What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technician-Medical Laboratory position at Baptist Memorial Health Care?
Overview
Job Summary
Utilizes laboratory skills to perform and report results of clearly defined laboratory procedures assuring optimal patient outcomes. Responsible for assigned shifts and subject to overtime and call back as required. Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Responsibilities
Receives, identifies, organizes, and prioritizes specimens to ensure accurate and timely test processing.
Preferred/Desired: Clinical laboratory experience preferred.
Education
Minimum Required: Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited MLT program, or successful completion of at least a 50-week official US military medical laboratory procedures training course and currently hold or have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist
Licensure
Minimum Required: National certification in concordance with current federal and/or state regulations. Full certification must be obtained within six months of hire date.
Job Summary
Utilizes laboratory skills to perform and report results of clearly defined laboratory procedures assuring optimal patient outcomes. Responsible for assigned shifts and subject to overtime and call back as required. Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Responsibilities
Receives, identifies, organizes, and prioritizes specimens to ensure accurate and timely test processing.
- Performs and reports requested laboratory procedures.
- Performs quality control, proficiency testing and routine instrument maintenance and inventory control and document as required.
- Evaluates positive patient identification to reduce analytical and post-analytical error and/or adverse patient outcomes.
- Assesses, evaluates and draws appropriate conclusions.
- Follows regulatory requirements, competency requirements and maintains safe laboratory practice.
- Completes assigned goals
Preferred/Desired: Clinical laboratory experience preferred.
Education
Minimum Required: Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited MLT program, or successful completion of at least a 50-week official US military medical laboratory procedures training course and currently hold or have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist
Licensure
Minimum Required: National certification in concordance with current federal and/or state regulations. Full certification must be obtained within six months of hire date.
