Coordinates educational programs to ensure staff recruitment and retention. Prepares programs to foster learning and contribute to staff competency. Participates in all educational activities for the department staff. Liaises with Laboratory Medicine Universities and their faculty.
Job Responsibility
- Collaborates with quality/performance improvement teams and clinical laboratory management to access educational needs; evaluates effectiveness of training.
- Develops, recommends, and implements approved standardized training and competency testing material.
- Coordinates training efforts with nursing education to ensure communication of policies and procedures affecting laboratory testing.
- Presents educational lectures to hospital staff and phlebotomists.
- Coordinates educational programs with local colleges and universities and represents facility to universities, colleges, and technical schools.
- Promotes and schedules student internships with colleges and universities.
- Prepares and delivers orientation program for laboratory students; coordinates laboratory rotations; gathers/prepares student grades and evaluation reports for affiliated universities.
- Coordinates laboratory continuing education programs for the staff, and participates in system-wide continuing education.
- Assists with coordination of technical and non-technical training programs for staff.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Current License to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Current License to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist in New York State.
- Specialized certifications as needed.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience.
What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
