Med Lab Tech MLT

Sullivan County Community Hospital•Sullivan, IN

20h

About The Position

The Medical Laboratory Technician performs laboratory testing and related specimen collection, processing, documentation, and reporting. The role performs waived, moderate, and authorized high-complexity testing; participates in proficiency testing and quality assurance programs; and follows laboratory procedures and CLIA requirements. The technician collects venous and heel-stick blood specimens, conducts drug-screen collections, performs testing across multiple laboratory areas, and maintains accurate patient results and records. The position also includes routine administrative, inventory, equipment-monitoring, and work-area maintenance duties.

Requirements

Associate degree in chemical, physical, or biological science or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution; alternatively, must have previously qualified or been eligible to qualify as a technologist under CFR 493.1489 on or before 02/28/1992 and currently possess certification or pass a certified registry examination within six months of hire.
One to two years of experience.
Typing skills.
Basic knowledge of laboratory policies and procedures.
Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with co-workers, patients, outside agencies, and physicians.
Ability to perform waived, moderate, and high-complexity testing and participate in proficiency-testing programs.
CPR certification.

Responsibilities

Comply consistently with established behavioral expectations and maintain a courteous, tactful, diplomatic, professional, and friendly atmosphere with patients, co-workers, and laboratory customers.
Answer telephone calls, send faxes, file and organize materials, and send mail to the mailroom daily.
Check equipment temperatures daily, ensure they are within range, and take corrective action when they are not.
Receive and log specimens; read and understand requisitions and physicians’ orders; and follow requirements for specimen collection containers, processing, storage, and transportation.
Assemble collection equipment and perform venipuncture and heel sticks competently and promptly while minimizing patient discomfort.
Label specimens properly and handle specimen processing, test performance, and result reporting.
Perform only authorized high-complexity tests for which skills are commensurate with education, training, experience, and technical abilities.
Follow laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, reporting, and maintenance of patient test records.
Document and report patient results accurately and promptly; consult appropriate laboratory personnel about abnormal findings; and report critical values within established time frames.
Complete duties productively and on time, prioritize STAT, ASAP, and scheduled tests, and report unacceptable results to the director.
Conduct and process DOT and non-DOT drug screens.
Maintain work-area supplies throughout the day and before leaving; disinfect work areas and equipment according to laboratory procedures.
Participate in at least 80% of monthly departmental meetings and perform other assigned duties.
Demonstrate competency in blood collection, drug-screen collection, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, blood banking, immunology/serology, chemistry, and microbiology.
Perform, analyze, and record quality-control data; identify problems affecting test performance or reporting; correct problems or immediately notify the appropriate supervisor, consultant, or director.
Document corrective actions and quality-assurance activities, withhold patient results when quality-control values are unacceptable, and follow established procedures when test systems do not meet acceptable performance levels.
For high-complexity testing, follow quality-control policies and document quality-control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and maintenance.
Ensure proficiency-testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
Conserve costs where feasible, monitor inventory, order supplies weekly, review supplies monthly for expiration dates, and notify the manager when supplies are low and have not been received.
Follow the attendance policy, use the time clock professionally, clock out for breaks when leaving hospital grounds, and work overtime only with manager approval.
Document job competency at six months and annually according to CLIA guidelines, and complete required HealthStream and MediaLab education.