Medical Laboratory Technician/Medical Technologist

Primary Purpose:

Under limited supervision, performs routine tests in medical laboratory to provide data for use in diagnosis and treatment of disease, ensuring validity and accuracy of test results. Performs waived, moderate, and high complexity tests in Clinical Chemistry, Therapeutic Drug Analysis, Blood Gas Analysis, Hematology, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Serology, Clinical Microscopy which are authorized by the Clinical Laboratory Director in conjunction with the Laboratory Supervisor. Serves all age groups of patients, including neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Follows the departmental procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
• Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency test samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimen.
• Adheres to laboratory's quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
• Follows the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's defined acceptable levels of performance.
• Capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the laboratory general/technical supervisor or director.
• Documents all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance characteristics.
• Maintains good relations with patients, medical staff, and other departments as well as other facilities that use laboratory services.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related needs of the patients served.
• Enhances professional growth and development and maintains skills and knowledge through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services, and workshops.
• Complies with all hospital and departmental policies and procedures, safety program requirements, corporate compliance program standards of conduct, all applicable statutes, rules and regulations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

• Environment, Procedural Skills, Documentation Skills, Verbal Communication, Inventory Control, Planning, Dependability, Teamwork, Medical Terminology, Electronic Medical Record experience.

• State of Hawaii MT or MLT license and certification is required.
• Work experience in all areas of the lab is desirable.
• Membership in a nationally recognized medical professional association is desirable.

• Required to stand, walk and sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Continuous handling, fingering and eye-hand-foot coordination.
• Constant use of depth perception, corrected and color vision.
• High levels of attention to detail, concentration, alertness needed, with frequent use of mathematical ability.
• Exposure to infection from disease-bearing specimens to odorous chemicals and specimens.
• Subject to electrical hazards.
• Ability to handle emergency or crisis situations.