Description

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DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.
Summary Description
Under general supervision, responsible for maintaining and developing point of care programs.  Educates and trains non-laboratory personnel and performs competency assessment.  Responsible for implementing and coordinating all laboratory tests performed on the patient care floors of the healthcare facility.  Acts as liaison between the Laboratory and the Nursing departments.  Implements quality assessment program which includes Quality Control (QC) and Proficiency Testing (PT). Develops and distribute procedure manuals.  Coordinate test method selections. Reviews patient and QC results for technical and clerical problems/errors. Initiates and facilitates proposals for new POCT instruments. Represent the healthcare facility at POCT committee meetings.  Ensure standardization in recording and reporting of results.  Maintains instrumentation and informatics. Coordinate and monitor reagents and consumables. Coordinate education and training of staff. In addition, acts as the liaison for quality improvement initiatives.  Performs other related duties as determined by lab administration.

Qualifications

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Minimum Qualifications
1.    Bachelors of Science in Medical Technology, related science or clinical discipline of Canadian degree in clinical discipline and completion of accredited Technologist Program.
2.    Registered as a Medical Technologist with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists MT ASCP, National Certifying Agency for Clinical Lab Scientist (NCA), Canadian CSMLS, or registered in specialty area/or equivalent
3.    Four to five years of progressively more responsible practical laboratory experience in chemistry,   hematology, coagulation or related experience.

Job : Laboratory and Clinical Technicians

Primary Location : MI-Detroit

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Hospital/Facility : DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital

Job Type: : Full-time

Shift Type: : Days

If other shift, specify: Off shift hours as needed.

Shift begin time: : 8:00 AM

Shift end time: : 4:30 PM