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Job Description:

The Certified Cytologist provides a diagnostic evaluation for malignancy and other disease states on both gynecological and a wide variety of non-gynecological body samples.

Job Specifics:

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: 40 hours/week. Monday- Friday, Day Shift
• Department/Unit: St. Mary's Lab

St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest medical center between Denver and Salt Lake City, is committed to putting people first. Serving the healthcare needs of western Colorado and eastern Utah for nearly 120 years and founded in 1896 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, St. Mary’s has a rich history of serving the many needs of its community, from advanced medical care to charitable giving.

Scope:

• Accurately processes and prepares specimens for screening. Correlates patient history to cellular findings and chooses appropriate cases for pathologist review. Allows appropriate time for slide review of cases, screens the total area of each slide, and adheres to guidelines for daily workload standards. Follows specimen acceptance guidelines and technical procedures. Understands and appropriately utilizes stains, fixative and reagents. Performs look-back as required, and utilizes appropriate action with abnormal and/or unusual and/or inadequate test specimens/results. Performs specimen procedures and collection procedures as required.

• Reviews and evaluates completed tests for quality, accuracy, and completeness. Recognizes basic cytology quality assurance problems and takes appropriate corrective action. Records and evaluates quality control data. Identifies and implements solutions to problems as identified through Quality Assurance, Quality Control or Performance Improvement Initiatives.

• Assists in maintaining the laboratory section to CLIA , CAP and Joint Commission standards and regulatory requirements. Performs proficiency testing as required by accreditating agencies.

• Documents and communicates information thoroughly and accurately. Ensures safe and effective hand off between shifts by communicating clearly with oncoming shift. Monitors equipment reliability and safety. Reports issues and/or repairs or service due. Orders and stocks supplies, cleans rooms, and equipment to maintain work environment.

• Performs special projects as assigned. Completes special projects and tasks within time guidelines and reviews progress with the section manager as needed. Assists in writing and reviewing new policy/procedure for the section as needed. Provides education to others as needed, assists in LIS design, upgrades, maintenance of database, if required. Participates in learning activities to expand understanding and knowledge of the field of cytology.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required
• Knowledge of gynecological, non-gynecological and FNA biopsy screening for all age groups utilizing the policy/procedures for the department.

Location:

St. Mary's Regional Hospital

Work City:

Grand Junction

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cytology

• CT (ASCP) certification

Preferred:

• One (1) year laboratory experience is preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Interact with others by effectively communicating, both orally and in writing.
• Operate computers and other office equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read computer monitors and documents.
• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.
• May require lifting and transporting objects and office supplies, bending, kneeling and reaching.

About Intermountain Health

As the largest nonprofit health system in the Mountain West, Intermountain Health is dedicated to creating healthier communities and helping our patients and caregivers thrive. It’s time to think of health in a whole new way, and by partnering with our patients and communities, providing expert care closer to home, and making great health more affordable, we can help more people get and stay well. We proudly invest back into improving the care we deliver, and our pioneering research is making healthcare more personalized, effective, and affordable. Serving patients and communities throughout the Mountain West, primarily in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming, Intermountain includes 33 hospitals, 300+ clinics, a medical group, affiliate networks, homecare, telehealth, health insurance plans, and other services - along with wholly owned subsidiaries including Select Health, Castell, Tellica Imaging, and Classic Air Medical. Our Caregiver Promise: Together, for the healthiest lives We celebrate the different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and identities our caregivers bring to their work every day at Intermountain. Across all areas of our i...ntegrated health system, we proudly share best practices, knowledge, and techniques to better serve our patients, communities, and each other. Here, you’ll work alongside collaborative and curious minds who will support you, encourage you, inspire you, advocate for you, and challenge you to be your very best. Our Values Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Our action-oriented values, inspired and shaped by our own caregivers, speak to what it means to be part of Intermountain. - We are leaders in clinical excellence, delivering safe, best-in-quality care - We believe in what we do, living our mission every day - We serve with empathy, caring for each caregiver, patient, and member with compassion and respect - We are partners in health, collaborating to keep people well - We do the right thing, learning and acting with purpose - We are better together, building community through teamwork and belonging

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