Perm – Technologist – Laboratory (Days) Blaine, MN

Title: Perm – Technologist – Laboratory (Days) Blaine, MN

Description:

Hourly Range: *** – *** (Based on years of experience in actual role title)
25% Perm Placement Fee

As a Laboratory Technician, you will be responsible for the collection and processing of customer specimens and the performance and evaluation of a range of clinical laboratory tests to assist in the diagnosis and monitoring of customer treatment.  Customers may include infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collects and processes specimens using universal precautions, safety control protocols, according to established policies and procedures.
• Assesses and reacts effectively to unique customer needs.
• Troubleshoots problems related to specimens and test orders, documents problems and applies corrective action as necessary.
• Performs computer data entry/receipt of specimens and computer related duties as needed.
• Prepares and packages samples to be sent to the reference laboratory.
• Stocks, rotates, and requests supplies to ensure proper availability in the work area.
• Performs waived and moderately complex clinical laboratory tests in accordance with policy and procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of customers, quality control verification, competency, and proficiency testing.
• Identifies and troubleshoots errors or problems occurring during test performance and documents problems, corrective action, and resolution.
• Analyzes the validity of customer results in the context of customer age, growth/developmental status, diagnosis, disease state, and/or current treatments.
• Validates, documents and reports results following standard operating procedures.
• Performs and documents preventative maintenance according to instrument procedure and regulatory agencies.
• Performs quality control procedures and verifies quality control results before reporting customer results.
• Troubleshoots instrument malfunctions documenting corrective action according to instrument procedure and calls instrument contracted service as warranted.
• Ensures competency by completing annual competency testing and quality assessments.
• Assists in the orderliness and cleanliness of the laboratory.
• Accepts other duties as assigned to promote the accomplishment of organizational goals.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial’s Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.

North Memorial Health offers a competitive benefits package that is comprehensive, supporting team members through health, financial, career growth and work/life balance goals. Benefits package may include:

• Team member and dependent health and dental insurance plans.
• Team member and dependent options for life insurance, up to five times the annual salary.
• Short-term and long-term disability plans.
• Health Savings Account.
• Team member pharmacy.
• Medication Therapy Management Services.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Team member health clinic services.
• Team member fitness centers located at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale and Maple Grove Hospital.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plans.
• Retirement savings plans, including up to a 4 percent match for team member 401(k) contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 529 college savings plan.
• Team member credit union.
• Personal financial education and planning services.
• Child adoption assistance.
• Education tuition reimbursement.
• Career development programs.
• Community volunteer program.
• Matching gift program.
• Flex time.
• Job sharing.
• Compressed workweek.