Job discription

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