Medical Technologist or Medical Lab Technician - Core Lab
About The Position
The Medical Technologist or Medical Lab Technician performs and monitors laboratory testing within established protocols, evaluates results for validity and clinical significance, and reports results according to policy. The role performs specialty testing across areas including transfusion services, microbiology, chemistry, hematology, histology, coagulation, and flow cytometry. It also supports critical-care departments such as the ED, ICU, and OR with timely laboratory results during high-acuity events. The position contributes to laboratory quality and operations by maintaining and repairing equipment, performing quality control and proficiency testing, supporting staff training and competency review, and helping improve procedures and processes. The role ensures compliance with accrediting standards, including CAP regulatory requirements, and collects specimens when required. It requires knowledge and skills to provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position on the third shift, 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. The work may involve exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, radioactive, and infectious agents, including human blood and body fluids. Appropriate protective equipment must be worn as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, or a bachelor's or associate's degree in Medical Technology or a related field.
- Medical Technologist (MT) certification from ASCP, or obtain MLS certification from ASCP BOC within one year, or obtain MT certification from AMT within one year.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to meet the physical and working-condition requirements, including frequently lifting up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds; sitting, standing, and walking for most of the workday; and wearing required protective equipment.
Responsibilities
- Perform, evaluate, and monitor laboratory tests within established protocols; select and perform additional procedures when indicated.
- Monitor workflow and make adjustments to complete work within an appropriate time frame.
- Evaluate test results for clinical significance, validity, and appropriateness, and report and notify others of results according to policy.
- Perform and document calibration, maintenance, and repair of instruments and equipment.
- Perform, document, and review quality control and quality assurance activities; evaluate results and take corrective action when indicated.
- Verify that specimens are properly labeled and suitable for testing, and collect specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients according to protocol.
- Provide direction, training, competency review, and technical assistance to medical laboratory technicians, phlebotomists, and support staff.
- Help improve laboratory procedures, policies, and processes, and ensure compliance with accrediting agency standards and CAP regulatory requirements in an acute setting.
- Perform internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples.
- Perform specialty testing in transfusion services, microbiology, chemistry, hematology, histology, coagulation, and flow cytometry.
- Provide direct, timely, and accurate laboratory support to critical-care departments during high-acuity events, including transfusion services, attending codes, testing irretrievable samples, tissue grinding and Gram stains, and mass casualty and mass transfusion procedures.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served.
- Operate equipment necessary to perform the job.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- Shift and on-call premium pay, where applicable
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Career development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
