MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST/MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST, (PART-TIME, VARIABLE DAYS): $5,000 SIGNING BONUS

A Higher Degree of Healthcare
All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored.

At UW Medical Center – Northwest, we’re proud of the acclaim we've received for our excellence in patient care and safety. Among the local, regional and national recognition we've received are: The Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award; The Emergency Medicine Excellence Award; The Stroke Care Excellence Award; Winner of the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety for the last three years in a row. We’re also one of the safest places to get care – among the top 5% in the country. 

UW Medical Center – Northwest includes a full-service, non-profit community hospital offering comprehensive medical, surgical and therapeutic services. With 281 beds, more than 1900 employees and a world-class medical staff, we provide innovative, technologically advanced care on a patient-friendly, easy-access campus, just north of Seattle.

UW Medical Center - Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a PART-TIME, VARIABLE DAY SHIFTS, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST (0500-13:30 or 0630-15:00) in the Chemistry department . The Medical Technologist performs, in one or more areas of the Laboratory, routine and complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, as ordered by physician. The Medical Technologist exercises independent judgment, makes decisions, troubleshoots complex problems, develops new tests, and provides leadership and direction to technicians and lab assistants.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Testing, includes but is not limited to: <•Performs routine and complex technical procedures on biological specimens
  
• Performs tests accurately, promptly, and efficiently. Follows lab polices and procedures. Maintains cost-effective levels of supplies and reagents
  
• Uses computer systems (LIS, network, etc) effectively. Enter results of the analyses into the computer for storage and reporting
  
• Operates, calibrates, cleans, and maintains equipment used in testing
  
• Follows safety procedures
  
• Recognizes and, if so assigned, corrects errors. Documents corrective action
  
• Works independently and uses independent judgment, under general direction by the supervisor
  
• Demonstrates knowledge of expected values, disease states, physiological conditions, interfering substances, specimen quality problems, and interdependency of tests.  Uses this knowledge to interpret and confirm results, and to identify and resolve problems
  
• As assigned, may check and approve the work of other technologists, technicians or lab assistants
  
• Quality Control, includes but is not limited to:
  
• Utilizes quality control criteria to ensure validity before reports are issued
  
• Performs all quality procedures as required, such as proficiency testing, temperature control, reagent control, equipment calibrations and function verification tests.  Dates and initials controls, calibrators, reagents and test kits when opened, put in use, or reconstituted
  
• Completes appropriate QC documentation and records necessary for CAP and Joint Commission accreditation and CLIA licensure
  
• May assist laboratory management in preparation for inspections.
  
• As assigned, may assist with establishing and monitoring quality control programs.  Identifies questionable data and notifies supervisor immediately
  
• Problem-solving & troubleshooting, includes but is not limited to:
  
• Proficiently remedies basic, intermediate, and complex instrument and procedural problems
  
• Assists other MTs, technicians and lab assistants with problem-solving.
  
• Identifies causes of problems (technical and procedural as well as physiological), evaluates alternatives and determines solutions; if so assigned, implements identified solutions
  
• Recognizes problems and contacts equipment vendor and supervisor in a timely manner
  
• Research & Development, includes but is not limited to:
  
• Develops new procedures; evaluates and modifies existing procedures
  
• Collects and analyzes data; performs statistical analysis
  
• Training and leadership, includes but is not limited to:
  
• Trains new employees (demonstrates bench techniques for routine and complex procedures)
  
• Assist in competency evaluation and documentation of other staff members
  
• Assists with training students completing their formal clinical internships
  
• If so assigned, directs the work of lab assistants and technicians, acts as a resource, and provides input to the supervisor and staff

  REQUIREMENTS:
  This position will be offered as a Medical Laboratory Scientist 1 or Medical Laboratory Scientist Trainee dependent upon the qualifications of the selected candidate

  Requirements for MLS Trainee
  Accredited Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Science OR equivalent education/experience
  AND
  Eligible to take the Medical Laboratory Science certification examination from the American Society for Clinical Pathology, with successful completion and certification within one year from date of hire. Failure of Medical Laboratory Science graduates to attain certification within one year of date of hire will result in a recommendation for termination.

  Requirements for MLS 1
  Accredited Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Science OR equivalent education/experience
  AND
  Current Medical Laboratory Science certification with the American Society for Clinical Pathology or equivalent certifying organization; or certification with specialty organization appropriate to the laboratory division.
  AND
  One year of experience as a Medical Laboratory Scientist Trainee. Up to one year of on-the-job experience performing clinical testing in a Medical Laboratory Science Program externship may count towards the experience requirement.

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