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Medical Lab Technician / MLT

UT Health East Texas · Jacksonville, TX · Today
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Overview

Join our team as an evening shift, full-time, Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) in Jacksonville, TX.

Why Join Us?

  • Thrives in a People-First Environment and Makes Healthcare Better
  • Prioritizes Your Well-being with Paid Time Off, Comprehensive Health Benefits, and a Supportive, Inclusive Culture Where You Are Valued and Cared For
  • Uses Advanced Technology to Support Our Team and Enhance Patient Care
  • Features 33 Operational Beds, an ICU, a 24-hour ED designated as a Level IV trauma center and acute stroke ready facility, a maternity unit, advanced diagnostic technology, surgical suites, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, a wound healing center, and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness and rehabilitation facility

Responsibilities

  • Functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis
  • Performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation
  • Participates in quality assurance and performance improvement tasks
  • Participates in new employee training
  • Participates in proficiency testing as assigned

Qualifications

  • Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies, or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree
  • ASCP or equivalent certification must be maintained without lapse during employment
  • If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated
  • 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory
  • Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles

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