Lab Educator

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY AND PURPOSE:

Collaborates with lab leads, coordinators, supervisors and lab managers to provide educational programs with the goal of enhanced quality of clinical training, quantity of work, professional growth of the staff and the assurance of safe and effective healthcare to patients. Maintains ongoing participation in the effective provision of professional development activities including assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating educational activities according to established standards.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Medical Technologist (MT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or equivalent certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP required. Specialty certification desirable.

Experience in laboratory education desirable. At least 5 years of medical technology, training required. Bachelor's degree with a major in medical technology or related science required 3 years of experience in the specialty area desirable.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. Uses principles of education and adult learning to design educational activities. Promotes a learning environment in a manner that enhances learner's competence to provide quality laboratory skills and to enhance clinical skills through group activities, classroom lecture presentations, individual instruction or the general use of role model and mentoring concepts. Integrates research, evidence-based practice, and current literature into educational activities.

Reflects an integration of knowledge, skills, experience and attitude needed to present educational offerings to laboratory staff for enhancement of certification, accreditation, compliance standards and risk management. Facilitates participation in the development, attainment and evaluation of Laboratory staff orientation. Provides focused education to specific laboratory departments. Maintains records of educational offerings. Maintains own clinical skills and competence related to laboratory practices and staff development. Demonstrates awareness of need for self-growth and pursues personal growth.

Maintain department employee records at JCAHO and CAP standards. Must possess human relations, communications, and management skills.

Collaborate with other service departments as needed to improve patient flow and work processes.

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.

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Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.

Visit ~~~/careers (~~~) to learn more about the benefits, culture and career development opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health System.

Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran