Medical Laboratory Technologist

BHS•Georgetown, KY

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Maintains technical competency as related to the job functions. Understands pertinent LIS functions and performs downtime procedures effectively. Evaluates each procedure performed and chooses appropriate investigative techniques as indicated. Identifies and resolves problems that may adversely affect test results and notifies appropriate personnel. Determines acceptability of specimens by performing visual inspections or by recognizing abnormal/unusual results. Documents unacceptable specimens according to policy. Communicates specimen requirements to appropriate personnel. Assesses job functions and takes appropriate action when problems are detected. Identifies problems with specimens, test orders, registration and takes appropriate action. Handles troubleshooting professionally and communicates with coworkers and customers when delays occur. Expected to utilize complex problem-solving skills in resolving clinical and instrument problems. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree.
Certified or eligible for certification in clinical laboratory science by recognized certifying agencies.
Certification must be achieved within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

Maintains technical competency as related to the job functions.
Understands pertinent LIS functions and performs downtime procedures effectively.
Evaluates each procedure performed and chooses appropriate investigative techniques as indicated.
Identifies and resolves problems that may adversely affect test results and notifies appropriate personnel.
Determines acceptability of specimens by performing visual inspections or by recognizing abnormal/unusual results.
Documents unacceptable specimens according to policy.
Communicates specimen requirements to appropriate personnel.
Assesses job functions and takes appropriate action when problems are detected.
Identifies problems with specimens, test orders, registration and takes appropriate action.
Handles troubleshooting professionally and communicates with coworkers and customers when delays occur.
Expected to utilize complex problem-solving skills in resolving clinical and instrument problems.