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Form of workMedical Laboratory Technologist
At Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, we take pride in offering a dynamic and fulfilling work environment. Joining our team means becoming an essential part of a leading healthcare institution that is committed to providing exceptional patient care and advancing medical research.
Position Highlights:
- Department: Blood Gas Testing Laboratory
- Location: Winston Salem Medical Center Laboratory
- Shift Schedule: Days
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage: Amazing health insurance with the option of copay or HSA eligible plans
- Wellness Incentives: Up to $1,350/year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program
- Education: Eligible for our Prepaid College Tuition Assistance program (up to $5,250/year)!
- Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave
- Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
Education/Experience/Certifications to Qualify:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Eligible for Medical Technologist certification (ASCP) or equivalent certification
Essential Functions:
- Assures accurate and timely performance of patient procedures and/or issuance of blood products.
- Assures accurate and timely performance of results reporting, QC and QA procedures according to departmental policy.
- Follows proper safety and identification procedures when dealing with patients and/or specimens under any circumstance or environment.
- Improves work skills through self-study and continuing education.
- Contributes to the smooth and efficient operation of the section and department.
- Protects self, coworkers and facility by following approved policies and procedures to prevent the spread of bloodborne and/or airborne diseases.
- Exhibits and promotes the professional image of laboratories in accordance with hospital, department, and professional society philosophies, goals and standards of laboratory testing.
- Performs all job related procedures as defined in applicable procedure manuals.
- Provides age appropriate specimen collection in accordance with age specific guidelines for school age, adolescents, early adults, middle adults and/or late adults.
- Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.
This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
