MLT / MT Registered

Magnolia Regional Health Center; Corinth (MS); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Mississippi is seeking an MT/MLT to perform laboratory analysis on specimens. Responsibilities include organizing workload, maintaining a neat work area, and identifying unusual results. Candidates should have a two-year medical laboratory technology degree and ASCP certification. This full-time entry-level role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• ASCP certification required.
• Multilingual capabilities are a plus.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform laboratory analysis on specimens.
• Maintain neat work area and organize workload.
• Correlate laboratory data with physician diagnosis.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Education

Graduate of a two-year medical laboratory technology program

Job description

Positions Available

Full Time and PRN Positions Available

Job Summary

The MT/MLT performs and submits results on specimens received for laboratory analysis using highly sophisticated instrumentation or manual methods. Executes systems for positive specimen identification; collaborates with others to complete work; can be relied upon to organize workload; maintain neat work area; performs tasks as assigned; set appropriate priorities and be responsible for own work. Prepares reagents, assembles equipment, verifies correct instrument operation. Identifies unusual results or abnormalities, correlates laboratory data with common physician diagnosis, identifies discrepancies and takes prompt appropriate action to assure accuracy, solves problems and refers results.

Education Requirements

Graduate of a two-year medical laboratory technology program from an approved school.

Certification / Licensure Requirements

ASCP required. Certified or eligible for certification in clinical laboratory sciences by a recognized certifying agency.

Experience

Healthcare – Medical – laboratory assistant preferred.

Language / Communication Skills

English required. Multi-lingual capabilities enhance the ability to perform this job. Must have the ability to speak effectively and professionally to all staff, management, and all outside individuals at all levels from elementary to professional.

Mathematical Skills

Skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers, fractions, and decimals without a calculator.

Reasoning Ability

Must have the ability to apply non-judgmental reasoning capabilities whenever necessary when dealing with patients, visitors, and staff. Critical thinking and multi-tasking skills a must. Must have reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do. Must possess purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based.

Seniority Level

• Entry level

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care