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Technologist II
McKinley Health Center Laboratory
Applications are now being accepted for the Medical Technologist II
position at the McKinley Health Center, University of Illinois.
McKinley Health Center aims to provide high-quality ambulatory
healthcare and health education to students and medical expertise to
University leadership. The Center is also accredited through the
Accreditation Associate for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Employees at
MHC are required to provide proof of certain immunizations according to
recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) guidelines. To review the
full policy, please click here -
https://public.powerdms.com/UIUC/documents/1455696/Employee
Immunization.
Our staff works on campus with an academically talented and ethnically
diverse student population, including international students totaling
22.2 percent of the total student population, 18.8 percent for Asian
American students, 11 percent for Latinx/e students, 5.0 percent for
African American students, and 3.2 percent for multiracial students,
with a total enrollment of over 56,000 students
Job Summary
In compliance with University, State and Federal regulations to meet all
requirements for the Health Center and Laboratory Accreditation, perform
standard, routine medical tests and examinations under close and
continual supervision. The work process involves steps which are largely
repetitive in character, requiring careful adherence to well-established
instructions usually provided in laboratory manuals. Manage and
coordinate the daily activities of the laboratory or a specialized
subsection of the laboratory, which will include supervision of testing
personnel, if applicable, using seasoned judgment.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Daily Operations
- Performs assigned section quality control; documents; if there is a
problem (resolved or unresolved), notifies Clinical Laboratory
Manager.
- Performs assigned section and monthly maintenance; documents; if
there is a problem (resolved or unresolved), notifies Clinical
Laboratory Manager.
- Reagents/Supplies - rotates all supplies, using oldest first; dates
and initials all reagents; if any are low, notifies Clinical
Laboratory Manager.
- Cleans and Restocks - keeps area clean throughout the day, bleaching
all work areas at the end of the workday; documents; leaves area
restocked and clean; if unable to do this due to heavy workload,
notifies Clinical Laboratory Manager.
- Follows all general laboratory and sectional safety procedures,
paying special attention to Universal Precautions.
- Follows all laboratory security procedures.
- Follows all University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and McKinley
Health Center personnel policies and procedures.
- Rotates through all sections of the clinical laboratory; rotates
through all laboratory shifts including weekends and holidays;
rotates through all laboratory times requiring being \"On Call\".
- Responsible and accountable to support and ensure a culture of
safety, quality and risk management including compliance with
ethics.
- Participates in Quality Assurance activities as assigned.
- Assume appropriate related additional duties to further the mission
of the unit.
- Ability to perform laboratory work assigned to lower-level
employees.
Sectional Duties
- Obtains blood samples by venipuncture for analysis with complete
identification of patient and proper labeling of specimen.
- Performs urinalysis, which includes chemical and microscopic
examination of urine specimen; performs other assigned sectional
duties. Documents qual ty control.
- Performs hematology procedures on blood specimen, including complete
blood counts, reticulocyte counts and other assigned sectional
duties. Documents quality control.
- Analyzes serum for serology procedures including ASO titers, RPR,
Mono test, Rubella titers, and other assigned sectional duties.
Documents quality control.
- Blanks, standardizes and operates all chemistry analyzers. Processes
specimens for shipment to reference laboratories. Performs other
assigned section duties. Documents quality control.
- Inoculates, reviews and reports out bacteriological findings on
laboratory specimens. Documents quality control.
- Functions in the production of all media required for the
bacteriological needs of the laboratory.
- Operates and maintains microscopes, rotators, Coulter counters,
chemistry analyzers, mixers, gamma counters, computerized systems,
distillation units, etc.
General Administrative
Supervise/support staff in the absence of the Clinical Laboratory
Manager.
Assumes appropriate related additional duties to further the mission of
the unit.
Works collaboratively with the Laboratory Director, Clinical Laboratory
Manager and AD of Ancillary Services to enhance laboratory operations
and maintain laboratory performance in ac