Medical Technologist, Laboratory, 24hr, Day, Southbridge

UMass Memorial Health • Southbridge, MA

6d • $27 - $49 • Onsite

About The Position

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Under the general supervision of the area Section Heads and Laboratory Supervisor and according to established policies and procedures performs a variety of laboratory tests and reports data for the use in diagnosis and treatment of patients. May perform procedures across the major areas of the laboratory or concentrate in one area such as Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology or Microbiology. No supervision is required for specimen processing or reporting of patient test results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a chemical, physical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution.
• Professional knowledge of medical technology principals, theory, and methodology sufficient to perform clinical laboratory procedures.
• Ability to endure periods of heavy workload and stress.
• Ability to accept constructive feedback and initiate appropriate actions to correct situations.
• Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.

Nice To Haves

• MT (ASCP) certification.
• Minimum one (1) year of clinical laboratory experience.
• MLT certification also eligible.

Responsibilities

• Follows established procedures to perform all lab tests (including all levels of complexity as defined by CLIA) to obtain data for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Provides guidance and consultation to Medical Laboratory Technicians in the interpretation of complex testing or unusual findings.
• Assesses acceptability of specimens for analysis and maintains integrity of the specimens throughout the entire testing process.
• Performs set up on all laboratory equipment, instruments and apparatus required for specific laboratory testing.
• Performs routine cleaning and preventative maintenance to ensure continued functioning of equipment.
• Documents all maintenance procedures performed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Operates all laboratory equipment per standard operating procedures to ensure accurate patient test results.
• Performs moderately complex troubleshooting, repair, and modification of a wide range of complex instrumentation in assigned laboratory areas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees