Second shift Lead MLT / MT
About The Position
Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Lead Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT) Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day. A Brief Overview Responsible for performing all testing within the clinical laboratory. Will assist in the organization of all work reported for the designated area. Will assist in maintaining and performing quality control, proficiency testing, instrument maintenance, and adherence to section policies and procedures. Responsible for helping maintain an adequate inventory of reagents and supplies within the clinical laboratory site as appropriate. Performs all procedures in an efficient and accurate manner. Communicates critical values according to lab policy. Responsible for training new employees in the clinical laboratory / maintaining competency assessments within clinic laboratory setting. May perform other duties as assigned by the Laboratory Director or designee. What you will do Analyze specimens with precision and accuracy Call critical values and documented according to policy Perform analysis in a timely manner as determined by the order priority. Perform and document QC according to policy and use QC to validate testing results Recognize and document malfunctions, perform appropriate repairs when possible.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent and have successfully completed an official military medical laboratory procedures course of at least a duration of 50 weeks and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician) Required
- Certificate through the HHW/HEW Proficiency Examination as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist Required
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited School of Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science, with satisfactory completion of an MT or MLT program. Required
- Clinical training associated with the degree from an accredited School of Medical Laboratory Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science Required
- experience as a full time Medical Laboratory Technician within the clinical laboratory, hospital/clinic/reference lab setting Required
- Medical Technologist - AAB Board of Registry Upon Hire Required
- Medical Laboratory Scientist - American Medical Technologist Upon Hire Required
- Medical Technologist - American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire Required
- Clinical Laboratory Technologist - Department of Health and Human Services Upon Hire Required
- Clinical Laboratory Technologist - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Upon Hire Required
Nice To Haves
- experience including blood bank, communicating with regulatory inspectors, The Joint Commission standards, managing processes and workflow preferred.
- Ability to be flexible, working different shifts and in different clinical laboratory areas.
- Ability to work closely with management to ensure processes and procedures are implemented and maintained within the work group.
- Ability to use open communication between coworkers, physicians, hospital and clinic employee partners and healthcare leaders.
Responsibilities
- performing all testing within the clinical laboratory
- assisting in the organization of all work reported for the designated area
- assisting in maintaining and performing quality control, proficiency testing, instrument maintenance, and adherence to section policies and procedures
- maintaining an adequate inventory of reagents and supplies within the clinical laboratory site as appropriate
- performing all procedures in an efficient and accurate manner
- communicating critical values according to lab policy
- training new employees in the clinical laboratory / maintaining competency assessments within clinic laboratory setting
- analyzing specimens with precision and accuracy
- calling critical values and documented according to policy
- performing analysis in a timely manner as determined by the order priority
- performing and documenting QC according to policy and use QC to validate testing results
- recognizing and documenting malfunctions, perform appropriate repairs when possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
