Compensation: $30.27 - $49.77 / hour (Exact rate is determined on a case-by-case basis commensurate with experience level, as well as education and certifications pertaining to each position which may be above the listed job requirements.)
Schedule: This is a full time position in the Microbiology department (will be cross trained in others). The shift is 7am-3pm with an every third weekend rotation and 2 holidays per year.
The Impact You Can Make
As a Clinical Laboratory Technologist, you are the unseen engine behind our hospital's critical medical decisions. Working in our high-complexity diagnostic lab, you will perform, analyze, and validate vital laboratory testing across biochemical, blood bank, hematology, microbiology, and urinalysis disciplines. Your precision, speed, and analytical expertise directly provide physicians with the objective data required to accurately diagnose and save patient lives every day.
Why Join the Glens Falls Hospital Lab?
- Comprehensive Generalist Scope: Maintain and sharpen an expansive, diverse clinical skillset by rotating through multiple laboratory specialties rather than being restricted to a single bench.
- Professional Growth & Leadership: Expand your resume through opportunities to mentor incoming technical staff, evaluate emerging laboratory methodologies, and supervise 2-3 clinical support team members.
- A Dedicated Community Culture: Work alongside a tight-knit, highly collaborative team of pathologists, technologists, and phlebotomists inside an ANCC Magnet® Recognized institution.
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential (Responsibilities)
Diagnostic Testing & Analysis
- Conduct high-complexity clinical testing on patient specimen samples according to provider orders, accurately identifying normal and abnormal components.
- Efficiently utilize the Laboratory Information System (LIS) to document and report test results in strict compliance with NYSDOH regulations.
- Follow standard safety precautions and department protocols; occasionally assist with high-quality phlebotomy and age-specific specimen processing as needed.
Quality Control & Instrument Precision
- Run and evaluate daily quality control (QC) testing to guarantee flawless accuracy of clinical data, proactively initiating standard operating procedures (SOPs) when QC boundaries are exceeded.
- Monitor, calibrate, and verify complex laboratory instrumentation function, meticulously documenting routine preventive maintenance (PM), component replacements, and technical repairs.
- Actively participate in laboratory proficiency testing activities and help evaluate new methodologies for precision.
Critical Communication & Collaboration
- Immediately identify and execute mandatory notifications for "Critical Test Values," communicating precisely and swiftly with physicians, clinic offices, and nursing units.
- Collaborate closely with supervisors, pathologists, and interdisciplinary hospital staff regarding blood bank and tissue services.
- Help onboard, train, and orient incoming technical staff on standard operating procedures.
What You Bring (Qualifications)
- Education: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Medical/Clinical Laboratory Technology, or a BS in a biological, chemical, or physical science that meets the NYSDOH Part 58 educational requirements.
- Licensure: Active, valid license as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) is required.
- Certifications: ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology) registration or equivalent national certification is highly preferred.
- Core Capabilities: Strong technical troubleshooting skills for lab automation, ease with computerized medical applications, and the ability to communicate technical diagnostic parameters clearly to medical personnel under pressure.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Medical/Clinical Laboratory Technology or BS in biological, chemical, or physical science meeting NYSDOH Part 58
- Active, valid Clinical Laboratory Technologist license issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED)
- ASCP registration or equivalent national certification
- Ability to perform and validate high-complexity testing across biochemical, blood bank, hematology, microbiology, and urinalysis disciplines
- Proficiency using a Laboratory Information System (LIS) and compliance with NYSDOH regulations for documentation and reporting
- Technical troubleshooting skills for laboratory automation and computerized medical applications; instrument calibration, QC, and preventive maintenance
- Effective oral and written communication to convey critical test values and technical diagnostic parameters to clinical staff
What We Do
Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York’s only academic medical center, is one of the Capital Region’s largest private employers with more than 9,000 employees. Albany Medical Center provides the highest level of patient care across disciplines, while receiving regional, national, and international recognition for high standards in patient care, education, and biomedical research. The 766-bed Albany Medical Center offers access to the latest medical services and technological innovations and includes one of the busiest emergency rooms and trauma centers in New York, a children’s hospital and dedicated pediatric emergency room, intensive care units for adults and children, and organ transplant services. Albany Medical College graduates more than 200 medical doctors each year, as well as PAs, CRNAs, biomedical scientists, and bioethicists. Albany Medical College operates a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physician practice with more than 500 doctors. Albany Medical Center, along with Albany Medical College, is a partner in the Albany Med Health System, the largest and only regionally governed, not-for-profit health system serving northeastern New York and western New England.
