Medical Lab Technician / MLT
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UT Health East Texas
Pittsburg, TX, US
Summary
The Medical Lab Technician performs routine and special clinical laboratory procedures to support patient care and diagnosis. They are also responsible for quality control, equipment maintenance, inventory management, and staff training.
Job Description
Overview
Join our team as a PRN, Medical Lab Technician in Pittsburg, TX.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- UT Health Pittsburg offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, a sleep lab, wound healing center, swing bed care, 16 physician offices and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness facility.
Explore Career Pathways for Laboratory Professionals:
Responsibilities
- The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
- This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
- Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training, and proficiency testing as assigned.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.
- ASCP or equivalent.
- Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment
- If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated.
- 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory.
- Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles.
Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across East Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed inpatient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS in a metropolitan service area of a quarter million people.
With the support of Ardent Health Services and the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide patients with access to cutting-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health professionals. At UT Health East Texas, our mission is to care for people — our patients, their families and each other. We do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.
Founded
1951
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tyler, TX
Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across East Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed inpatient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS in a metropolitan service area of a quarter million people.
With the support of Ardent Health Services and the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide patients with access to cutting-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health professionals. At UT Health East Texas, our mission is to care for people — our patients, their families and each other. We do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.
Founded
1951
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tyler, TX
