Clinical Laboratory Technician 2, HMC Phlebotomy & Specimen Processing Services Team

Are you passionate about science and ready to make a real impact on patient care? As a CLT 2, you will play a vital role on the PSPS Team by coordinating workflow of the preanalytical and technical activities for the Department’s send-out testing to referral labs. You will also handle problem resolution of specimens and collaborate with the Clinical Administrative Support Team and Lab Medicine Residents to ensure appropriate processing, shipping, and billing of undefined send-out tests. Finally, you will engage in CLT 1 duties, which include phlebotomy and specimen collection.  

Work schedule: 

• 100% FTE

• work schedule here Tuesday - Saturday 0600-1430, including weekends and holidays.

• Day shift. 

What you’ll contribute: 

• Prepares packages and ensures that send-out samples are forwarded to the appropriate reference lab for testing requested. 

• Maintains an awareness of and the ability to use the resources to provide instruction on the collection and processing of specialized and targeted tests that are not performed by the UW Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology but must be sent to outside laboratories. These can be low volume tests or highly specialized and rare tests. This includes communicating specific collection instructions to the patient as needed. 

• Responsible for maintaining higher than average awareness of the chemicals and agents needed to preserve certain tests. These chemicals may include Acetic Acid, 6N HCL, 6N HNO, Boric Acid, and others. CLT 2 is responsible for aiding other staff in the preparation of these collection containers as necessary.   

• Responsible for maintaining an adequate stock of special collection materials needed for referral testing, including but not limited to, un-expired stock of chemicals, agents and special collection kits needed for the preservation of send-out tests from SCCA, UWMC and Roosevelt labs. These supplies include, but are not limited to, Serotonin tubes, trace metal tubes, Somatostatin kits, TRH preservative tubes, Z-Tubes for Neurotensin, and Cambridge GI tubes for Neurokinin and Pancreatin. Kits include Viracor, Osford, and Prometheus and any others as needed.   

• Builds and maintains a working relationship with the referral laboratories as needed to