Description

• Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962
• Excellent health benefits, an onsite child care center and fitness facility  
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Employee Referral Program
• Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses

• Shares technical knowledge with co-workers; assists with training & orientation of new employees/students & serves as a resource to current staff, students, & physicians.
• Demonstrates initiative in work and other activities.
• Adjusts to changing customer needs by adapting work habits, schedules, or matters of personal convenience to improve service.
• Attendance pattern reflects commitment to job requirements & patient care needs
• Demonstrates & models positive behaviors which are supportive of change.
• Shows enthusiasm in the workplace; actively involved in promoting morale & encouraging others.
• Seeks opportunities to work cooperatively with other members of the hospital & system.
• Assist in the training of new associates.
• Willingly assists other associates during times of high volume workload.
• Works independently.
• Uses time efficiently when regular workload is done.
• Cross-trained between laboratory areas.
• Participates in and maintains competency requirements. 
• Recognizes limitations & asks for assistance/instruction when necessary.
• Limits personal phone calls & business so as not to compromise productivity.
• Takes responsibility for own actions; openly admits mistakes & seeks ways to correct the problem.
• Responds in a professional manner to customer requests & inquiries, assuming responsibility for seeing them through to completion.
• Receives, prioritizes, and processes specimens in a timely manner to meet or exceed turnaround time standards.
• Performs & monitors the collection of laboratory specimens.
• Performs testing according to established procedures.
• Evaluates & interprets data based on knowledge of numerous factors affecting test results.
• Verifies normal & confirms abnormal results; provides appropriate communication & documentation in accordance with section protocols & in compliance with all accrediting & regulatory agencies.
• Recognizes critical results & documents action taken according to established policies.
• Utilizes critical thinking to recognize & resolve problems, documents corrective actions, and communicates to team.
• Performs & evaluates quality control, equipment maintenance, and instrument calibration as needed.
• Uses the LIS efficiently to order tests, enter results/documentation, & obtain information, in keeping with established protocols.
• Recognizes that the attainment of knowledge is every employee’s responsibility & accepts accountability for staying current on all written or electronic communication.
• Enhances technical expertise & professional knowledge by participation in mandatory & continuing education opportunities.
• Maintains clean, well-stocked, & organized work area.
• Understands & utilizes department resources, including department manuals, administrative policy manuals, safety manuals, MSDS & other reference material.
• Utilizes Personal Protective Equipment and follows established chemical hygiene & biohazard protocols.

What You Will Need:

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.