Medical Lab Tech (MLS/MLT) - Pekin

About Us

At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We've grown to include eight award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We're developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

Qualifications

• Certifications (within 1 year): Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) (AMT), Medical Technologist (MT) (AMT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) (ASCP), or Medical Technologist (MT) (ASCP)
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biological Science, Medical Technology, Physics, or Clinical Laboratory Science
• Work Experience: Clinical laboratory experience

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates technical skills in the pre-analytical phase of the testing process
• Determines acceptability of specimens within guidelines; follows protocol in labeling pour-offs; stores specimens under appropriate conditions
• Prepares reagents, standards, and calibrators correctly and ensures they are dated and in sufficient quantity
• Performs daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance activities and documents appropriately
• Recognizes inappropriate specimens and rejects them
• Assigns complete and accurate source with microbiology specimens; logs specimens into microbiology with correct date and time
• Recognizes appropriate selections of test orders; assists in making recommendations for proper test order
• Selects appropriate culture media, incubation temperatures, and atmosphere for microbiology cultures
• Organizes and prioritizes work for optimum turnaround time; observes safety guidelines
• Streaks plates with good standard isolation technique or for quantification (colony counts)
• Performs processing and ordering functions correctly
• Evaluates new products, new assays, new systems, and new instrumentation when assigned
• Performs linearity, sensitivity, precision, correlation, and reference range validation before new or revised test procedures are implemented when assigned
• Demonstrates skills in the analytical phase of the testing process: follows test protocol, performs test procedures with care and accuracy, makes dilutions accurately, calculates correctly
• Selects appropriate identification and susceptibility testing and performs accurately
• Performs proficiency testing successfully within assigned timeframe
• Displays knowledge by correlating test results to disease states and resolving problems with methodologies and/or instrumentation
• Ensures quality of work by performing QC at required intervals, performing calibrations and footnoting QC following calibration, investigating cause of out-of-control QC and resolving before testing is resumed
• Ensures outdated materials are not used; uses oldest outdate first
• Ensures timeliness of testing by organizing work for minimal turnaround time, performing work carefully to minimize repeat testing, referring testing to alternate sites if in-place systems are not operable
• Performs and records competency assessment of testing personnel as delegated by medical director
• Teaches both procedure and theory to students, peers, and new employees
• Ensures QC is tested and documented at frequencies mandated by manufacturers and regulatory agencies
• Reviews worksheets and maintenance logs; investigates or corrects as needed
• Demonstrates skills in the post-analytical phase: recognizes implausible results, unusual test reactions, errors, and instrument malfunctions; investigates and problem solves
• Enters data results properly and carefully, including required notification and documentation
• Reviews data entry for correctness prior to verifying results to minimize errors
• Uses work center pending logs to assess completion of testing to improve turnaround time
• Uses computer functions to access information necessary for resulting out data and/or giving out results to customers
• Serves as technical resource; addresses unresolved method and equipment problems by utilizing manufacturer resources such as hot lines or operating manuals
• Communicates all information necessary to subsequent shifts for completion of testing process or problem resolution
• Participates in support activities: calibrates pipettes, takes temperatures, dates all kits, QC, and reagents in use, dates and restocks reagents and supplies, washes pipettes and glassware, empties garbage, unpacks boxes from receiving and documents receipt, alerts appropriate person if inventory is low
• Cleans and maintains instruments, refrigerators, freezers, and work and storage areas
• Displays willingness and interest in learning new instruments or procedures or in cross training into other areas
• Generates electronic messages (email), prepares reports, completes data sheets using computer capabilities
• Provides support for lead tech or managers/coordinators
• Provides support for other laboratory sections by assisting when staffing shortages or heavy workload events occur; helps maintain lounge areas used in all sections
• Thoroughly investigates and documents all incidents, complaints, and concerns; communicates them upward as necessary and enters them into event reporting system
• Proctor Campus Only: Follows age specific care guidelines in collecting specimens from neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and elderly; collects specimens using proper procedures and protocols; observes principles of phlebotomy; receives samples into the laboratory information system to accurately reflect date and time of collection

Pay

$30.62 per hour - $52.67 per hour

Benefits

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.