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NYC Health + Hospitals · 1 week ago

Laboratory Technologist-Level VI

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$141K/yr - $141K/yr

2+ years exp

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country, providing high quality health services with compassion and dignity. The Laboratory Technologist-Level VI will oversee laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with clinical standards and managing staff scheduling and evaluations.

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Responsibilities

Functions as technical and administrative person related to clinical laboratory. Oversees and monitors all testing performed in the Core Laboratory. Supervises and inspects all mandated records related to regulatory agencies. Oversees all quality assurance activities related to both clinical and anatomic laboratories

Advises Chief and Lab Administrator of any major changes related to clinical systems and procedures. Can function as the Laboratory Administrator in his/her absence

Oversees each procedure performed in the Laboratory for compliance with clinical laboratory standards and inform /assist the Chief of Pathology/Laboratory Administrator regarding the state of laboratory testing

Assurance of daily performance of QC and preventive maintenance of clinical instruments in the laboratory prior to running and releasing of patient testing

Procure/Order/maintain sufficient quality control materials and QC/QA and other records pertinent for regulatory inspections

Responsible for SOP preparation/writing/reviews/revision and submit same to Chief of Pathology for final reviews and approval

Receives/records/evaluates and ascertains proficiency testing surveys/review results and dispatch proficiency results/exception reports to regulatory agencies

Initiates all studies that affect laboratory testing and coordinate staff in-service education and training in anatomic and clinical pathology

Responsible for monitoring the departmental monthly staff scheduling. Daily maintenance of sufficient staffing level to ascertain adequate staffing in the laboratories

Responsible for staff annual evaluations

Participate in the annual budgeting for the laboratories

Compliance with patient confidentiality/safety/privacy, HIPAA and PHI rules and regulations. Maintains standards of care, work on laboratory goals to prioritize patient safety/care, respond to inquiries courteously/accurately and timely and provide only necessary information admissible under the rules to providers and or others. Promote safe, cooperative and professional health care environment for patient/public health safety, optimal patient care, best laboratory practices, rules/regulations and demonstrates reliable/professional conduct/standards of performance and behaviors

Agree to comply with the terms of the Health Commerce Security and use policies as required, conducts staff meetings and ensure effective communication between the staff, supervisors and from shift to shift to ensure all the activities are properly executed in a timely fashion

Qualification

Clinical laboratory licenseLaboratory operations oversightQuality assurance activitiesSOP preparationStaff schedulingRegulatory complianceCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

Valid license as a clinical laboratory technologist, cytotechnologist, or histotechnologist issued by the NYSED

In addition to meeting the qualification requirement of Assignment Level II candidates must also meet one of the qualification requirements of a laboratory supervisor, as outlined in Title 10, Section 58-1.4 of the New York Public Health Law

Two (2) years of experience overseeing laboratory or blood bank operations, creating and establishing laboratory or blood bank programs and reviewing and interpreting safety data, in a hospital or health care setting

Successful completion of NYC Health + Hospitals' Supervisor Development Program within three (3) months of appointment or promotion