Medical Laboratory Technician or Scientist - PRN

An Iowa Top Workplaces of 2022-2023, Adair County Health System is a special place. We are fortunate to have some of the most highly skilled and compassionate health care professionals in the area who truly care about our patients and each other. We value teamwork, recognize achievements and celebrate successes. ACHS fosters a positive and fun work environment for employees to learn, grow and serve. Most importantly, we strive to create a culture of excellence where providing exceptional health care and extraordinary patient experience are paramount.

Adair County Health System is searching for a PRN Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Laboratory Scientist to work in our hospital laboratory. This individual will perform high quality, complex laboratory analysis in accordance with professional laboratory standards and Hospital policies and procedures. 

Essential Functions:

• Obtains/collects specimens for laboratory testing, including, but not limited to: blood, urine, sputum and throat swabs. Seeks assistance appropriately.
• Checks test requisition to assure correctness and completeness prior to collecting samples. Verifies positive patient identification.
• Performs venipunctures, finger sticks and arterial punctures using aseptic technique and in accordance with Hospital procedures. Ensures that specimen requirements are met at the time of collection and maintains specimen integrity.
• Properly labels on specimens.
• Performs routine and complex laboratory analysis. Recognizes test inconsistencies and takes appropriate corrective action. Calls critical test results to physicians and/or nursing personnel according to established criteria. Prepares test reports in a clear, concise and timely manner, initialing and dating own work performed.
• Runs quality control tests according to procedure and maintains appropriate data recording. Analyzes quality control data and takes appropriate corrective action when results are outside acceptable limits. Resolves or reports and seeks assistance in resolving, out-of-control laboratory test situations.
• Performs preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment, documenting all instrument checks, problems and corrective actions taken. Recognizes, analyzes and takes corrective action to resolve instrument/clinical problems. Provides assistance to other laboratory personnel in resolving equipment problems.