IT and Lifepoint Lab Meditech team. LIS functional training and process improvements. Will require LIS dictionaries access to perform certain features. Meditech Circle access will be approved by the Admin Director and IT Director.
• Operates laboratory equipment in a high-quality, effective manner.
• Analyzes test results for accuracy, acceptability, and critical limits, and reports/documents results per organizational standards.
• Performs automated tests using computerized instruments & automated equipment.
• Maintains technical knowledge and problem-solving skills to resolve instrumentation, testing, or QC (Quality Control) problems.
• Set up new procedures and instrumentation under the technical lead direction consulting with Medical Director when appropriate.
• Utilizes the laboratory and hospital QA/PI plans to continually improve processes and designs.
• Maintains sufficient inventory of supplies and takes steps to reduce waste.
• Manages the teaching and training of new employees and designated to verify competencies for technical responsibilities of area lead.
• Assists Administrative Director with management of operations, human resources, and finances when called upon in absence.

Minimum Education

Associate's degree with medical laboratory technician training and 2-5 years' experience in hospital/medical laboratory.

Bachelor's degree in biology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or medical technology, clinical training.

Certifications:

Completion of a certified clinical laboratory science program affiliated with accredited agency.

ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology) certification required.

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. Computer: Meditech experienced preferred. Basic Microsoft Office suite

Minimum Work Experience

3 years of experience preferred in hospital clinical laboratory.

Benefits - Wide range of benefits options! Here at Rutherford Regional, you choose your own Medical, Dental, and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs. * HSA

401(K) retirement plan contributions

Generous Paid Time Off

Accident & Critical Illness Insurance

Prescription Assistance with OptumRx

Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance, Short/Long-term Disability, and Identity Theft.

Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional, legal, financial, and daily life support for your entire household. Services are available 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week.

Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work.

Why join our team?

We are dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs, and we believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal. Rutherford Regional is growing its team of dedicated health care professionals. If you are looking to start a /career that cares/, are passionate about changing lives, and ready to work in a supportive environment in a close-knit community, apply today!

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Title: Lead Clinical Lab Tech - Day Shift

Location: NC-Rutherfordton

Requisition ID: 7462-9120