Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Job Title:  Medical Technologist II

Employment Type:  Full time

Shift: Day Shift with rotating weekends & holidays

Department – Blood Bank

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Position Highlights:

• Competitive salary

• Recruitment Bonus for eligible applicants!

• Benefits – Medical, Dental & Vision, PTO, Free Parking, Metro Access, Tuition Reimbursement, 403(b)

• Quality of Life: Flexible work schedules

• Advancement: Career growth opportunities

• Location: Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD

Description:

• Perform routine and specialized procedures, review and approve clinical test results for use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in accordance with established protocol for a laboratory performing high complexity procedures as defined by the standards of the Clinical laboratory Improvement Act of 1988

• Holy Cross Health's Medical Laboratories provide complete testing needs for all patients who receive care at Holy Cross Hospital, Holy Cross Germantown Hospital and Holy Cross Health Centers.

• Holy Cross Health's laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and staffed by a team of professionals who strive to exceed physician and patient requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Works with infectious and hazardous substances.

• Be capable of performing major and minor instrument troubleshooting;

• Assuring that all remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications;

• Monitoring testing analyses and specimen examination to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained;

• Ensuring that patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is properly functioning;

• Providing orientation to testing personnel;

• Incorporates Trinity’s mission and goals and the Organization Integrity Plan into daily work.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Must submit to fingerprinting and FBI criminal history check

What you will need:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Technology (Medical Technology), biological, chemical or related science; and satisfactory completion of a clinical laboratory educational rotation;

-or-

• A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics –and- successful completion of a NAACLS accredited Medical Technologist program.

-or-

• A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry, one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, -and- one year of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and/or Clinical Microscopy within the last ten years. Clinical rotations or professional experience must be under the supervision of a pathologist (certified by the American Board of Pathology) or an appropriately board-certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist.

               –and-

• Greater than three (3) years of verifiable experience in clinical Laboratory Setting;

• Documented ASCP, AMT, or NCA certification as a Medical Technologist - required

• Certification eligible employees must pass certification/qualifying examination from credentialing agency within 12 months of employment or employee will revert to Medical Technologist I. 

• Will consider previously certified Medical Technologists, who met the credentialing requirements by the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW certified MT).

• Strong knowledge of laboratory methodologies, interpretation of results, quality assurance, and CMS regulations preferred.  Have ability and experience to perform as a trainer for new employees.

• Strong knowledge of laboratory methodologies, interpretation of results, quality assurance, and CMS regulations preferred;

• Ability to work in harmony with other personnel;

• Must have visual acuity, to