Medical Technician

Atria Health Institute is a membership-based primary and specialty health care practice with a focus on prevention and longevity. We bring together a multidisciplinary team of renowned physicians to provide proactive, preventive, and precision-based care for Atria members and their families. All care, including primary care, advanced screening and diagnostics, urgent care, specialty care, 24/7 home visits, and imaging is included in members' annual fee. Our mission is to make healthspan and lifespan equal for all by translating science into medicine in real-time, all while bringing humanity back into health care.

About the Role

This is an extraordinary opportunity to join our founding Los Angeles team. This position will work directly with clinical staff collecting samples to process and test in-office orders of waived and moderate complexity assays, interact with partner labs for send-out of high complexity testing, and maintain the laboratory with a focus on compliance and quality. The position is on-site during business hours on weekdays with occasional need for additional coverage due to clinical and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, process, transfer, and pack patient samples for laboratory testing, ensuring the highest quality of sample submission.
• Partner with the Clinical teams to provide feedback on the quality of sample submissions and the timing of operations/logistics to ensure optimal testing and minimize errors.
• Complete registration, documentation, and tracking of samples using Atria and vendor applications and platforms.
• Prepare specimens for send-out to reference labs, including spinning, aliquoting, labeling, stabilizing, and packing specimens, as well as reporting on sample quality and providing feedback to clinical staff for recollection if needed.
• Interact with and coordinate logistics of package pickup, tracking, and delivery for submissions to partner labs.
• Perform Point of Care testing using a variety of laboratory assays and platforms, including transmitting results to the patient chart and communicating critical values to the patient's care team.
• Maintain the laboratory environment and equipment in a clean, safe, and compliant state.
• Perform accurate, legal, and ethical documentation at all times.
• Ensure submissions by clinical staff meet all regulatory requirements as well as Atria's best practices and quality standards.
• Perform all activities to complete daily, weekly, and monthly logs to ensure continual compliance.
• Support and assist with quality initiatives.
• Assist with the ordering of medical, phlebotomy, and laboratory supplies.
• Track inventory items used in lab workflows and coordinate with multiple departments for receipt, invoicing, storage, and restocking of supplies in the lab, exam rooms, and clinical spaces.
• Perform other position-related duties as assigned, including some administrative tasks as needed.
• Be punctual and dependable for assigned/confirmed shifts.
• Use communication skills with appropriate medical terminology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific field (Medical Technology, Biology, Chemistry, or other relevant field).
• Active California MLT license.
• 3+ years of laboratory experience in a combination of Point of Care and High Throughput environments.
• Minimum of 3 years in a clinical laboratory environment with experience in Hematology and Chemistry.
• Experience with waived and moderate laboratory operations is desired.
• Experience with phlebotomy and patient-facing care.
• Experience in laboratory processes such as accessioning, specimen processing, performing assays, and quality troubleshooting.
• Excellent interpersonal relations and communication skills.

Pay

$33-36/hour

Benefits

• Excellent health and wellness benefits, 100% paid by Atria effective date of hire.
• Flexible Time Off.
• 401k contributions and 4% match starting after 6 months.
• Opportunity to participate in continuing medical education programs for maintenance of Continued Medical Education and CEUs for professional licensure.
• Fitness Perks including Wellhub.
• Time to give back and make an impact in underserved communities.