Medical Laboratory Technician or Scientist

Essentia Health•Spooner, WI

About The Position

Essentia Health is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) to join the team at Spooner Clinic. The position works three days during the week, with no weekends, holidays, or call obligation. It is a 0.6 FTE position on a day rotation. The MLT performs and reports tests of all complexity levels, as defined by CLIA, on patients of all ages to support routine screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases and injuries. The role also includes complex problem solving, quality assurance and quality control monitoring, instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting, specimen processing, phlebotomy, and customer service. The MLS performs and reports tests of all complexity levels, as defined by CLIA, on patients of all ages to support routine screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases and injuries. The role includes interpreting and correlating test results with disease states and theoretical knowledge; highly complex problem solving; quality assurance and quality control monitoring; and instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting. The MLS may also perform phlebotomy and specimen processing and participates in research, development, education, and technical consultation.

Requirements

MLT: Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technician, or meet CLIA guidelines for the complexity of laboratory testing through an alternative route.
MLT: Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician from the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent certification is required within one year from the date of hire.
MLS: Four-year degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, or MLT (ASCP) certification with additional semester hours in clinical laboratory equivalents from an accredited school, two years of full-time laboratory experience, and MLS (ASCP) certification.
MLS: Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist from the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is required within one year from the date of hire.

Responsibilities

Perform and report tests of all complexity levels, as defined by CLIA, on patients of all ages to support screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases and injuries.
For the MLT role, apply complex problem-solving skills and participate in quality assurance, quality control monitoring, instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting, specimen processing, phlebotomy, and customer service.
For the MLS role, interpret and correlate test results with disease states and theoretical knowledge, and apply highly complex problem-solving skills.
For the MLS role, participate in quality assurance, quality control monitoring, instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting, research, development, education, and technical consultation.
For the MLS role, perform phlebotomy and specimen processing as required.