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Royal Inland Hospital is Interior Health's primary acute care health facility for the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap. It is one of two Interior Health Tertiary Referral hospitals (the other being Kelowna General Hospital), offering high-level, specialty medical care. The hospital has a long tradition of excellence in patient care.
Within the context of client-centred care, and in accordance with established standards of professional practice, policies, procedures and the vision and values of the organization, this position works in a team based environment and under general supervision of the Section Head, Professional Practice Leader or other designated personnel performs a variety of routine and/or complex tests utilizing manual procedures and automated instruments within the laboratory. Position is also responsible for functions such as greeting patients, collecting and/or receiving specimens, entering data into the Laboratory Information System (LIS) and related computer systems/programs, validating and reporting test results, maintaining instruments and preparing solutions and control agents in accordance with established procedures and safety standards. Participates in departmental training programs in individual or all sections of the lab (such as, microbiology, histology, cytology, etc.) with a view to learning new/existing tests and procedures for use in the Laboratory. |