Technician-Medical Laboratory PRN

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Mississippi is seeking a qualified Medical Laboratory Technician to perform defined laboratory procedures and report results, ensuring accurate and timely patient outcomes.

You will receive, identify, organize, and prioritize specimens, perform quality control, and maintain equipment while complying with safety and regulatory standards. AAS/Military equivalence with certification within six months is required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology or military equivalent is required.
• National certification must be obtained within six months of hire.
• Clinical laboratory experience preferred.
• Basic computer literacy required.
• Military training provides alternative qualifications for consideration.

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 weeks)

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.

Job 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.

Specifications

Experience

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

Clinical Laboratory Experience Preferred.

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

Education

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

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

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

• Basic computer literacy.

Licensure

Description Minimum Required Preferred/Desired

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