What are the responsibilities and job description for the North Texas Medical Center | Medical Technologist TX position at North Texas Medical Center?
JOB SUMMARY
Performs clinical lab procedures, quality assurance and instrument maintenance.
SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Recognizes test inconsistencies and takes appropriate corrective action.
- Verifies and calls critical results to physicians or nurses immediately and according to lab policy.
- Reviews results for clerical accuracy prior to completing.
- Runs quality control tests according to lab policy and maintains appropriate data recording.
- Takes appropriate corrective action when quality control results are outside acceptable limits. Documents action taken. Seeks help from lead technician, technical supervisor, or lab director as required.
- Holds patient results until quality control standards meet agency and facility guidelines. Reports unresolved errors to the lead technician, technical supervisor, or lab director.
- Observes and follows department preventive maintenance schedules.
- Documents all instrument checks, preventive maintenance, problems and corrective action taken.
- Recognizes, analyzes, and takes corrective action to resolve instrument / clinical problems.
- Reports unresolved instrument / clinical problems to the lead technician, technical supervisor, or lab director
- Checks outstanding tests list in a timely manner and troubleshoots / follows through on outstanding tests which appear to have not been collected / received when expected
- Obtains blood specimens and collects non-blood specimens such as urine, sputum, and throat swabs for laboratory testing
- Answers phone calls – record request for blood collection, answers general questions concerning test orders and collection takes messages and routes calls.
- Uses at least 2 patient identifiers on each patient encounter.
- Explains procedures / process before obtaining specimens
- Offers additional assistance; seeks to ensure patient satisfaction before concluding encounter.
BASIC SKILLS
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
LANGUAGE SKILLS
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
