Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Shelbyville, TN
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
JOB SUMMARY:

Is accountable for offering the technical capability needed to carry out lab treatments for any age groups from neonate through geriatric according to recognized healthcare facility and department policies and treatments with little or no instant guidance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performs basic housekeeping tasks to keep workspace safe from contamination and physical risks
  • Continuous cooperation with colleagues and other medical facility departments to guarantee our consumers are VERY SATISFIED
  • Performs instrument upkeep and troubleshooting activities in locations of shown proficiency
  • Takes effort to upgrade treatment handbooks as modifications are needed
  • Demonstrates Coaching, Mentoring, and Education abilities with all of the following disciplines: MT, MLT, Medical Student, Phlebotomist, and Laboratory assistant
  • Actively takes part and supports colleagues taking part in Community Cares efforts
  • Works with trainees and other interested individuals to promote the scientific lab occupation
  • Demonstrates a Positive Attitude at all times
  • Performs everyday Quality Control activities in locations of shown proficiency
  • Participates in Quality Assurance programs
  • Performs Proficiency Testing in locations of shown proficiency
  • Reports important worths to proper doctor or nursing service upon confirmation of outcome.
  • Shows an awareness of how patient age and other aspects can impact test outcomes.
  • Recognizes and keeps specimen stability from invoice through screening & storage
  • Participates in Continuing Education activities
  • Takes analytical effort
  • Takes a pro-active method to discovering brand-new treatments and/or lab locations, consisting of LIS
  • Recognizes chances to lower reagent waste and unneeded test repeats
  • Manages stock, time and workflow effectively
  • Recognizes and reports Laboratory Compliance problems, consisting of possible scams, over- or under-billing for services carried out, CPT coding modifications or disparities, and doubtful medical requirement

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and running at a worldwide crossroads of mentor, discovery and client care, VUMC is a neighborhood of people who concern work every day with the easy goal of altering the world. It is a location where your competence will be valued, your understanding broadened, and your capabilities challenged. It is a location where your variety– of culture, believing, finding out and leading– is looked for and commemorated. It is a location where workers understand they become part of something that is larger than themselves, take extraordinary pride in their work and never ever opt for what sufficed the other day. Vanderbilt’s objective is to advance health and health through preeminent programs in client care, education, and research study.

Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital:

Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital is your neighborhood doctor: a 60- bed center with a detailed series of inpatient, outpatient, medical, and surgical services.

Acquired by Vanderbilt Health in 2021, the healthcare facility is the sole company of inpatient medical services for Bedford County. Our company believe in the power of individuals to produce excellent care. With more than 32 physicians and 250 medical facility personnel, Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital provides individualized, top quality healthcare near house, in a modern-day, patient-friendly environment.

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Position Shift:

  • Weekend graveyard shift (6p-6a)

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VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are devoted to supplying the very best in client care, education and research study, we take pride in our current achievements:

  • United States News & World Report: # 1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and cosmopolitan Nashville, called to the very best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult health centers, 10 nationally ranked adult specialized programs, with 3 specializeds ranked in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Kid’s Hospital at Vanderbilt called as one of the very best Children’s Hospital in the country, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specializeds nationally ranked.
  • Healthcare’s Most Wired: Among the country’s 100 “most-wired” medical facilities and health systems for its efforts in ingenious medical innovation.
  • Becker’s Hospital Review: called as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America”, in the lineup of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
  • The Leapfrog Group: One of just 10 kids’s healthcare facilities in the to be called at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 chosen fellows
  • Magnet Recognition Program: Received our 3rd successive Magnet classifications.
  • National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, chosen by their peers in acknowledgment of exceptional accomplishment
  • Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

Qualifications

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):

  • Licensed Medical Laboratory Technologist Required

Additional Qualification Information:

  • Education: Must have the education that is needed to be licensed or accreditation eligible as a medical technologist (medical lab researcher) or expert in a specialized field with among the nationwide pc registries related to lab practice (NCA, ASCP, AMT, or AAB). Experience: One or more years experience is chosen.

Physical Requirements/Strengths required & Physical Demands:

  • Heavy Work classification needing effort of 50 to 100 pounds. of force periodically and/or as much as 20 to 50 pounds. of force often and/or approximately 10 to 20 pounds. of force continuously to move items.

Movement

  • Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in seated position
  • Occasional: Carrying over 35 pounds: Transporting a things holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with aid of colleagues or assistive gadget.
  • Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.
  • Frequent: Walking: Moving about on foot.
  • Frequent: Lifting over 35 pounds: Raising and reducing items from one level to another, consists of upward pulling over 35 pounds, with aid of colleagues or assistive gadget
  • Frequent: Carrying under 35 pounds: Transporting an item holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with assistance of colleagues or assistive gadget.
  • Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move items far from or towards.
  • Frequent: Bending/Stooping: Trunk flexing down and forward by flexing spinal column at waist needing complete usage of lower extremities and back muscles
  • Frequent: Climbing: Ascending or coming down stairs/ramps utilizing feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
  • Frequent: Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.
  • Frequent: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by flexing legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any instructions above shoulders.

Sensory

  • Continuous: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic details.
  • Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variations of noises, tones and pitches and able to concentrate on single source of acoustic info
  • Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth understanding, peripheral vision, color vision.

Environmental Conditions

  • Frequent: Pathogens: Risk of direct exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other infectious health problems.

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