Lab Tech II

Where Youll Work

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of Californias Central Coast. With 24 / 7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology womens and childrens services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care

Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominicans services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives A grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

As Santa Cruz Countys heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospitals heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patients chest.

Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Medical Lab Technologist you will perform vital clinical laboratory procedures to detect identify measure and report data crucial for disease diagnosis and treatment.

Every day you will expertly conduct waived and moderate procedures using technical skills instrumentation and information systems providing essential clinical laboratory support while ensuring the quality and accuracy of all tests under leadership direction.

To be successful in this role you will possess comprehensive knowledge of laboratory principles across various disciplines (microbiology hematology chemistry etc.) understand sample processing and result interpretation prioritize chemical and biological safety and be adept at operating and maintaining lab equipment.

• Utilizes the AIDET principle to communicate with others with a focus on patients and their families. Acknowledge Introduce Explain Duration Thank
• Collects blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary puncture
• Appropriately processes and prepares all specimens received in the Laboratory : Body fluids Pathology specimens Microbiology specimens Blood Urine (random / 24 hour)
• Reviews uncollected lists cancels and / or reflexes tests appropriately using the computer system
• Employs proper steps to take action with computer and / or printer problems. Trouble-shoots and identifying issues
• Stock supplies and checks incoming supply orders. Maintains a clean and organized stocking area. Rotates stock

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Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1