Cytotechnologist - Full Time - Days

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Perform duties of a Cytotechnologist.

• Achieving set benchmarks and standards-Discrepancy rate falls within 2SD of lab mean.
• Meets Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) requirements as determined by the section pathologist regarding number of slides screened.
• Accurately perform, evaluate appropriateness and report tests/analyses requested on patient specimens.
• Is responsive to special needs and request of patients/customers.
• Accurately perform and evaluate staining quality of patient slides.
• Quality control is completed and documented 100% of the time.
• Compliant per personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines 100% of the time.
• Routine maintenance is completed and documented 100% of the time.
• Screened slides are available for easy retrieval by direct observation.
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) ordering and send out is completed in a timely fashion.
• Identify problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Section Leader, or Medical Director(s) to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.
• Utilizes time efficiently to complete assignments and assist coworkers.
• Uses organization and prioritization skills in achieving workload demands

Develop, implement, and document orientation, training, and education to ensure: employee/student competence, provide excellent services and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.

• Assists in training new and existing staff including the review and completion of orientation checklists and skill/training checklists.
• All training documentation is completed 100% of the time.
• Organizational and departmental competencies are completed 100% of the time.
• Communicates process/procedural changes in a timely manner and educates staff on the need for the change.
• Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.
• Assist with training and monitoring UNMC cytology students.

Assist in preparation for and participate in inspections, proficiency testing, and properly maintain records to fulfill the requirements of the accrediting agencies (i.e., College of American Pathologists (CAP), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) by following the provided protocol.

• College of American Pathologists (CAP) inspection will meet the standards as delineated in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations by review of inspection results.
• Assist with correcting all College of American Pathologist (CAP) deficiencies with the deadline by review of inspection results.
• Proficiency testing is completed as assigned and submitted by the deadline.
• Assists in completion of College of American Pathologist (CAP) checklist responses in preparation for on-site or self-inspection as assigned.
• Assists section leader with problem resolution and follow up reports for proficiency tests as requested.
• Assists in review/revision of procedure manuals as assigned.
• Assists with the completion of quality control and Quality Assurance activities.

Maintain and encourage open communication internally and externally to coordinate activities and provide quality laboratory services utilizing appropriate techniques. Participate as a team member to facilitate the efficiency and effectiveness of the section utilizing interpersonal skills in communication, cooperation, and assisting coworkers in all areas.

• Words and actions are congruent with organizational values.
• Communication commitment to organizational values and expectations through my behavior.
• Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.
• Employee brings issues of concern directly to the appropriate supervisor's attention as directly observed.
• Appropriate communication skills.
• Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by responding professionally to request of flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing as directly observed and by coworker feedback.
• Seek root causes of problems without seeking blame.

Schedule:

Full Time , Day Shift , 8 am - 4:30 pm

Work shift flexible. Certain rotations start at 7.

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• Completion of an approved cytotechnology program.

Experience

• One year's experience preferred.

License/Certifications

• Current national certification as a cytotechnologist (CT) required.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Computer skills required.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Not necessary for the position (0%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Balancing
  • Crouching
  • Kneeling
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Reaching
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Carrying
  • Distinguish colors
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Radiation Ionizing (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife etc).
• Frequent (67%-100%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.