Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

Operates, maintains, and repairs clinical laboratory equipment within the scope 
of training including routine preventative maintenance, calibrations, and safety 
checks. Ensures that quality control procedures are carried out. Monitors 
instrument problems and works with the supervisor to resolve. Implements new 
technology and instruments for unit according to established protocols.
Gathers data for quality improvement activities within the unit and participates in 
comparison studies of precision, accuracy, and linearity for new or existing 
assays according to established protocols. Oversees and reviews daily area 
Quality Control and maintaining QC database. Sets up and validates new assays 
as assigned

Recommends new policies and procedures for the unit and modifies existing or 
The authors' new Standard Operating Procedures.
Regularly provides instruction for new employees and students in the theory and 
practice of laboratory medicine and the interpretation of results. Serves in a 
mentor to team members, providing guidance and reviewing and checking work. 
Trains and assesses the competency of staff in the unit and issues formal 
evaluations.
Regularly interacts with non-laboratory departments to organize work flow, 
trouble shoot problems, and find resolution in order to meet client expectations.