Medical Technologist at Owensboro Health in Owensboro Health Regional Hospital - Owensboro, KY

Job description

• Responsible for performing a broad range of clinical laboratory tests to support accurate patient diagnosis and treatment. This role ensures precision through strict quality control, equipment maintenance, and effective communication with healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical laboratory tests according to established procedures of verification, processing, testing, and reporting.
• Performs the pertinent quality control procedures to validate test results according to established standards and records results appropriately.
• Assists in delivery of physicians reports via phone and electronic distribution in a timely manner.
• Responds to ''technical question'' calls from units and physicians.
• Performs preventive maintenance and monitoring of all equipment to ensure that it is working properly and maintains related records.
• Records on instrument logs any repairs, replacement, and maintenance needed of equipment.
• Maintains adequate supply inventories by rotating stock, checking for expiration dates, and ordering replacement stock.
• Performs venipuncture on patients of all age groups and other specimen collection using proper therapeutic skills and according to procedures.
• Assists supervisors in additional duties, which support the lab's quality program.
• May serve as a CLIA defined technical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor.
• May perform technical supervisor reviews in Immunohematology.
• Performs all levels of waived, moderate, and high complex clinical laboratory tests and procedures.
• Maintains and calibrates equipment.

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Works under direct supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Ability to meet requirements for "High Complexity Testing Personnel" per the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).
• Work Experience
• No experience required
• Education
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Science or related field required within 90 days of employment in this position.
• Additional Education Information
• A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
• MT - Certified as a Medical Technologist through American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required within 12 months of employment in this position OR
• MT - Certified as a Medical Technologist through American Medical Technologists (AMT) required within 12 months of employment in this position OR
• MLS - Certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist through American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required within 12 months of employment in this position OR
• MLS - Certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist through American Medical Technologists (AMT) required within 12 months of employment in this position OR
• CLS - Clinical Laboratory Scientist through American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required within 12 months of employment in this position OR
• CLS - Clinical Laboratory Scientist through American Medical Technologists (AMT) required within 12 months of employment in this position

Skills

Required

• Critical thinking skills
• Decisive judgment
• Ability to work under direct supervision