Medical Lab Tech - Flexible Hours, Impactful Diagnostics

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

LCMC Health is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician to join its clinical laboratory team in New Orleans. The role ensures proper preparation, collection, preservation, transport, testing, and reporting of samples to aid diagnoses and treatment.

You will perform instrument operation, quality control, and accurate result reporting while maintaining safety and specimen handling standards, contributing to high-quality patient care.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum: Licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS- Technician) through the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Aufgaben

• Operate both primary and secondary instrumentation proficiently, ensure specimens are acceptable for testing, and report test results.
• Recognize and refer abnormal, unusual and critical results to supervisor.
• Maintain knowledge of standard phlebotomy and skin puncture techniques, and appropriate blood processing and handling procedures.
• Follow universal precautions, safety and infection control procedures, policies, and reports variances.
• Prepare blood components while maintaining aseptic technique and proper storage.
• Perform and evaluate serological reactivity and rapid antigen testing.
• Perform reagent quality control.
• Analyze quality control material for each procedure and record value.
• Perform proper processing, compliance, preservation, and shipping of specimens.
• Initiate orders for blood and/or blood components.
• Operate, calibrate, conduct performance checks and maintain any clinical laboratory instrument or equipment after orientation.
• Retrieve results as needed resolving questions to assist nurses, physicians or other hospital personnel.
• Check instruments and benches assigned for appropriate reagent and supply levels ensuring adequate inventory levels for incoming shifts.

Kenntnisse

Clinical testing

Quality control

Specimen processing

Phlebotomy skills

Instrument maintenance

Result reporting

Ausbildung

Licensed CLS Technician

Jobbeschreibung

LCMC Health is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician to join its clinical laboratory team in New Orleans. The role ensures proper preparation, collection, preservation, transport, testing, and reporting of samples to aid diagnoses and treatment.

You will perform instrument operation, quality control, and accurate result reporting while maintaining safety and specimen handling standards, contributing to high-quality patient care.