Medical Lab Technician

Community HealthCare System; Onaga (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Community HealthCare System is seeking a skilled laboratory professional to perform chemical analyses of body fluids, including blood, urine, and spinal fluid, and to conduct chemistry, hematology, and blood banking tasks. You will operate and maintain analyzers, enter data, and ensure quality assurance while communicating critical results to physicians and care teams.

Based in Kansas, the role requires adherence to CHCS policies and ongoing educational requirements, with a focus on accuracy,

Qualifications

• Experience with clinical chemistry, hematology and blood banking workflows.

Responsibilities

• Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, and spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal and abnormal components.
• Perform chemistry, hematology, and blood banking and process reference lab specimens.
• Operate, calibrate and maintain equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, and computer-controlled analyzers.
• Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
• Enter data from analysis of medical tests and clinical results into computer for storage.
• Perform quality assurance protocols and activities to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results.
• Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Provide technical information about test results to physicians, family members and other authorized persons
• Collect and study blood samples to determine the number of cells, their morphology, or their blood group, blood type, and compatibility for transfusion purposes, using microscopic techniques.
• Receive and log patient specimens.
• Notify patient's health care provider of all CRITICAL test values immediately
• Maintain inventory and PAR levels.
• Supports and abides by the mission, values, and policies of CHCS in all activities.
• On-going compliance with CHCS educational requirements.

Tools

Spectrophotometers

Calorimeters

Flame photometers

Computer-controlled analyzers

Job description

• Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, and spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal and abnormal components.
• Perform chemistry, hematology, and blood banking and process reference lab specimens.
• Operate, calibrate and maintain equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, and computer-controlled analyzers.
• Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
• Enter data from analysis of medical tests and clinical results into computer for storage.
• Perform quality assurance protocols and activities to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results.
• Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Provide technical information about test results to physicians, family members and other authorized persons
• Collect and study blood samples to determine the number of cells, their morphology, or their blood group, blood type, and compatibility for transfusion purposes, using microscopic techniques.
• Receive and log patient specimens.
• Notify patient's health care provider of all CRITICAL test values immediately
• Maintain inventory and PAR levels.
• Supports and abides by the mission, values, and policies of CHCS in all activities.
• On-going compliance with CHCS educational requirements.