Has professional responsibilities for planning, performing, evaluating and reporting CLIA ’88 waived, moderately complex and highly complex testing. This includes pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical function; leading the day to day work of technicians, and other personnel; performing quality control and quality assurance activities; monitoring and occasionally ordering supply inventory; and establishing and/or maintaining communications with health care providers, and patients, other hospital personnel, professional associations and other organizations.

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS: The position accepts responsibility for coordinating assigned testing activity with other laboratory personnel; selecting and running appropriate standards and quality control material; operating the analytical equipment according to established protocols; performing testing, and producing accurate and timely results; demonstrating technical knowledge about procedures performed; applying learned skills in problem solving and troubleshooting.

POST-ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS:   The position accepts responsibility for evaluating testing results in light of results for the quality control material, clinical status of the patient, reasonableness of the results and accuracy; performing computer data entry functions, verifying and approving the results in the computer; taking the appropriate action (specified by laboratory policy) for communicating unusual or critical results to the appropriate patient care provider (nursing staff, provider office, etc.).  Maintains knowledge of the age/sex dependence of laboratory testing results and interfering substances that can invalidate analytical results.