What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cytotechnician - Cytology position at The University of Mississippi Medical Center?
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Job Requisition ID:
R00042217
Job Category:
Allied Health
Organization:
Cytology and Cytopathology
Location/s:
Main Campus Jackson
Job Title:
Cytotechnician - Cytology
Job Summary:
To carry out all tasks involved in cytologic specimen preparation under minimal supervision, adhering to all departmental, hospital, and national accrediting agency policies and standards.
Education & Experience
High School Diploma/GED. Healthcare experience preferred but not required.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: NA
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: NA
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Basic laboratory/science background.
Data entry skills. Reading comprehension skills.
Organizational skills. Record keeping ability.
Responsibilities
Data entry skills. Reading comprehension skills.
Organizational skills. Record keeping ability.
Responsibilities
- Follows the laboratory's procedures for handling and processing all specimens for final diagnosis and sign-out by a cytotechnologist and/or a pathologist.
- Adheres to the laboratory's continuing quality control policies and documents all quality control activities and instrument maintenance performed.
- Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results (troubleshoots) and either documents and corrects the problem(s) or immediately notifies the supervisor.
- Maintains proper inventory of laboratory supplies, including stock rotation and evaluation of expiration dates.
- Trains others in the proper use of laboratory instrumentation, laboratory policy, and procedure.
- Ensures that the sample chain of custody remains unbroken and keeps information confidential by adhering to the terms of the employee non-disclosure agreement.
- Assumes responsibility for attending in-service and continuing education classes.
- The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Time Type:
Full time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:
No
Pay Class:
Hourly
FTE %:
100
Work Shift:
Day
Benefits Eligibility:
Grant Funded:
No
Job Posting Date:
04/24/2025
Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):
