JOB DESCRIPTION
● Written statement that designates the tasks, duties, working conditions and reporting
relationships for a specific job
● Establishes the authority for the worker to do the job and sets the boundaries and
limitations of responsibilities
● Communication tool for assuring that the employees, supervisor and organization
understand the duties of the position
● Serve as means to clarify any ambiguities or misunderstandings
● Composed of..
○ Job Description Objectives
■ Employee Objectives - stand point of the employee
● Identify duties, tasks, and responsibilities of the job
● Provide orientation to the organization and workplace assignments
● Give guidelines and direction to the performance expectations
● Set the limits and boundaries of the responsibility
● Assign the authority to act in performing duties
■ Organizational Objectives - goals and perspective of the organization
● Decrease or minimize confusion, and misunderstandings between
employees and supervisors about duties
● Recruit and select qualified personnel
● Design orientation and training programs
● Assign staffing levels and schedules
● Determine performance standards
● Meet legal, professional and labor contract obligations
● Establish when to intervene with corrective action when
performance falls below standards
● Set uniform company policy to ensure equity and fair treatment of
all employees
○ Criteria and Competency Based - criteria-based, performance-oriented,
task-specific
■ Historical requirements
● Knowledge parameters; training and educational requirements
● Technical abilities; hands on experience and physical skills
● Judgement factors; degree of autonomy in decision-making
● Relationships; communication routes, supervision and
management status
● Attendance and reliability; expectations regarding technical and
physical demands
■ CLIA’88 Competency Rules - CLINICAL LABORATORY
IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1988
● Employee Selection
● Orientation
● Continuing Education and In-Service Training
○ Authority Scale
■ A quantitative scale
■ Defines a specific level of independence or freedom to act in performing a
job duty w/o immediate consultation w/ a supervisor
○ Format
■ Identification and Headings
● Name of Facility
● Location (department, section)
● Job Title
● Position Summary
■ Job Specifications
● Educational qualifications
● Licensure qualification
● Experience
● Working Conditions
■ Reporting Relationships
● Immediate supervisor
● Supervisory Responsibility (Supervisee)
■ Duties
● Tasks
● Responsibilities
● Functions
■ Authority Scale
● Numerical value assigned to:
○ No need to notify supervisor before performing the task
○ Notify supervisor after performing the task
○ Consult supervisor before performing the task
■ Performance and Evaluation criteria
● Technologist perform test and procedures on specimens received
in the Hematology Section
● Technologists perform tests and procedures on specimens
received in the Hematology Section according to standards and
protocols contained in the procedure manual
■ Approval Signatures
● Name, position, and signature of person who wrote the job
description
● Date that description was prepared or modified
● Effective Date
● Name, position, and signature of approving authority