What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Section Specialist- Central Processing position at Inova Health System?
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Laboratory Section Specialist to join the Central Processing Laboratory team: This role will be Full-Time Day Shift: Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Laboratory Section Specialist Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for designing team member schedules and assignments to ensure the proper/timely completion of work, the health/safety of team members and the overall efficient operation of the section; Directs the daily technical operations of the section while maintaining quality standards and procedures in order to meet CAP, The Joint Commission, AABB, CLIA and other regulatory agency requirements.
- Follows standard protocol for patient/donor identification and specimen/blood product labeling including final verification.
- Minimizes the number of corrected reports not attributed to auto verification or specimen conditions beyond technical control.
- Leads and/or actively participates in quality improvement projects and team member engagement by enhancing team development and hospital/system goals.
- Operating systems and methodologies in order to produce timely and accurate data for patients, quality control and proficiency testing is required.
- Performs required maintenance procedures such as troubleshooting, corrective action and documentation for all procedures and instrumentation.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Histo/Cyto Technology, Chemistry, Biology, or Physical Science
- Years of Experience: 4 years of experience required.
- Certification: ASCP Certification consistent with the scope of responsibility (MLS/MT,MLT, HT, HTL, BB, C, H, M, CT) or American Medical Technologists (AMT), or Laboratory Technologist Certification (HEW)., Medical Lab Tech (American Society of Clinical Pathologist - ASCP) or equivalent.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.