Technician V- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Job ID: 231337
Category: Medical Laboratory/Pathology
Work Type: FT
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Work Schedule: To Be Determined
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
The Department of Lab-Path Surgical Pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is seeking a Technician V to join the team:
Summary:
A Technician V functions as a technical resource for laboratory. This role assists managers, supervisors and lead technologists with daily operations and workflow. The individual is responsible for send out testing ordering, shipping and troubleshooting. The Technician V also processes clinical specimens for diagnostic laboratory testing within the health system.
Responsibilities:
Functions as the representative of the laboratory, answering phone calls and questions from customers and assisting the manger, supervisor and technologists with daily operations and workflow. Is professional in all actions and appearance. Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment. Maintains the confidentiality of health information on all patients. Performs appropriately requested processing on a variety of clinical specimens for laboratory testing. Maintains the confidentiality of health information on all patients; checks for multiple identifiers on every sample. Adheres to best laboratory practices. Triages, accessions, organizes and prepares samples upon receipt. Checks samples for appropriateness of testing; notifies clinicians of sample issues; organizes sample storage. Participates in inter-departmental collaboration to ensure proper receipt, testing, and ordering of samples. Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures. Performs other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.
Credentials:
- Certification as a PBT or MLA by a minimum knowledge-based exam such as the Board of Certification PBT(ASCP) or MLA(ASCP) (Preferred)
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- High School Diploma or GED (Required)
- Associate of Arts or Science (Preferred)
- Prior experience in hospital laboratory area (Preferred)
- Phlebotomy training and experience in an outpatient or hospital setting (Preferred)
- Prior experience in hospital laboratory receiving area (Preferred)
- Prior experience with the Laboratory Information System (Preferred)
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