Clinical Laboratory Technician - Impactful Diagnostics

Personnel Board of Jefferson County; Alabama; On-site; USD 27,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The Jefferson County Department of Health is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician to perform highly technical clinical laboratory work across chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunology, immunohematology, microbiology and urinalysis. Duties include specimen collection, processing, quality assurance and calibration of equipment in a clinical lab setting.

Work is performed in a clinical laboratory with emphasis on safety, infection control, and adherence to CLIA regulations.

Qualifications

• Laboratory experience with waived or moderate complexity testing.

Responsibilities

• Ensures laboratory testing equipment is functioning properly prior to performing tests on specimens by troubleshooting problems with equipment, performing regular maintenance, and conducting quality assurance testing.
• Collaborates with healthcare providers and engages with patients to collect blood, urine, and other samples for laboratory testing.
• Conducts tests and analyses of control specimens with known values in order to ensure that analyzers and other testing equipment are providing accurate measurements.
• Troubleshoots analyzers to resolve performance problems such as unacceptable quality controls results and instrument malfunctions.
• Maintains storage equipment and ensures all lab products and supplies (e.g., specimens, reagents, controls, etc.) are safely and properly stored.
• Checks temperature of the room, incubators, refrigerator and freezers to ensure they are within acceptable limits.
• Maintains a current chemical inventory list by documenting amounts and quantities of supplies.
• Rotates stock according to date to ensure that no supplies expire.
• Receives, evaluates and processes patient specimens in order to ensure that adequate specimens are collected for analysis.
• Macroscopically assesses adequacy of specimen, notifying physician if another aspiration should be performed.
• Processes samples promptly as collected by physician, to include preparing slides and appropriately preserving specimen for biopsies and cultures.
• Processes specimens by printing and attaching appropriate shipping and/or barcode labels.
• Receives specimens in lab by verifying patient’s information on specimen container matches information on lab order.
• Performs a variety of laboratory tests on specimens in one or more of the following laboratory specialties: chemistry, hematology and coagulation, immunology, immunohematology, microbiology, and urinalysis.
• Performs immunology or serology testing (e.g., flu testing, RPR testing, H.pylori testing, etc.) according to lab order.
• Performs microscopic examinations of urine samples and urinalysis (testing for bacteria, pH testing, etc.) to assist doctor is diagnosing patient and/or develop appropriate treatment plan.
• Analyzes test results according to lab order using various procedures in to order to assist doctor in diagnosing patient.
• Follows Alabama Department of Health regulations by reporting all communicable/infectious diseases to State Health Department.
• Adheres to regulations set by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) regarding clinical laboratory practices and procedures.

Skills

Lab experience

Job description

The Jefferson County Department of Health is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician to perform highly technical clinical laboratory work across chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunology, immunohematology, microbiology and urinalysis. Duties include specimen collection, processing, quality assurance and calibration of equipment in a clinical lab setting.

Work is performed in a clinical laboratory with emphasis on safety, infection control, and adherence to CLIA regulations.