UMass Memorial Health·Leominster, Massachusetts
Perform routine and complex laboratory tests across various departments to provide accurate diagnostic results for physicians. Maintain laboratory equipment, ensure quality control compliance, and process patient specimens according to established protocols.
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$24.44 - $44.00
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend
10:30pm - 7:00am, every other weekend
3 - Night Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
Hours: 32
24050 - 3110 Lab Administration
This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
This position is responsible for providing services of both a technical and non-technical nature in the laboratory service areas. Works with considerable independence to perform routine and complex laboratory tests in all assigned departments of the clinical laboratory to provide physicians with rapid and accurate laboratory test results. May perform procedures across the major areas of the laboratory or concentrate in one area such as Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology or Microbiology.
1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives. 2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed. 3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations. 4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements. 5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors. 6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance. 7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
All responsibilities are essential job functions.
II. Position Qualifications: License/Certification/Education:
1. Associate degree in a laboratory science (chemical or biological science) or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution.
1. MLT (ASCP) certification.
1. Professional knowledge of medical technology principals and methodologies sufficient to perform clinical laboratory procedures. 2. Ability to endure periods of heavy workload and stress. 3. Ability to accept constructive feedback and initiate appropriate actions to correct situations. 4. Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. 5. Ability to use computer-based systems to record, tract, review, and interpret test results.
1. Minimum one (1) year of clinical laboratory experience.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.
Working Indoors; High Stress Level; Precise Motor Skills Required; Precise Hearing Required; Precise Vision Required; Color Vision Required.
Frequently - Sitting; Standing; Walking; Climbing; Balancing; Reaching.
Occasionally - Pushing; Pulling; Twisting; Bending; Kneeling; Grasping; Repetitive Movements; Temperature Extremes; Lifting Less than 10 pounds to 50 pounds; Carrying Less than 10 pounds to 50 pounds; Pulling Less than 10 pounds to 50 pounds; Pushing Less than 10 pounds to 50 pounds.
Never - Crawling; Working Outdoors; Heights; Lifting 50 pounds to more than 100 pounds; Carrying 50 pounds to more than 100 pounds; Pulling 50 pounds to more than 100 pounds; Pushing 50 pounds to more than 100 pounds.
The Organization reserves the right to modify position duties at any time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Requires an associate degree in laboratory science or medical laboratory technology. Professional knowledge of medical technology principles is required, with MLT (ASCP) certification and one year of clinical experience preferred.
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