Medical Laboratory Technician
Medical Laboratory Technician
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Job Description
Overview
Arizona General Hospital Laveen is a 16 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Laveen Arizona. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1000 care sites across 21 states making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.
If you are committed to social justice health equity and prepared to deliver care in new innovative ways you belong with us.
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Responsibilities
Follows procedures and performs clinical testing in one or more departments of the laboratory within regulatory guidelines. May perform capillary and venous punctures.
- Aligning with local and state requirements performs lab test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Sections Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate timely reporting.
- Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results identification of patterns of bias rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits
- Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair
- Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters
- Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
- Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology
- Participates in opportunities for continuing education and/or teaching training according to the Section
- Performance Standards to enhance technical skills of students trainees coworkers and self
- Responsible for inventory of supplies including providing assistance with monitoring supplies ordering and placing received supplies into storage
- Completes all work and resolves or appropriately passes ongoing issues to incoming staff within the scheduled shift
- As a representative of CommonSpirit Health utilizes professionalism and HumanKindness while communicating with physicians hospital staff patients coworkers other stakeholders in laboratory operations and all members of the general public whether in email instant messaging telephone or face-to-face interactions
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Qualifications
Minimum:
- High school diploma/GED and completed an official military medical laboratory course and held the military enlisted occupational speciality of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Lab Technician) or
- Associates Degree in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA
- Must be appropriately trained in clinical laboratory science as judged by the Director of the Clinical Laboratory
Preferred:
- MLT (ASCP) or equivalent certification
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Unclear
