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Wellstar Health System

Medical Tech

Wellstar Health System, Roswell, Georgia, United States, 30076

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Wellstar Health System How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Work Shift

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Under the general supervision of the Supervisors, Manager or Director, performs clinical laboratory testing pursuant to established and approved protocols requiring the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility, maintains equipment and records, performs quality assurance activities related to test performance and may supervise and teach within the laboratory setting. The Med Tech II is fully proficient in their area of expertise, and will serve as a Generalist in all areas of the General Lab and Blood Bank, or as a Key Operator / Subject Matter Expert in their assigned area. Core Competencies include accuracy, critical thinking, job knowledge, productivity and communication. Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures. Demonstrates ability to provide timely information monitoring, investigation, resolution, and hand-off to team members. Performs other duties as assigned. Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

PERFORMS RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST: Works independently analyzing blood and body fluids for ordered diagnostic tests in General laboratory, Blood Bank, or Microbiology sections. Reports results using good lab technique and adheres to established procedures. Performs all routine testing in hematology, manual hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, processing, chemistry, manual chemistry, blood bank and microbiology as requested. Performs all lab supplementary tasks for Quality control, chemical safety, and logs all required activities to track workload, work in progress, pending logs and amended information. Effectively communicates all information to appropriate personnel as required by policy and procedure. Participates in shift-to-shift hand-off communication. PERFORMS DUTIES OF SUPERVISORS IN THEIR ABSENCE: Acts as a resource to the Pathologists. Resolves issues, fields problem phone calls, checks critical logs, serves as a technical resource to other techs, and trains staff in new procedures. Acts as consultants and advisors to other Supervisors. SPECIAL ASSIGNED DUTIES MAY INCLUDE: Performs scheduled maintenance on key instruments; maintains up-to-date procedure manuals; ensures daily/weekly instrument maintenance; maintains reagent logs and logs new shipment lot numbers; maintains QC reports; orders supplies; provides training for new employees; creates documents and completes Performance Improvement Projects; conducts linearity and correlation studies; evaluates new tests and procedure changes; performs CAP surveys when assigned; maintains CAP and The Joint Commission readiness. BLOOD BANK DUTIES (IF REQUIRED): Participates in regular bench rotation in the blood bank on evening or night shift as needed; runs automated blood bank instruments; performs stat duties as needed; orders and supplies blood products; completes work assignments for the shift. Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct. Education, Licenses and Certifications

Required Minimum Education Bachelors Medical Technology or Bachelors Health Science or Bachelors General or Masters Business Administration/Management Required Minimum Licenses and Certifications MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist or MT(AMT) - Medical Technologist or MT(HEW) - Medical Technologist or MT(AAB) - Medical Technologist or MLS(ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MLS(AMT) - Medical Laboratory Scientist Additional Licenses and Certifications Required Minimum Experience Minimum 3 years experience as a Medical Laboratory Scientist. Epic experience preferred. Required Minimum Skills Computer/data entry experience. Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team. Ability to use Excel, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge. Seniorities, Employment Type and Function

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level Employment type : Part-time Job function : Health Care Provider Industries : Hospitals and Health Care Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more. Note: Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Wellstar Health System. Get notified about new Medical Technician jobs in Roswell, GA. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.

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