Medical Laboratory Technician - Full Time

Javon Bea Hospital•Riverside, IL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The MLT/MLS provides patient care by processing samples and performing clinical laboratory procedures. This role involves utilizing the Information System for various tasks including receiving patients, ordering and collecting samples, resulting tests, answering questions from nurses and physicians, documenting quality control activities, and producing reports. The technician will perform lab tests in hematology, urinalysis, chemistry, blood bank, or microbiology using automated and manual methods. Key responsibilities include analyzing test results for validity and accuracy, ensuring timely results, reporting critical results, performing and interpreting quality control, maintaining and troubleshooting laboratory instrumentation, participating in method and instrument evaluation, and training new staff and students. Maintaining competency in current procedures and acquiring competency in new methods is essential. The role also includes collecting patient specimens.

Requirements

Associate degree in medical laboratory science or military equivalent or must be qualified to perform high complexity testing according to CLIA 493.1489 Standard: Testing personnel qualifications.
MLT certification within one year of hire or meets CLIA 493.1489 Standard: Testing personnel qualifications on or before April 24, 1995.

Responsibilities

Utilize the Information System to receive patients, order and collect samples, result tests, answer questions from nurses and physicians, document quality control activities and produce reports required to perform job tasks.
Perform lab tests in the lab specialties of hematology, urinalysis, chemistry and blood bank or microbiology by automated and manual methods according to defined policies and procedures.
Analyze test results prior to release of information to chart for validity and accuracy.
Assure that designated turnaround times for results are met and that critical results are appropriately reported and documented.
Perform quality control and proficiency testing procedures as defined by policy.
Interpret and troubleshoot quality control results to ensure accurate and precise test results.
Perform preventative maintenance, minor troubleshooting and calibration of laboratory instrumentation.
Participates in method and instrument evaluation and implementation.
Participates in teaching and training of new partners and students.
Maintain competency in current procedures and gain competency for new methods implemented.
Collect patient specimens.