Responsibilities

• Receives assignments according to the established departmental procedures and plans. Organizes and prioritizes work duties to accomplish daily objectives.
• Performs testing procedures and related work according to established protocols and standards with minimal technical and/or data entry error in order to report results to the requesting party.
• Operates equipment and works with highly technical instrumentation according to established procedures and protocols in order to ensure the accuracy of test results.
• Performs equipment maintenance and repair according to operator's manuals in order to facilitate testing procedures and avoid downtime.
• Coordinates with fellow employees as deemed necessary to complete work within acceptable time limits in order to maintain department productivity.
• Performs several tasks simultaneously during peak workload periods in order to maintain department productivity.
• Learns new procedures in a reasonable time frame, usually one working week, in order to maintain adequate technical skills.
• Assays appropriate controls, stands and other quality control material according to protocol in order to maintain the testing environment.
• Takes actions in cases of out-of-range controls, discrepancies or unexpected test results in order to provide proper patient care.