Medical Technologist

JOB SUMMARY

Performs medical laboratory tests, procedures, experiments, and analyses to provide date for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease by performing required duties and responsibilities.

• Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
• Conducts chemical analyses of body fluids such as blood, urine, spinal fluid, and other specimen to determine presence of normal and abnormal components
• Analyzes and verifies test results prior to release of findings for filing into the information system
• Performs quality control studies according to established protocols and routine preventative maintenance and equipment checks according to established schedule
• Responds to queries by other members of the hospital care team, such as physicians, in a courteous and timely manner
• Assists in the orientation and training of new laboratory employees
• Maintains professional growth and certification as it applies to the responsibilities of the position
• Performs STAT testing within the established turn-around guidelines
• Reports malfunction of equipment and/or computer to supervisor immediately
• Reports test results that fall within laboratory panic values to appropriate health care provider and documents efforts to report panic values
• Brings unusual or remarkable findings to the attention of the supervisor and/or pathologist.

Minimum requirement:

• Degree in one of the following:
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Science
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Chemical or Biological Science
• ASCP board-eligible to obtain Medical Laboratory Science ASCP certification or equivalent within 6 months of hire

Preferred qualifications:

• NA

• This job operates in a professional medical laboratory environment
• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts
• Regularly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Occasionally required to maintain a stationary position (standing or sitting)
• Frequently required to walk and move about
• Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment
  
  Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices
• Regularly required to communicate with physicians and other care team requiring talking and hearing
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.