Laboratory Technician

Vail Health Hospital • Avon, CO

7d • $23 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for specimen processing, quality control, maintenance, test performance, and for reporting test results.

Requirements

• 1 Year previous similar lab or clinical experience preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate integrity in the accurate performance of tests, reporting or results and the documentation of errors required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, HIPAA compliance and OSHA rules and regulations required.

Nice To Haves

• Medical Technologist (MT) by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) preferred
• Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) preferred

Responsibilities

• Follows laboratory’s procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting, quality control and maintaining records of patient test results.
• Follows established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, OSHA Rules and Regulations, environmental and infection control standards.
• Performs only those moderate complexity tests within the scope of qualifications.
• Performs and reviews quality controls in testing; decides if results are within acceptable ranges, researches problems and corrects.
• Performs a variety of determinations on different bodily fluids such as pregnancy tests, urinalysis, and complete blood counts. Confirms and verifies test results and reports findings to clinicians.
• Documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
• Prepares specimens to be stored or transported to the reference laboratory.
• Operates, calibrates, and conducts performance checks on clinical laboratory equipment and monitors maintenance schedules.
• Follows corrective action policies and procedures when test systems are not within the laboratory’s established acceptable levels of performance.
• Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and corrects the problems or notifies supervisory personnel of the problem.
• Documents all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Parental leave (4 weeks paid)
• Housing programs
• Childcare reimbursement
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Tuition Assistance
• Existing Student Loan Repayment
• Specialty Certification Reimbursement
• Annual Supplemental Educational Funds
• Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year.
• 403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement
• Recreation discounts
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed