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Full-Time
Senior Lab Technologist
Posted on 9/27/2025
Bronson Methodist Hospital
No salary listed
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required from a regionally accredited college or university.
- Completed ASCP certification as MLT or MLS. Also acceptable are ASCP certifications in categorical(s) or ASCP certification as specialist in applicable department(s).
- Must maintain ongoing certification maintenance if ASCP certified after January 1, 2004 or AMT certified after January 1, 2006.
- Two years full-time experience in clinical laboratory.
Responsibilities
- Employee must demonstrate competencies specific to populations served for clinical or non-clinical dependent upon laboratory location.
- Demonstrate proper performance of manual and automated clinical laboratory procedures through satisfactory training and competency evaluation, dependent upon department assignment.
- Must be proficient in computer programs associated with instrumentation, documentation, and record keeping within the department.
- Understands and participates in all aspects of clinical laboratory testing; pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical.
- Reflects a positive attitude and abides by Bronson's Standards and Plan for Excellence.
- Skilled in self-organization and coordinating the work of others. May guide and coordinate the work activities of subordinates.
- Demonstrates interpersonal communication skills, ability to resolve conflict and ability to work as a team leader. Skill in both verbal and written communication.
- Provides technical and clinical decision support to staff and clinicians.
- Develops procedures for the laboratory tests.
- Participates in all aspects of the Laboratory Quality System Plan.
- Dependent upon department assignment, performs and evaluates quality controls on testing to ensure results are within acceptable ranges; researches problems and corrects. Documents and reports as required by regulatory agencies.
- Participates in Proficiency testing and/or assessments per compliance policy and procedure if assigned to technical area(s).
- Participates in the evaluation of products and techniques to use, ensuring they are contemporary and cost effective.
- Anticipates and maintains required supplies for uninterrupted testing. Inventory manages laboratory supplies together with staff.
- Ability to work under specific time constraints and deadlines. Available to respond to irregular hours, including holidays, weekends and on-call hours to provide support on-site (or distant if appropriate).
- Operates, calibrates, and conducts performance checks on clinical laboratory equipment.
- Guides troubleshooting and process solving of equipment/technical problems and takes action to resolve.
- Performs testing and validates laboratory test result per department assignment. Dependent on job duties, may have direct patient contact when collecting a specimen and/or processing and evaluating specimens.
- Assists in training and orientation of new staff and students and assesses for retraining or competency needs.
- If qualified, performs other duties as assigned (for example: competency evaluations, scheduling, payroll, etc.).
- Dependent on job duties, a valid Michigan driver's license and insurability through Bronson's carrier may be required.
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