Medical Technologist

Employment Type:
Full timeShift:
Day Shift
Description:
Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical Lab Technologist (MLT)
$5000.00 sign on bonus
Full Time - Days - rotating weekends
At St. Joseph - Plymouth, we know you're more than your job. We see you and all of your potential. That's why we invest in our people. Clinical advancement programs, flexible scheduling, tuition reimbursement and day one benefits... at St. Joseph - Plymouth, what's important to you, is important to us. Join our family.

• Benefits from Day One
• Daily Pay
• Competitive Shift Differentials including charge and preceptor roles
• Career Development
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Educational Stipend
• Certification reimbursement (up to 1 certification)
• Referral Rewards

JOB SUMMARY
Performs technical laboratory functions including Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Immunology and Microbiology testing. Receives and processes specimens, examines specimens and records test results. Analyzes results using knowledge of test principles and clinical significance. Analyzes test quality per established performance standards. Provides test result information to approved callers and alerts appropriate personnel to abnormal test results for immediate action.

• Instructs or educates on specimen collection.
• Obtains specimens for culture and analysis including blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary puncture.
• Labels, dates and records specimens obtained, and distributes to appropriate laboratory areas for analysis and interpretation. Evaluates specimen suitability. Cleans, sterilizes equipment, instruments and work area following safety, cleanliness and infection control procedures. Maintains, orders and restocks as necessary.
• Complies with established laboratory and hospital policies for universal precautions and safety procedures.
• Performs accurate and appropriate testing of specimens received in the laboratory, according to established laboratory protocol and procedures. Records and reports tests in a timely manner according to established laboratory protocol and procedures. Transmits results of critical values, stats and timed tests to appropriate personnel in a timely manner. Verifies results of all tests before reporting. Performs quality control testing according to established procedures including when testing survey samples; Takes appropriate action when results are outside the expected range including reporting discrepancies to appropriate personnel.
• Performs daily, weekly, monthly or as needed, maintenance on instruments and equipment as appropriate. Performs calibration of equipment as required.
• Demonstrates technical proficiency by completing competencies, annual quizzes and successfully processing and reporting of CAP survey samples or other unknowns within defined timelines.
• Serves as a Laboratory Department Lead: Includes, but is not limited to, review of reported results, organizing department workflow, establishing department priorities.
• Performs other duties consistent with purpose of job as directed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
Education: Minimum of Bachelor's Degree required.
Licensure: Certification, by a nationally recognized professional registry, within 1 year of employment is preferred
Experience: Clinical laboratory internship. Two years of clinical experience is preferred.
Other Job Requirements:
Computer skills.
Ability to exercise independent judgement, decision-making and discretion in reporting and distributing results.
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Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.