Certified Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), FT, Days

About the role

Conducts or supports laboratory testing to aid in diagnosis and treatment of disease. Ensures proficiency and accuracy in all aspects of laboratory testing. Follows established policies and procedures.

Location: Greer Medical Campus Facility, Greenville Memorial Hospital, Department Laboratory-General-CIGreer.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates proficiency, competency, and understanding of fundamental principles of clinical laboratory procedures and performs testing with precision and accuracy.
• Performs and reports test results for waived, moderate, and high complexity clinical laboratory procedures as assigned and as outlined in the standard operating procedure (SOP) manuals.
• Escalates discrepancies to appropriate individual.
• Operates computerized laboratory data systems/applications as assigned.
• Reviews pending work using established protocol.
• Assures proper retention of all specimens.
• Uses the correct policies and procedures in the collection, labelling, handling and processing of all specimens.
• Verifies identification of the patient, specimen, and results.
• Evaluates specimen integrity based on department standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Participates in Quality Control (QC) and Quality Management (QM) for area assigned.
• Evaluates QC results for acceptability and notifies the appropriate individual of unresolved issues.
• Performs lookback if required.
• Monitors supply/reagent inventory and uses laboratory resources efficiently.
• Documents receipt and opening of a supply.
• Monitors expiration dates of all supplies and follows established protocol.
• Effectively operates laboratory instrumentation.
• Identifies real and potential situations or detects equipment malfunctions.
• Investigates and resolves technical problems, consults the appropriate individual as needed.
• Troubleshoots the problem with appropriate individual or