Medical Laboratory Technician - IRL

Overview

The Iowa River Landing Pathology Department, a multi-specialty UI Health Care medical building in Coralville, Iowa, is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician. Under general supervision and alongside a team of other Medical Lab Technicians/Scientists, this role provides waived and moderately complex clinical lab testing and analysis on biological specimens to provide information used in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease.

The role uses a variety of procedures that may involve numerous detailed tests and techniques requiring professional judgment.

• Performs quantitative and qualitative analysis for both waived and moderately complex testing on laboratory clinical and research biological specimens, such as blood, tissue, and body fluids.
• Provides information to health care providers regarding test methodology and interpretation. Evaluates test results and provides support to MLS.
• Investigates quality assurance issues involving patient samples and carries out recommended corrective action for quality assurance.
• Calibrates, conducts routine maintenance, and troubleshoots laboratory instrumentation.
• Seeks technical direction from the MLS with specific instrumentation problems.
• Assists in reagent comparisons, evaluates results, and recommends changes to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Participates in evaluation of equipment and recommends products for acquisition.
• Maintains inventory and orders supplies as needed.
• Complies with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements of the laboratory section.
• Performs, records, and reviews daily quality control associated with assigned testing.
• Documents and reports variances to the MLS.
• Participates in the Quality Assurance program within the section. Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations to the MLS for resolution of identified problems/errors.
• Assists with writing and revising laboratory procedures according to NCCLS guidelines.
• Performs additional tasks, special functions, and/or special projects as assigned.

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule:

40 hours per week, accomplished between 12:30pm–9:00pm, Monday–Thursday and 9:30am–6:00pm Friday. Rotating Saturday and on-call coverage.

Rotations:
Saturday rotation.

Location:

Iowa River Landing

Salary: SEIU Pay Plan; starting salary of $48,510 to commensurate at 100% effort.

Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa; fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

University of Iowa Health Care is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Our pledge is Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

UI Health Care–Iowa River Landing offers world-class, academic-level medicine in a convenient medical office building. Patients will receive the best possible care in a friendly, compassionate, efficient way.

• Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology program from an accredited institution, or
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or eligible from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency (NCA), or
• Successfully completed an official US military medical laboratory procedures training course of at least 50 weeks duration and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician) is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

• 6 months – 1 year clinical laboratory experience, which may include program training experience.
• 6 months – 1 year Hematology Differential reading.
• 6 months – 1 year experience with quality control analysis and troubleshooting.
• 1 – 3 years as a generalist with core competency in Chemistry, Urinalysis, and Hematology; demonstrated proficiency within the past 5 years performing microscopic examination on…