Automation Technician

Job Title: Automation Processing Coordinator

Location: Charlotte, NC 28208

Job Type: Perm

Shift: 9:00 pm - 5:30 am M-F with rotating weekends and holidays

Pay Range: $25.30 to $37.95/hr.

Job Details:

• Provides training and support for staff on the automation and processing areas.
• Develops, updates, and maintains standard operating procedures and quality control processes as needed.
• Has a thorough knowledge of the automation with the ability to recognize and correct issues with minimal support.
• Prepares reports to illustrate the performance of automation for specimen processing. This includes investigating error trends, new test code builds, test code updates, and tube labeling compliance.
• Identifies and implements process improvement opportunities to improve the efficiency of automation for processing areas.
• Acts as primary liaison with service technicians to limit impact and shorten downtime during automation servicing or repair.
• Maintains cleanliness of equipment and work areas. Troubleshoots as needed.
• Follows all policies regarding performance of maintenance, function checks and quality control with proper documentation.
• Patient Population Served
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served

Skills:

• Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job.
• Will share information only on a need to know basis for work purposes.
• Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization.
• Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.
• Machines, Tools, and Equipment
• Laboratory Equipment, PC

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, biological or physical science required.
• Registered Medical Laboratory Technician (ASCP)
• Typically requires 5 years in IT or clinical environment with working on moderate to complex business process mapping, analysis, defining business and user requirements, acceptance testing and documentation

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Works in an active environment interacting with physicians, patients, technologists, and other hospital teammates.
• Works in an area which contains biohazardous (infectious) materials along with chemical, fire, and mechanical hazards. Each teammate has the responsibility to work in a safe manner.
• May be required to stoop, reach and lift light (20 pound) to moderately heavy (50 pound) loads.