What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Lab Technologist position at Highlands Oncology Group?
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Step into a role where your expertise directly fuels hope.
At our leading private oncology clinic, Highlands Oncology, we are searching for a skilled Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT, MLS, MT) who is driven by precision, compassion, and a passion for advancing patient care. Join a team where every test result contributes to life-changing treatment decisions—and where your work truly matters.
Job Summary: Responsible for the performance and reporting of various technical, chemical, and microscopic
testing, stocking supplies, maintaining a clean work environment and necessary logs and paperwork applicable to job duties assigned.
Job Duties / Responsibilities:
- Represents the laboratory as a model of the behavioral standards of the institution; supports the Mission and goals of the organization; promotes a respectful work environment.
- ADheres to established Company and Departmental policies and procedures.
- Comply with all laboratory policies and CAP regulations related to safety, cleanliness and infection control.
- Responsible for the performance of various technical, chemical, and microscopic tests to provide information for diagnosis and treatment of patients.
- Responsible for routine equipment operation, maintenance/repair (learning maintenance and repair is mandatory), quality control, calibration, and workload.
- Recognizes normal, abnormal and critical results and takes appropriate action as required.
- Capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notifying a supervisor.
- Resolves technical problems and ensures that remedial action is taken whenever test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
- Follows the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
- Performs testing in a timely manner to ensure established turn-around-time goals are met.
- Performs and assists with patient lookbacks (remediation) when necessary.
- Adheres to the laboratory's quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
- Follow the laboratory's established corrective action policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
- Maintains laboratory equipment and supplies.
- Works closely with patients, staff, and physicians.
- Actively participates in the Laboratory Quality Assurance program.
- Actively participates in the Laboratory Proficiency Testing (PT) program. Ensures correct handling of the PT specimens and enters results before the due date.
- Assists with orienting, training, and completing orientation checklists for new employees if necessary.
- Performs competency assessments if necessary.
- Maintains inventory and notifies a supervisor when supplies are needed.
- Displays flexibility to cover the lab in emergencies and difficult staffing situations.
- Willingness to take on new tasks and additional responsibilities.
- Maintains professional growth and development with Continuing Education or other tools.
- Attends company and department meetings as necessary.
- Additional duties as requested by management.