Job Description
Guides lab tests in the areas of specialty. Performs clinical laboratory procedures, examinations and other tests pursuant to established protocols including maintaining equipment and records and performing quality assurance activities related to examination performance requiring the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility.
Job Responsibility
• Sets-up and performs a variety of routine and/or complex laboratory tests and procedures relevant to the particular lab area. • Prepares and tests specimens for examination and reviews and reports results. • Follows established in-process quality control procedures including recording data. • Performs routine and/or preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment. • Troubleshoots basic instrumentation, culture media, chemicals, reagents, stains, solutions, technical problems and methodologies. • Maintains sufficient supplies at workstation. • Ensures and maintains quality control and assurance activities. • Uses Infection Control practices and procedures including, but not limited to, wearing gloves, goggles, protective masks and other safety equipment. • 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.
- Current License to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist OR Pathologist Assistant in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 0-1 years of technical experience, required.
- Generalist position - Experience working in all sections; chemistry, hematology, blood bank & microbiology preferred.
*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
- Current New York State license to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist OR Pathologist Assistant
- Specialized certifications as needed
- 0-1 years of technical laboratory experience
- Experience working across chemistry, hematology, blood bank and microbiology
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?
