Medical Laboratory Technician / Medical Laboratory Scientist

Crossing Rivers Health•Prairie du Chien, WI

7h•Onsite

About The Position

This position can be filled by any of the following disciplines: Medical Technologist, Medical Lab Scientist, Clinical Lab Scientist, or Medical Lab Technician, Clinical Lab Technician. The Medical Laboratory Technician / Medical Laboratory Scientist is responsible for specimen collection, processing, test performance, and reporting test results for waived, moderate, or high complexity tests. This role ensures quality care and compliance with department policy, and performs quality assurance activities. Additional tasks may be assigned based on qualifications and experience for the smooth and effective operation of the department. Employees are expected to carry out their duties professionally, demonstrating flexibility and adaptation to meet patient, departmental, organizational, and state requirements.

Requirements

MT/MLS/CLS: Bachelor's Degree Required, Field of Study: chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science, or medical technology.
MLT/CLT: Associates Degree Required, Field of Study: Laboratory Science
Must be registered or eligible to register as a Medical Technologist / Clinical Laboratory Scientist / Medical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Technician/Clinical Laboratory Technician through the state or National Registry Association. Must obtain within 1 year or maintain registration as required by registry association.
Must be qualified to perform high complexity testing without direct supervision under 483.1489 of the Federal Register.

Responsibilities

Follows the laboratory’s procedures for specimen collection, handling, processing, test analyses, reporting, and maintaining records of patients test results.
Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.
Adheres to the laboratory’s quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
Follows the laboratory’s established corrective action policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s defined acceptable levels of performance.
Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and corrects the problem or immediately notifies the technical supervisor, clinical consultant or director.
Documents all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratories established performance characteristics.
Other job duties and responsibilities as assigned to effectively meet the needs of the patients, the department, and the organization as a whole.