Medical Lab Technician​/Medical Technologist

About us:

For the past 85 years, Stephens County Hospital has been a trusted name in the community, striving for excellence and delivering professional and compassionate care. Our dedicated staff of approximately 475 employees has a heart for healthcare and realizes how precious the gift of good health can be.

Stephens County Hospital is a 96-bed acute care hospital located in Toccoa, Georgia. We are nestled in the beautiful foothills of Northeast Georgia where our family-oriented community offers many cultural and civic opportunities as well as numerous outdoor activities.

Stephens County Hospital is a member of the Georgia Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals. Stephens County Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s premier healthcare monitoring agency.

Medical Lab Technician/Medical Technologist:

Full Time Position - 32 hours per week - night shift - Every Wednesday 12 hrs with 2 additional 10 hrnight shifts, majority will be Friday and Saturday Nights.

Weekends and Holidays are required.

PRN shifts also available

Education:

Completion of a Medical Laboratory Technician Program through an accredited vocational/technical institution.

Licensure / Certification:

ASCP, AMT preferred or eligible for certification.

Provides care for patients of the following age groups:

Neonate (Newborn) Adult (19 to 59 Years)

Pediatric (>

Newborn to 11 Years) Senior Adult (60 to 74 Years)

Adolescent (12 to 18 Years) Geriatric (75 and Above)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs specimen collection according to the Phlebotomy S.O.P.
• Uses available resources independently.
• Always remains courteous and considerate of patient needs.
• Solves and documents problems.
• Assures accuracy in specimen identification; utilizes at least two patient identifiers prior to specimen collection.
• Distributes specimens to correct locale.
• Adheres to criteria to ensure patient safety.
• Ensures clear verbal communication of all critical and stat test results (repeated and verified).
• Performs order entry procedures in CPSI.
• Interfaces equipment with the computer for resulting.
• Checks for accuracy prior to reporting results.
• Prints various reports for QC and QA.
• Reports lab results in a clear and professional manner.
• Performs all blood bank procedures per S.O.P. (type, RH, antibody screen, cross-match, cord bloods, etc.).
• Performs quality control and routine maintenance as scheduled.
• Inventories and rotates stock blood supply.
• Processes blood upon arrival to lab from the Supplier.
• Utilizes the Hollister system.
• Demonstrates ability to perform therapeutic phlebotomy.
• Demonstrates ability to give instructions for autologous and directed donations.
• Signs out blood and blood components appropriately.
• Performs testing on all chemistry per S.O.P.
• Possesses general knowledge and use of all chemistry analyzers.
• Maintains and QC’s all equipment per level of expertise.
• Investigates all aberrant errors and results.
• Troubleshoots and repairs equipment per level of expertise.
• Communicates well with the Section Leader and Hot-Line repair services.
• Helps to maintain proper stock inventory.
• Handles all referral lab work appropriately (processing, shipping, and reporting).
• Performs testing in hematology and coagulation per S.O.P. (CBC, retics, platelets, manual counts, coagulation).
• Performs abnormal cell counts.
• Possesses basic knowledge of the operation of all equipment.
• Documents and performs quality control and maintenance as scheduled.
• Ensures stock rotation and appropriate inventory.
• Investigates aberrant errors and results caused by lipemia, hemolysis, clotting, cold agglutinins, etc.
• Communicates well with the Section Leader and Hot-Line repair services.
• Performs testing in urinalysis per S.O.P.
• Performs and documents all quality control, calibrations and all maintenance as scheduled.
• Verifies all results for accuracy.
• Troubleshoots all equipment per level of expertise.
• Rotates and inventories stock appropriately.
• Communicates well with the Section Leader.
• Performs testing in Serology per S.O.P.
• Performs and documents all quality control, calibrations, and all maintenance as…