Medical Laboratory Technician I

Medical Laboratory Technician 

FLSA Status: Non Exempt 

About us 

Physicians East, P.A.is a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality, cost-efficient, comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina. 

About the role 

We are looking for an employee with experience working in a Clinical Laboratory.  Knowledge of clinical laboratory processes and procedures required.  This candidate will be expected to perform quality control testing, calibrations, and maintenance of laboratory analyzers.  This candidate will be responsible for testing patient samples, reporting results and keeping appropriate documentation.  Candidates with a knowledge of quality assurance measures are preferred.  Candidates who possess strong detail oriented and interpersonal skills will excel in this position.  

Supervision Received: Reports to Director of Operations, Laboratory Manager 

Supervision Exercised: None 

Typical Physical Demands:  Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Frequent walking, sitting, bending, and standing required for extended periods of time.  Lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds. Requires visual acuity and normal color perception. 

Typical Working Conditions:  Exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment. 

Responsibilities 

GENERAL DUTIES: (This list may not include all the duties assigned) 

• Prepare bone marrow aspirates and biopsies for analysis, as well as fine needle aspirates per procedure manual. 

• Follow the laboratory’s procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results for the following instruments/tests: 

• Hematology 

• Sysmex XN2000 

• Sysmex CA660 

• Iricell 

• Wet Prep and KOH Prep 

• Semen Analysis 

• Manual Differentials 

• Sedimat 

• Urine Microscopics 

• Microbiology 

• Reading Urine and Throat Cultures 

• Beckman Microscan 1096 

• Hemoccult Card 

• Developing Rapid Kit Testing: HCG, Strep, Mono, Flu, H. Pylori 

• Stool for WBC and Fecal Fat Stain 

• Chemistry 

• Siemens Atellica 

• Piccolo Express 

• AVL Opti CCA 

• Theratest DSX 

• Maintain records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples for procedures described in #2 above. 

• Adhere to quality assurance policies, corrective action policies and preventive maintenance policies for procedures described above. 

• Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications. 

• Immediately notify technical supervisor when identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance if problem cannot be corrected. 

• Perform equipment maintenance, calibration, and quality control.  Maintain log sheets for equipment maintenance. 

• Print and review Levey- Jennings graphs and quality control results from the LIS or analyzer 

• Perform paperwork necessary for departmental requirements. 

• Prepare blood and urine specimens to be sent out to reference labs. 

• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly fashion. 

• Attend safety classes and other continuing education classes as offered by Physicians East. 

• Perform continuing education yearly as required by Physicians East. 

• Maintain proficiency in using the LIS and EMR as required by Physicians East. 

This job description outlines the basic day to day requirements for a MLT at Physicians East Laboratory. 

Additional duties not outlined here may be required as needed. 

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor. 

Location & commitments 

FT/PT/Temp/PRN role based at our Greenville (other) location, Monday-Friday with hours ranging between the hours of 7:00 am until work is completed after closing at 5:30 pm. 

Overtime may be required to ensure patients are taken care, tasks are completed, and calls are returned in a timely manner. 

Weekend work is rare but can occasionally be necessary. 

Candidate requirements 

Associate Degree as a Medical Laboratory Technician required.  ASCP or NCA certification with at least two years’ experience in all laboratory departments preferred.  

Must work under direct supervision of the general supervisor when performing highly complex testing, if MLT does not have at least two years’ experience performing highly complex testing. Highly complex tests include: 

• Reading microbiology cultures 

• Iron Binding Capacity testing 

• Body fluid analysis 

• Semen analysis 

• Manual differential 

Affirmative Action/EEO statement 

Physicians East, P.A.is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity, which includes status as a transgender individual), national origin or ancestry, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information (including family medical history), physical or mental disability, or other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodation will be made for persons with disabilities during the application process and/or at the time of employment. Requests for accommodation should be made to the Human Resources Department as early as possible in the application/employment process. Contact HR Office at 252-413-6368 or email [email protected] 

Disclaimer 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.