Laboratory - Flow Cytometry Tech (Days) Pittsfield - Raisso Inc.
Pittsfield, MA
About the Job
COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM.
Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents. IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. Thank you!
BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY. To avoid delays in processing, please include perm address at profile upload.
The Flow Cytometry Technologist is responsible for performing analytical cytometry examinations, quality control, instrument maintenance, testing validations, and other functions, while implementing the hospital and laboratory missions, goals and objectives.
ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS PROFESSION IS FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS). A cytotechnologist without the ASCP (SCYM) will not be considered for this need.
Additional Requirements (including but not limited to):
Independent judgment and initiative required to schedule, organize, and plan work.
Teach medical technology students how to process specimens and answer computer related questions.
Responsible for care and accuracy in collection and labeling specimens.
Flexibility and adaptability in emergency situations including working additional hours or shifts.
Ability to work efficiently, accurately, and alertly for extended periods of time and under stress, to ensure against errors.
Above average manual dexterity.
Effective communication skills, use of computer systems, listening, speaking, writing, and reading.
Knowledge of HIS and LIS.
Assorted laboratory analyzers and equipment appropriate to scope of position and dependent upon current technology.
Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload. RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!! NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).
Non-Billable Orientation: 8hrs
OT, Holiday multipliers: 1.25%
Call and Call-back: Not applicable to this need
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A TRAVELER TO THIS ASSIGNMENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER PERM PLACEMENT OR TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A TRAVELER TO ANY NEED ON MY DESK WHO IS GOING TO REQUEST SCHEDULE ACCOMMODATIONS (Block scheduling, 10/12hr shifts, etc). Thank you!
3 years current experience in approved laboratory
ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS SKILL IS FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS)
Bachelor degree in Medical Technology or related science required
Previous travel experience preferred
ASPC (Cytometry, SCYM required) or ICCE required - Equivalent certs are not accepted - An ASCP/Cytotechnologist will not be accepted without the SCYM or ICCE Test
Must have ability and education to perform high-complexity laboratory testing
Traveler candidate must have their own vehicle. This is a firm requirement.
Profile Requirements:
Work History
Skills Checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year
1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)
License/Certifications - MUST be uploaded with profile
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
ASCP
BLS (AHA)
ABOUT THE FACILITY
BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.
Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.
BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.
Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents. IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. Thank you!
BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY. To avoid delays in processing, please include perm address at profile upload.
The Flow Cytometry Technologist is responsible for performing analytical cytometry examinations, quality control, instrument maintenance, testing validations, and other functions, while implementing the hospital and laboratory missions, goals and objectives.
ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS PROFESSION IS FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS). A cytotechnologist without the ASCP (SCYM) will not be considered for this need.
Additional Requirements (including but not limited to):
Independent judgment and initiative required to schedule, organize, and plan work.
Teach medical technology students how to process specimens and answer computer related questions.
Responsible for care and accuracy in collection and labeling specimens.
Flexibility and adaptability in emergency situations including working additional hours or shifts.
Ability to work efficiently, accurately, and alertly for extended periods of time and under stress, to ensure against errors.
Above average manual dexterity.
Effective communication skills, use of computer systems, listening, speaking, writing, and reading.
Knowledge of HIS and LIS.
Assorted laboratory analyzers and equipment appropriate to scope of position and dependent upon current technology.
Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload. RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!! NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).
Non-Billable Orientation: 8hrs
OT, Holiday multipliers: 1.25%
Call and Call-back: Not applicable to this need
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A TRAVELER TO THIS ASSIGNMENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER PERM PLACEMENT OR TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A TRAVELER TO ANY NEED ON MY DESK WHO IS GOING TO REQUEST SCHEDULE ACCOMMODATIONS (Block scheduling, 10/12hr shifts, etc). Thank you!
3 years current experience in approved laboratory
ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS SKILL IS FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS)
Bachelor degree in Medical Technology or related science required
Previous travel experience preferred
ASPC (Cytometry, SCYM required) or ICCE required - Equivalent certs are not accepted - An ASCP/Cytotechnologist will not be accepted without the SCYM or ICCE Test
Must have ability and education to perform high-complexity laboratory testing
Traveler candidate must have their own vehicle. This is a firm requirement.
Profile Requirements:
Work History
Skills Checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year
1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)
License/Certifications - MUST be uploaded with profile
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
ASCP
BLS (AHA)
ABOUT THE FACILITY
BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.
Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.
BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.
Source : Raisso Inc.