Clinical Laboratory Technician , Genetics & Solid Tumors Lab

Position: Clinical Laboratory Technician 1, Genetics & Solid Tumors Lab
** Job Description*****$3,000 recruitment incentive for eligible new employees joining the UW Medicine team.
***** Who we’re looking for:
** The UW Medicine - Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology (DLMP) in Seattle, WA has a fantastic opportunity for a
** Clinical Laboratory Technician 1
** with the
** Genetics & Solid Tumors Lab
** at the University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake.  Join the University of Washington’s Genetics & Solid Tumors Lab Specimen Preanalytical Services team, where your precision and professionalism will directly support life-saving diagnostics. As the frontline in specimen handling, you will ensure accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery for tests that guide critical patient care decisions. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment alongside world-class clinicians and researchers, contributing to cutting-edge work in genetics and oncology.

If you thrive on detail, teamwork, and knowing your efforts make a tangible difference in people’s lives, this role offer both purpose and growth.
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* Work schedule:

*** 100% FTE
* Work schedule to be discussed with the hiring manager
* Day shift
** What you’ll contribute:
*** Performs sample acquisition procedures to obtain materials from internal and external locations, including placing requests, follow-up, and proper documentation within associated databases.
* Facilitates the receipt and processing of appropriate samples from internal and external pathology departments and laboratories, including:  + Accessions and processes new requests for specimens for testing.  + Unbatches specimens from other laboratories and matches specimens against requisitions and batch lists and verifying accurate documentation.  + Matches specimens against reports and verifying specimen integrity.  + Reviews and sorts the samples, archives the materials, and returns materials to outside laboratories.  

+ Coordinates with multiple University of Washington departments to receive and send out specimens.  + Performs Clinical Laboratory Assistant responsibilities, as backup or support, when needed.
* Provides customer service and creates collaborative professional relationships, including:  + Builds and maintains a working relationship with referral laboratories, as needed, to facilitate the sample acquisition process.  + Answers telephones and intercoms in a courteous and professional manner, and properly triaging phone calls with warm handoffs.  + Promotes and contributes to the development of teamwork within Genetics Division and working relationships between Specimen Processing Services, UW Pathology, and other external laboratories and pathology departments.
* Promotes and contributes to process improvements and quality control to enhance the service to our patient including:  + Trains new staff on the performance of Clinical Laboratory Technician 1 and Clinical Laboratory Assistant activities.  + Audits paperwork and processes, as needed  + Maintain databases of reports, clinical histories, and internal and external laboratory results in an organized and efficient manner.  

+ Collects and assembles the documentation of clinical histories, and internal and external laboratory results in an organized and efficient manner.  + Collects and assembles the documentation of clinical histories in packets for director review.  + Reviews pending lists, performs routine problem resolution and escalates unique or complex problem resolution cases to a Clinical Laboratory Technician 2 or Clinical Laboratory Lead.
* Performs other related responsibilities, as required.
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* What you’ll need:

*** High school graduation or equivalent AND one year of chemical, clinical, or public health laboratory experience OR
* Completion of a laboratory assistant course approved by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.
** Desired qualifications:
*** Associate or bachelor’s degree in science
* Experience in a major medical hospital laboratory
* Experience with Laboratory…