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RWJBarnabas Health · 1 month ago

Med Tech Blood Bank

New Brunswick, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$32.92/hr - $43.76/hr

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination in New Jersey, providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine. The Blood Bank Medical Technologist performs routine and complex compatibility tests, ensures quality control, and maintains equipment to provide accurate results for patient diagnosis and treatment.

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Responsibilities

Performs all testing as per standard operating procedures

Performs bench work in all trained areas

Ability to keep up with and maintain desired turn-around times

Serves as a resource person for technical questions and problem resolution

Troubleshoots problem specimens and interacts with medical staff and hospital staff, as necessary

Assists in training and orienting new lab employees, hospital employees and students

Quality Control is performed and documented as scheduled in the same manner as patient samples, resolving all QC failures with immediate corrective action, documentation and notification to the supervisor, or designee

Performs proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples and is completed on time and accurately documented

Ensures integrity and appropriate use of all IT systems

Utilizes the Information Systems and interfaces to accurately enter or modify reacquisitions, enter or edit patient results, enter result or order comments, enter QC results, provide corrective action for QC failure, verify completion of tests assigned to a bench, monitor testing turn-around times and look up results

Ensures all instruments have been properly calibrated, maintenance procedures performed and scheduled quality control completed and documented prior to analysis of patient samples

Institutes immediate corrective action when performance is unacceptable

Troubleshoots testing issues as applicable

Communicated problems/issues to the supervisor or designee

Ensures the Medical Director or designee are communicated to appropriately, as necessary

Provides oversight of technical operations in the absence of the supervisor, as needed

Demonstrates leadership skills as evidenced from co-workers and exit interviews of employees

During stressful or frustrating conditions is able to solve problems and be understanding and supportive of other people

Accepts constructive feedback and criticism appropriately

Promotes excellence within the section and effectively develops staff