Medical Laboratory Technician

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Clinton (MS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care is seeking a laboratory technician in Clinton, MS. The successful candidate will utilize laboratory skills to perform and report defined laboratory procedures, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include identifying and prioritizing specimens, performing laboratory procedures, and maintaining quality control. Candidates should have an Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology and basic computer literacy.

Qualifications

• Clinical laboratory experience preferred.
• National certification in accordance with federal/state regulations, full certification required within six months.

Responsibilities

• Receive, identify, organize, and prioritize specimens for testing.
• Perform and report requested laboratory procedures.
• Conduct quality control, proficiency testing, and routine maintenance.
• Evaluate positive patient identification to reduce errors.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory and safety requirements.

Skills

Laboratory skills

Basic computer literacy

Education

Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology

Job description

Overview

Job Summary: Utilizes laboratory skills to perform and report results of clearly defined laboratory procedures assuring optimal patient outcomes. Responsible for assigned shifts and subject to overtime and call back as required. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Receives, identifies, organizes, and prioritizes specimens to ensure accurate and timely test processing.
• Performs and reports requested laboratory procedures.
• Performs quality control, proficiency testing and routine instrument maintenance and inventory control and document as required.
• Evaluates positive patient identification to reduce analytical and post-analytical error and/or adverse patient outcomes.
• Assesses, evaluates and draws appropriate conclusions.
• Follows regulatory requirements, competency requirements and maintains safe laboratory practice.
• Completes assigned goals.

Experience

• Clinical laboratory experience preferred.

Education

• Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited MLT program, or successful completion of at least a 50 week official US military medical laboratory procedures training course and currently hold or have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist.

Training

• Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

• Basic computer literacy.

Licular/ Licensure

• National certification in concordance with current federal and/or state regulations. Full certification must be obtained within six months of hire date.