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Job Details
- Job Ref:
- R0063422
- Category:
- Clinical Lab Technician
- Employment Type:
- Full Time
- Location:
- 75 Beekman St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
- Department:
- CVPH - Laboratory
- Job Type:
- Regular
- Primary Shift:
- Day
- Hours:
- 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Estimated Hours per Week:
- 40
- Bi-Weekly Hours:
- 80
- Weekend Needs:
- As Scheduled
- Pay Rate:
- $32.36 - $47.89 per hour
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Certification levels for Histology Technician and Histotechnologist are hierarchal and it is assumed that the technologist level encompasses knowledge and skills of the preceding technician level. The Technologist has an understanding of the underlying scientific principles of laboratory testing as well as the technical, procedural, and problem solving aspects. The Technologist has a general comprehension of the many factors that affect health and disease, and recognizes the importance of proper test selection, the numerous causes of discrepant test results (patient and laboratory), deviations of test results, and ethics including result confidentiality. The technologist correlates abnormal laboratory data with pathologic states, determines validity of test results, and need for additional tests. The Technologist understands and enforces safety regulations, uses statistical methods and applies business and economic data in decision-making. The technologist has an appreciation of the roles and interrelationships of paramedical and other health related fields and follows the ethical code of conduct for the profession.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Licensed or eligible (application pending with a limited license in effect) as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist or a Certified Histological Technician.
2. Successful completion in a regionally accredited institution of a course of study which meet all academic requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in one of the chemical, physical or biological sciences, including a combination of thirty (30) hours in biology and chemistry; and at least one (1) year of experience and/or training in histology within the last five years, under the direction of a Pathologist certified by the College of American Pathologists in Anatomic Pathology; or successful completion of a course of training of at least twelve (12) months in an accredited histotechnology program.
3. Previous histotechnology experience required. However, if no qualified candidate with Histology experience, then others will be considered.
4. HTL (ASCP) registry is strongly recommended.
Relocation funds available to eligible candidates moving more than 50 miles.
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