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Employer Baylor College of
Medicine Location Houston, Texas Position Type Full Time Job Type Other Organization Type Academia Closing date Sep 10, 2023 |
The Medical Technologist will perform various high-complexity clinical laboratory tests, optimize, and troubleshoot procedures, and analyze results. The position will be principally responsible for conducting fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays to detect aneuploidy in sperm and bladder cells. Our developed FISH assays involve multi-day wet-bench processing of samples and slides, setting up slides on an automated multi-channel fluorescent imager for high-throughput image acquisition, and performing visual analysis ("classification") of acquired images to quantify ploidy of cells to determine whether patient samples are normal or abnormal.
Job Purpose
Performs various clinical laboratory tests and procedures and analyzes results.
Job Duties
- Perform FISH assays for the identification of abnormal chromosome content in reproductive and non-reproductive cells.
- Perform, as needed, sperm morphology assessment; DNA fragmentation assay; hormone analysis; and therapeutic reproductive cell processing and cryopreservation.
- Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting, and maintaining records of patient test results, including inputting data into computerized databases.
- Perform quality control procedures, adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, collect data for QA/QC reports, document all quality control activities, including instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
- Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
- Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the laboratory manager or technical supervisor/director.
- Perform new or "nonstandard" procedures, assist in the development of new procedures, optimize and troubleshoot procedures, implement new or revised policies, and implement quality control changes as they arise.
- Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
- Assist in maintaining compliance with CLIA reporting requirements and regulatory policies.
- Assist in maintaining/cleaning/calibrating equipment used for testing and/or sample processing.
- Assist in the assembly and auditing of patient processing records.
- Release final patient report to physicians.
- Dispose of contaminated laboratory supplies according to OSHA rules and regulations.
- Maintain knowledge of techniques, instruments, and principles by participating in continuing education through attending seminars, meetings, in-services, and review of procedure manuals.
- Maintain the supply inventory in the laboratory.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology, CLS, Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biology or related field.
- Two years of relevant experience.
- Certified by either ASCP, AMT, HEW, or board eligible or equivalent.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
