What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Laboratory Technician 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.
Responsibilities
Experience
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Minimum Required
Training
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Licensure
Minimum Required
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.
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.
Experience
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
- Clinical laboratory experience preferred.
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
Training
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
- Basic computer literacy.
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.