Medical Laboratory Technician

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling
OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Healthplex Oklahoma City Tulsa
Worker Type:
PRN
Job Highlights:
• Department: Lab
• Schedule: PRN
• MLT / MLS preferred
• Location: Healthplex South

Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our MLS / MLT roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.
Daily Pay : Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.
Job Summary:
Under general direction, performs routine and complex technical laboratory analyses using established procedures and protocols. Performs chemical, microscopic, and bacteriologic tests to obtain data for use in diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Performs a full range of laboratory tests from simple blood tests to more complex tests.
• Assesses specimens for correct handling and quality.
• Confirms the accuracy of test results and reports findings to physicians.
• Operates complex electronic equipment, computers and precision instruments.
• Performs and evaluates quality control procedures.
• Performs periodic maintenance and assists with the calibration of instruments.
• Assists with the proper storage of hazardous materials.
• Maintains competencies and continuing education to keep informed of new developments in field.
• Assists in the proficiency testing program in the lab.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION
• Associate's degree or equivalent years of experience and education

EXPERIENCE
• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
• CLS – Clinical Laboratory Technician License - Montana Department of Labor & Industry
• Or
• Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) - American Association for Bioanalysts (AAB)
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) - American Medical Technologists (AMT)
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) (International Included) - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician - California Department of Public Health
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician - State of Hawaii, Department of Health
• Or
• Clinical Laboratory Technician - New York State Education Department
• Or
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)/Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) - ND Board of Clinical Laboratory Practice

Work Shift:
PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
3401050040 Healthplex South Lab
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0
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