Medical Lab Technician III-PN

Medical Laboratory Technician

LMC Swansea Primary Care
• Full Time
• Day Shift
• 8-5
• Sign-On Bonus: $5,000

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals, and Lexington Medical Center, a 607‑bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

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. Procure and process patient specimens for laboratory testing, perform tests accurately and 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:
  
  3 years of clinical laboratory experience in an accredited clinical laboratory.
• 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 science (MLS) 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.

• Perform manual laboratory testing (no or little automation).
• Perform automated laboratory testing (requiring instrumentation to complete).
• Collect specimens, including venipuncture and capillary punctures appropriate for patients of various ages.
• Performs established laboratory testing according to accreditation requirements and LMC Laboratory established procedures.
• Evaluate specimen preparation and handling for test analysis.
• Select, perform, evaluate, and monitor test procedures using manual and/or instrumental techniques.
• Conduct quality control procedures on equipment and reagents and review and interpret results for acceptability. Perform basic troubleshooting to correct problems.
• Perform all testing assigned and multi‑task as necessary, meeting productivity targets and promoting teamwork among coworkers.
• Recognize and react to indicators of malfunctions; implement corrections and verify instrument operation using protocols and quality control checks.
• Recognize normal and abnormal values; evaluate and correlate data with other test results/diagnosis and report results and problems to appropriate individuals.
• Maintain instruments, including daily, weekly, and periodic maintenance as assigned.
• Identify causes of common…