Part-Time
Medical Laboratory Technician 1
Medical University of South Carolina
Health sciences university in Charleston, SC
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Columbia, SC, USA
In Person
Associate's
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Required Skills
Middleware
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Requirements
- An Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology is required.
- Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification or equivalent is required; if not certified, certification must be obtained within the first year of employment.
- For the MLT I level, no clinical experience is required.
- The employee must complete positive patient identification using two identifiers, evaluate specimen acceptability, and follow correct labeling practices.
- The employee must be proficient in the electronic laboratory computer system and departmental middleware systems.
- The employee must complete required quality control, competency, procedure, policy, instrument maintenance, and documentation activities according to established procedures and deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, receive, accession, process, and test patient specimens while maintaining supplies and stock for laboratory testing.
- Perform routine laboratory testing using automated and non-automated methods according to established procedures.
- Recognize normal and abnormal laboratory values and complete warranted notifications.
- Recognize computer data problems and troubleshoot laboratory instruments, equipment, and test results.
- Communicate technical testing information to medical and lay persons.
- Perform specimen processing, testing, and interpretation based on sample type and test.
- Create and review test and specimen pending worklists and document critical test results using established policies.
- Quality-control new reagent lots and shipments, order reagents at designated par levels, and support test and instrument validation activities.
- Perform and document quality control testing and instrument maintenance, verify quality control before reporting patient results, and document equipment problems and resolutions.
- Perform process improvement activities and follow approved procedures and policies.
- Complete procedure and policy sign-offs and competency documentation using MediaLab.
- Assist with the orientation and training of new staff, students, and residents and provide timely documentation or feedback.
- Participate in continuing education and model Standards of Behavior in daily interactions.
- Complete additional tasks assigned by the Director, Manager, Coordinator, or Team Leader in a timely manner.
Medical University of South Carolina is a public academic health sciences university in Charleston, South Carolina. It offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees through six colleges in dental medicine, graduate studies, health professions, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy.
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