New Jersey’s largest integrated health care system, providing treatment and services to millions of patients each year is actively seeking Medical Technologists to join their team immediately!!

Job Title: Medical Technologist Generalist

Locations:

• Newark, NJ
• Elizabeth, NJ
• Long Branch, NJ

Shifts:

• Evening: 3:00pm-11:00pm Mon-Fri every other Sat / Sun
  • When you work the weekend, you get 1 day off each week. 
• Training Shift: 8:00am -4:00pm or 7:00am -3:00pm Mon-Fri with no weekends
  • Shift start time depends on which training bench. 

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• BS in Medical Laboratory Science OR life science (biology or chemistry)
• Clinical laboratory experience in chemistry, hematology and basic microbiology
• ASCP or NCA certification

Description:

Support chemistry, hematology and microbiology benches and rotate benches each day

• Urinalysis testing
• Microscopy
• Review peripheral smears and identify normal and abnormal cells
• Gram stain review
• Identify bacteria
• Update LIS
• Check quality control, maintain machines and instruments in laboratory, troubleshoot, call critical samples and complete the pending log in a timely manner
• work in a high volume hospital core laboratory
• Instruments - Vista, Centar, Architect, Vitas Sysmex, ACL top, Ised Elite, histology stainers, Cephied, Biofire, Verigene
• complete blood cultures identifications and PCR testing

Work Environment:

• Work on a team with about 5 other techs on the benches on evening shift. Everyone is cross trained so anyone can assist you on any bench and have a lead tech to train and a supervisor that can support any urgent needs. 
• Solid leadership team in the NBI laboratory - great collaboration and transparency 
• Diverse team and emphasis on diverse leaders and thought
• Can train on all benches and look to cross train even in blood banking

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work at the top hospital network in NJ with 13 hospitals and other specialized children's hospitals and facilities, partner to Rutgers University and Cancer Institute of NJ. 
• Internal opportunity for growth is encouraged and leadership will support your path to get there.
• Flexible compensation
• Great benefits package (Medical, Dental, 401k)
• Holiday and vacation pay!

This position is moving extremely fast as this is an urgent need for the client. If interested, please send over your most up to date resume to ktrivigno @astoncarter.com along with your availability for a 10-minute phone call. 

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