Medical Lab Technician II

Overview

LMC Irmo - Lab

Full Time
• PM Shift
• 11:30-20:00

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first Heart

CARE Center

TM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

Job Summary

Perform daily lab tests, patient interviewing and phlebotomy. Responsible for compliance of the entire lab to include QA and COLA requirements and guidelines. Seek compliance with appropriate health and safety regulatory agencies. To procure and process patient specimens for laboratory testing, perform tests accurately in a timely fashion, accurately report test results, detecting and managing basic problems as they occur.

Minimum Education: Two-year diploma in Medical Laboratory Science, biological science or chemistry from a national or international accredited educational institution. Transcript must include a minimum of 60 semester hours with 25 hours of coursework in clinical laboratory science, chemical and biological science required. Must include a clinical laboratory rotation in immunohematology, chemistry, hematology and microbiology.

Minimum Years of

Experience:

None

Substitutable

Education & Experience:

None

Required Certifications/Licensure: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) or an equivalent state or governmental certification from one of the following:

• National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA)
• American Medical Technologies (AMT)
• American Association of Bioanalysts Board of Registry (AAB)

National certification may be at the medical laboratory technician (MLT) level or a categorical certification in a recognized discipline of clinical laboratory science (i.e., chemistry, hematology, blood bank, microbiology). With a categorical certification, the employee’s practice at LMC will be limited to the category or categories listed by the certifying board.

Required Training: None

Essential Functions

• The Medical Laboratory Technician performs the following:
• Manual laboratory testing (no or little automation).
• Automated laboratory testing (requiring instrumentation to complete).
• Collection of specimens:
  May be required to perform venipuncture to include capillary punctures for blood specimens from patients of various ages requiring developmentally appropriate techniques.

• The Medical Laboratory Technician performs established laboratory testing according to accreditation requirements and LMC Laboratory established procedures.
• The MLT II exhibits the knowledge and expertise in the following job duties:
• Evaluate specimen preparation and handling for test analysis.
• Select, perform, evaluate, and monitor the performance of test procedures using manual and /or instrumental techniques.

• Conduct quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products.
• Recognize and react to indicators of malfunctions; locate and implement corrections; verify correct instrument operation using protocols and quality control checks.
• Recognize normal and abnormal values.
• Maintain instruments to include daily, weekly, and periodic maintenance.
• Identify the causes of common problems and making simple repairs.
• Maintain proper records for…