Medical Lab Tech

Mission

Affirms that Wellstar's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person served.

Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

• Maintains acceptable accuracy in patient, quality assurance, proficiency and competency testing.
  • Meets department standard for correct patient or specimen identification
  • Meets department standard for error rate in testing or reporting patient or QC results
  • Consistently documents investigation and correct interpretation of QA failures or trends
  • Earns acceptable scores in proficiency testing and personnel competency testing
  • Maintains instrumentation for testing
• Uses clinical/theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret and report lab data.
  • Reports lab data accurately and in a timely manner
  • Recognizes the relationship between lab data and clinical findings or expectation
  • Initiates investigation of problems and works to resolution
  • Interprets information from multiple sources
• P practices information monitoring, investigation, resolution and hand-off to team members.
  • Complies with Pending Log procedure for tracking laboratory test status
  • Documents in the LIS all elements of the Notification Value Call procedure
  • Hands-off information to others according to the department procedure and chain of command
  • Adheres to WellStar's Standards of Behavior in a consistent fashion
  • Takes personal responsibility for correction action on constructive criticism
• Pactices organizational skills for efficiency of time, materials, cost and completing testing.
  • Mets deadlines for turn-around times required by the department
  • Mets department-defined standards for organizational skills
  • Mets department productivity standards
  • P Practices cost-efficient work processes that maintain high quality laboratory data
  • Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures
• Maintains current knowledge and practice of WellStar Policies and procedures, including LIS.
  • Demonstrates adequate knowledge of laboratory regulatory compliance
  • P Practices all WellStar and Laboratory Safety Standards
  • Participates in meetings, committees, task forces and project teams
  • Completes monthly, quarterly, or yearly educational requirements
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Required Minimum Education

Associates Medical Technology or Other / Certificate Medical Technology

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. MLT(AAB) - Medical Laboratory Technician or MLT(AMT) - Medical Laboratory Technician or MLT(ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Technician or MLT-P - Medical Laboratory Technician Provisional (18 Months) within 1-1/2 Yrs

Additional License(s) And Certification(s)

• For persons who possess the technician qualifications and have recently moved into the state or completed the academic and/or training requirements, they may be temporarily classified once as technicians for eighteen (18) months to afford them an opportunity to successfully complete an approved qualifying examination. within 1-1/2 Yrs

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 1 year Laboratory experience

Required Minimum Skills

• Accuracy: Maintains acceptable accuracy in-patient, quality assurance, proficiency and competency testing.
• Critical Thinking: Uses clinical/theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret and report lab data.
• Job Knowledge: Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures.
• Productivity: Practices organizational skills for efficient of time, materials, cost and availability of lab data.
• Communication: Practices information monitoring, investigation, resolution and hand-off to team members.