NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Work under direct supervision to perform and report various Clinical Chemistry on patient body fluids. Responsible for performing and assessing clinical laboratory test on specimens for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in a timely manner. Demonstrates knowledge of the organization's Service Standards and incorporates them into the performance of Duties.

Job responsibilities
• Processing of Chemistry specimen from pre- to post-analytical phase.
• Prepares specimens to be tested; Performs manual an automated test on blood, urine and body fluids according to established laboratory procedures.
• Analyzes and interprets, and reports test results.
• Monitors testing equipment, solutions and work environment by following laboratory Quality Control procedure, ensuring the overall reliability of test results.
• Assist with Inventory management.
• Efficiency in adapting to changes in order to facilitate adequate staffing and effective demonstration in identifying and actin on priorities in a timely manner.
• Participates in in-services, continuing education courses and complete12 CE credits per year.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
1. VaIid certification as a clinical laboratory technician issued by the NYSED.

Special Note:
1. Successful completion of an appropriate training program for phlebotomy (satisfactory to the laboratory director) must be completed prior to an individual performing such work.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs