Role Overview: A Medical Lab Technician or Scientist responsible for performing accurate laboratory testing, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and serving as a departmental resource. This role involves specimen collection, processing, calibration, and troubleshooting of laboratory instruments, along with monitoring quality control and patient results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform testing accurately and efficiently, maintaining instrument calibration and troubleshooting complex issues.
- Monitor and validate patient and quality control results, ensuring result accuracy and documenting deviations.
- Participate in quality assurance, process improvements, and departmental projects.
- Assist in training staff, providing educational support, and contributing to competency assessments.
- Manage inventory, control costs, and support financial and productivity goals.
- Process and prepare specimens, ensuring proper identification and integrity.
- Serve as a departmental resource, communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science, chemical, or biological sciences, with certification or completion of an accredited program.
- Competency in phlebotomy and knowledge of specimen requirements and medical terminology.
- Experience with laboratory instrumentation, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Preferred certifications include MLS/MT or categorical certifications (ASCP, AMT, etc.).