Medical Lab Technician

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Instructs patients in preparing for tests that require fasting.
• Answers patient questions regarding the tests.
• Maintains equipment and investigates problems with equipment.
• May assist in teaching Clinical Laboratory Science students and Pathology residents and training of new employees.
• May monitor daily operation of laboratory section or work area.
• May participate on teams or individually perform special projects/assignments.
• Performs a variety of routine and standardized tests using standard techniques and equipment.
• Prepares specimens, resolves specimen problems, and performs analytical tests.
• Labels and stores specimens.
• Prepares reagents and assists in the preparation of standard and control materials.
• Monitors levels of reagents and assists in maintaining supplies.
• Records results of tests and maintains records.
• Provides test results, reporting deviations from the norm to supervisor or ordering physician.

Required Education:

• Associate’s degree in clinical laboratory science, Medical Laboratory Technician, Chemical Science, or Biological Science.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• If associate’s degree in clinical laboratory science, Medical Laboratory Technician, Chemical Science, or Biological Science then must have ASCP OR MLT (AMT) board certification.

Skills:

• Candidate must have gram stain experience, previous automated Microbiology system(such as WASP) preferred, this is NOT a bacteriology plate reading and AST position.