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NYC Health + Hospitals · 6 hours ago

Laboratory Technologist Level IV - Blood Bank

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$115K/yr - $115K/yr

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country, providing high quality health services with compassion and respect. The Laboratory Technologist Level IV will supervise and direct laboratory staff, perform complex tests, and ensure quality control in the laboratory setting.

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Responsibilities

Supervises, directs, trains, assigns work to, establishes schedules for work completion, and reviews and evaluates work performance of personnel in a large laboratory or more than one small laboratory, performing tests and complex procedures in laboratory specialties and subspecialties

Supervises and directs laboratory staff in a water pollution control laboratory in the performance of laboratory tests for fecal matter and microscopic algae

Performs biochemical, plankton, zooplankton and other species of analyses

Performs routine clinical laboratory tests and procedures for diagnosis and treatment on specimens submitted to the laboratory

Enters raw data from instruments into computer to determine final results and records results on report forms, in record books, and/or in electronic form, as appropriate and required

Processes specimens and cultures, isolates and identifies micro-organisms, prepares and examines slides and smears

Operates and maintains laboratory equipment, and performs quality control procedures

Participates in internal and external programs of quality control and proficiency testing, as required by regulatory agencies

Prepares packages, labels, standardizes laboratory media, reagents, and controls to ensure that the laboratory is adequately supplied

Prepares reports, makes entries on charts, and maintains data and other records on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, as required

Assists with complex analyses on laboratory specimens

Records results on laboratory report forms, in record books, and/or in electronic form, as appropriate and required

Maintains internal and external programs of quality control and proficiency testing, as required by regulatory agencies

Maintains laboratory records and prepares reports

Assists in on-the-job or classroom training of subordinates, new personnel, and other persons, as required

Orders and maintains adequate amounts of media, reagents, and other supplies or assists supervisor with this function

Maintains a program of quality control and participates in a program of quality assurance

Advises staff on appropriate methods and techniques

Oversees the ordering and maintenance of laboratory supplies and equipment as well as the preparation, packaging, labeling, and standardization of laboratory media and reagents

Prepares work orders for laboratory repairs

Assists in developing and revising laboratory policies and procedures

Conducts tests and/or other complex analyses

Designs and maintains charts, logs, and other records

Testifies in court or other proceedings as an expert witness

May prepare correspondence and narrative/statistical reports

Plans and conducts training sessions for laboratory personnel in various laboratory techniques

Oversees a program of quality control and reviews such program performed by subordinates

Prepares or oversees the preparation of laboratory samples for use in simulated and split-sample proficiency testing of clinical and other laboratories

May visit laboratories to ensure that laboratory policies and procedures are in compliance with City, State, and federal regulations

Performs complex tests on specimens submitted to the laboratory

Answers written or oral inquiries regarding areas of specialty from hospital or laboratory personnel and other inquirers

Represents the health care system in court and provides expert testimony on pertinent laboratory findings

Prepares technical and other reports on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, as required

Assists in the preparation of annual budget requests

Interviews applicants for the laboratories, and provides appropriate liaison between laboratory staff and those ultimately responsible for administrative policies

Qualification

Clinical laboratory technologist licenseQuality control proceduresLaboratory equipment maintenanceBiochemical analysisTrainingSupervisionEmpathic communicationTeam collaboration

Required

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

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