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Job Description
Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma (DLO)
Location: Enid, OK
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00pm-7:30am
Essential Functions:
- Report to work on time and prepared for each scheduled shift
- Perform all assigned duties and processes, including tasks for which you are fully qualified and those within your demonstrated capabilities
- Maintain a positive, professional, and supportive attitude throughout the workday
- Work collaboratively as a team member and contribute to a respectful, productive work environment
- Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test result.
- Maintain records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
- Analyze specimens using approved testing procedures (see department SOPs).
- Review and release test results.
- Follow CLIA, HIPAA, OSHA, and safety guidelines as described in their respective guidelines.
- Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and all maintenance performed.
- Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
- Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results, correct the problems encountered or immediately notify the senior technologist or supervisor.
- Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
Required Knowledge:
- AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology.
- ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent or be eligible for national MT/MLT certification
Required Experience:
- 1-year Clinical experience (high complexity testing) preferred.
- Minimum of one year of clinical laboratory experience in highly complex testing for those with BS/BA in Chemistry or Biology.
Special Requirements:
- Ability to maintain a professional, courteous and pleasant attitude in times of heavy workload
- and stress.
- Teamwork with fellow employees is a must.
- Keyboard skills are important.
- Able to work any day including weekends and holidays; able to flex hours and work overtime for other shifts as needed.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects: Objects 1 to 10 pounds are lifted and carried frequently; objects 11 to 25 pounds are lifted and carried occasionally; objects 36 to 50 pounds are seldom lifted or carried and objects over 50 pounds are not to be lifted or carried without assistance.
- Ability to stand and work at the bench for long periods of time.
- Frequent walking and/or standing.
- May be required to use a wide variety of manual and automated pipettes and laboratory instruments and apparatuses all of which demand significant manual dexterity.