Medical Lab Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Meet registry requirements.
• For an MLT: be registered or registry eligible as a Medical Laboratory Technician through ASCP, HEW, AMT, or an equivalent organization.
• For an MLS: be registered or registry eligible through ASCP, HEW, AMT, or an equivalent organization.
• Never have been convicted of a criminal offense related to health care.
• Not be listed by a federal agency as debarred, excluded, or otherwise ineligible for participation in federally funded health care programs.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Be able to work on occasion with minimal direct supervision.
• Be able to work in a latex-burdened environment.
• Have adequate hearing, with correction if needed, to communicate and hear technical equipment operation for safety.
• Speak clearly and distinctly with staff, physicians, patients, and fellow employees, and communicate clearly by telephone with clients.
• Have the coordination and motor skills needed to obtain blood specimens following OSHA guidelines.
• Be able to lift and move small technical equipment.
• Have motor skills for faxing, copying, typing, and filing laboratory information.
• Have adequate or corrected vision to read test results clearly; color blindness will be evaluated for its degree of inhibition in performing assigned tests.
• Have motor skills to safely handle chemicals and bloodborne pathogens according to OSHA guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and advanced procedures in the General Laboratory section under direct supervision.
• Ensure accurate results and properly use quality control materials.
• Recognize test interdependencies and conditions that can affect test results.
• Correct errors and use and maintain a variety of complex instruments.
• May be responsible for another technologist’s work during their absence.
• Work rotating weekends, holidays, and shifts, and may take call on rotation.