Hospital Lab Cytotechnologist

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System? At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Work Schedule: Flexible: 7-330, 730-4, 8-430

5,000 Sign-on bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Academic sponsorship with Methodist College

Perform duties of a Cytotechnologist.

Achieving set benchmarks and standards-Discrepancy rate falls within 2SD of lab mean.

Meets Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) requirements as determined by the section pathologist regarding number of slides screened.

Accurately perform, evaluate appropriateness and report tests/analyses requested on patient specimens.

Is responsive to special needs and request of patients/customers.

Accurately perform and evaluate staining quality of patient slides.

Quality control is completed and documented 100% of the time.

Compliant per personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines 100% of the time.

Routine maintenance is completed and documented 100% of the time.

Identify problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Section Leader, or Medical Director(s) to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.

Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.

Develop, implement, and document orientation, training, and education to ensure: employee/student competence, provide excellent services and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.

Assists in training new and existing staff including the review and completion of orientation checklists and skill/training checklists.

All training documentation is completed 100% of the time.

Assist with training and monitoring UNMC cytology students.

Assist in preparation for and participate in inspections, proficiency testing, and properly maintain records to fulfill the requirements of the accrediting agencies (i.e., College of American Pathologists (CAP) inspection will meet the standards as delineated in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations by review of inspection results.

Assist with correcting all College of American Pathologist (CAP) deficiencies with the deadline by review of inspection results.

Proficiency testing is completed as assigned and submitted by the deadline.

Assists in completion of College of American Pathologist (CAP) checklist responses in preparation for on-site or self-inspection as assigned.

Assists with the completion of quality control and Quality Assurance activities.

Maintain and encourage open communication internally and externally to coordinate activities and provide quality laboratory services utilizing appropriate techniques. Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.

Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by responding professionally to request of flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing as directly observed and by coworker feedback.

Flexible: 7-330, 730-4, 8-430

Current national certification as a cytotechnologist (CT) required.

Computer skills required.

Physical Activity

Keyboarding/typing

Seeing/Visual

Explosives (pressurized gas)

Electrical Shock/Static

Occasionally (34%-66%): Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)

Frequent(67%-100%): Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)

Equipment/Machinery/Tools

Mechanical moving parts/vibrations

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affiantive Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.

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