Medical Laboratory Technician - Precision Testing

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Columbus, Mississippi, seeks a Laboratory Technician to perform and report results from clearly defined laboratory procedures, ensuring optimal patient outcomes on assigned shifts with potential overtime and callbacks.

The role involves handling specimens, performing QC, instrument maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards; a associate degree or military training is required, with national certification within six months of hire.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or military equivalent completed.
• National certification required within six months of hire date.

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.

Skills

Basic computer literacy

Education

Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology

Military Medical Laboratory Specialist training (50-week)

Job description

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Columbus, Mississippi, seeks a Laboratory Technician to perform and report results from clearly defined laboratory procedures, ensuring optimal patient outcomes on assigned shifts with potential overtime and callbacks.

The role involves handling specimens, performing QC, instrument maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards; a associate degree or military training is required, with national certification within six months of hire.