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Medical Lab Technician- Microbiology
$46k-59k (estimate)
Full Time | Hospital
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Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids is Hiring a Medical Lab Technician- Microbiology Near Rapids, IA
External applicants are eligible for an up to $10,000 sign on bonus!!
This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by providing timely and accurate patient results in one or more areas of the clinical laboratory. The Medical Laboratory Technician ensures test accuracy through compliance with regulatory requirements, performance and review of quality control, and active participation in performance improvement activities.
Job Duties
- Ensures that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at handoffs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome
- Properly identifies patients and samples during the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing
- Performs analyses on a variety of biological specimens, including blood, urine, stool, body fluids and tissues
- Performs, evaluates, and documents calibration and quality control; resolves issues as needed
- Maintains, troubleshoots, and resolves issues with assays and instruments
- Follows laboratory procedures for test analysis, test reporting, and maintaining records of patient results
- Communicates effectively and professionally with physicians, nurses, other medical personnel, patients, and families
- Prioritizes workload to ensure timely reporting of results
- Maintains and improves skills by participating in at least one continuing education activity annually
- Actively seeks and identifies opportunities for process improvement
- Assists in procedure writing, updating, and validating
- Acts as a resource for laboratory medicine information to providers and others
- Uses laboratory information system access information, enter results, and generate reports
- Educates and trains MLT and MLS students
- May be required to perform specimen collection, including phlebotomy, respiratory swabs, and skin tests, with skill and compassion
Department Specific Duties
- Assists providers with special procedures as needed (for example, bone marrows)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of laboratory testing procedures
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, including CAP, COLA, CLIA, TJC, and FDA
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure without sacrificing quality
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work with interruptions
- Skill to use standard laboratory instrumentation
- Skill to use the laboratory information system (LIS)
- Ability to critically think about test results in relation to patient condition
- Ability to recognize and correct problems with quality control
- Ability to recognize problems and troubleshoot laboratory equipment
- Ability to be detail-oriented
- Ability to complete appropriate documentation and paperwork clearly and completely
Professional Experience
- Experience preferred
Education
- Required: Associate's degree in medical laboratory, biological, or chemical science or completion of a 50-week US military medical laboratory training program
Licensure, Certification, Registration
- Required: Certification as an MLT(ASCP) or MLT(AMT) within 18 months of hire or transfer
Physical Demand Requirements
- Light: Exert up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Hospital
SALARY
$46k-59k (estimate)
POST DATE
03/08/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
05/07/2024
WEBSITE
www.mercycare.org
HEADQUARTERS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
SIZE
7,500 - 15,000
CEO
Jon Sweet
REVENUE
$500M - $1B
INDUSTRY
Hospital
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About Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids
MercyCare Community Physicians has fifteen family practice clinics throughout the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, including in Center Point, Hiawatha, Marion, Monticello, Mount Vernon, North Liberty and Tama. Two urgent care facilities and four specialty clinics are also part of the MCCP system. MCCP also offers billing and other administrative services to clients of its Managed Services Organizations. Established in 1995, MCCP is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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