Laboratory Coordinator

Our Mission:
To improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve demonstrating compassionate, patient-centered care. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This description intends to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. It is not intended to include all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Assists the Director in overseeing day-to-day operations of the laboratory and staff.
• Assists the Director with quality assurance, developing department policies and procedures, and working with other clinical departments to provide services.
• Manages workflow and performs the scheduling of staff.
• Performs Medical Technologist responsibilities, which include accurate examinations and analysis to assist providers in diagnosing and managing diseases.
• Records accurate test results, enters into patient charts accurately and maintains working knowledge of all phases of laboratory work.
• Follows the hospital exposure control, blood borne and airborne pathogen plans.
• Assists the Director in maintaining the annual operating budget for the Laboratory Department, including productivity and FTE management based on business needs.
• Assists the Director in adequate coding, documentation and accurate charge capturing for Chargemaster.
• Assists the Director in maintaining compliance with all applicable laboratory regulations, standards, and safety protocols, including CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments).
• Assists the Director in managing inventory of laboratory equipment, reagents, and supplies. Coordinate maintenance and calibration of laboratory instruments and equipment to ensure accurate and reliable test results.
• Follows all HIPAA guidelines and promotes and ensures patient safety.
• Fulfills mission statement by performing job duties with a high level of customer service while contributing to a positive and professional environment.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Serves as a point of contact for employees in the Hospital Lab. Responsibilities include training employees on all lab functions; ensuring all lab activities are fully and accurately completed; partnering with Director to plan, assign, direct work, appraise performance, address complaints, and resolve problems.

Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology or Associate's Degree in Applied Science Medical Laboratory Technician, related sciences field. Two years’ experience in clinical lab setting. Ability to perform moderately complex and highly complex testing accurately. Supervisory experience preferred.

Medical Technologist (MT) Certification

Basic Life Support (CPR)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in hospital laboratory setting. The noise level in the hospital lab environment is usually moderate.

Cozad Community Health System is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified employees from the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Cozad Community Health System, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination and retaliation because of veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, national origin or ancestry, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable local, state, or federal law.