Medical Lab Tech/Phlebotomist

American Addiction Centers • Waxhaw, NC

2d • $19 - $36 • Onsite

About The Position

This full-time position is responsible for maintaining up-to-date laboratory manuals, understanding and implementing regulations of inspecting bodies, and completing assigned workloads within established turnaround times. The role involves preparing specimens for testing, verifying patient identification, applying specimen rejection rules, and arranging for recollections when necessary. The Medical Lab Tech/Phlebotomist will also use and maintain equipment and instruments, perform and document maintenance and quality control, prepare reagents, and calculate, report, and maintain records of test results. A key responsibility includes reviewing test results and immediately notifying and documenting notification of all critical values to the physician or nurse/PCA. Additionally, the role requires performing phlebotomy and finger sticks as needed.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Completion of a program for Clinical Lab Assistants or Medical Lab Technicians required.
• Certification by a nationally recognized agency/board or equivalent experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Laboratory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains up-to-date laboratory manuals and is familiar with regulations of inspecting bodies and helps with their implementation.
• Completes assigned workload within established turnaround times by organizing the work according to test ordering status.
• Assesses the urgency of a test and uses this assessment to select the order in which the tasks are performed.
• Prepares specimens for testing, verifies patient identification on samples and test requisitions before testing, applies rules of specimen rejection, and arranges for recollection when necessary.
• Uses and maintains equipment and instruments used in test performance.
• Performs and documents maintenance and quality control.
• Prepares reagents as required for test performance.
• Calculates, reports and maintains records of test results.
• Reviews test results and immediately notifies, and documents notification of all critical values, the physician or nurse/PCA.
• Performs phlebotomy and finger sticks as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Adoption assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED