Medical Lab Technician II

Medical Lab Technician II

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LMC Cayce Lab

PRN

AM/PM Shift

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607‑bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Perform daily lab tests, patient interviewing and phlebotomy. Responsible for compliance of the entire lab to include QA and COLA requirements and guidelines. Seek compliance with appropriate health and safety regulatory agencies. To procure and process patient specimens for laboratory testing, perform tests accurately in a timely fashion, accurately report test results, detecting and managing basic problems as they occur.

Minimum Education: Two‑year diploma in Medical Laboratory Science, biological science or chemistry from a national or international accredited educational institution. Transcript must include a minimum of 60 semester hours with 25 hours of coursework in clinical laboratory science, chemical and biological science required. Must include a clinical laboratory rotation in immunohematology, chemistry, hematology and microbiology.

Minimum Years of

Experience:

None

Substitutable

Education & Experience:

None

Required Certifications/Licensure: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) or an equivalent state or governmental certification from one of the following:

• National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA)
• American Medical Technologies (AMT)
• American Association of Bioanalysts Board of Registry (AAB)

National certification may be at the medical laboratory technician (MLT) level or a categorical certification in a recognized discipline of clinical laboratory science (i.e., chemistry, hematology, blood bank, microbiology). With a categorical certification, the employee’s practice at LMC will be limited to the category or categories listed by the certifying board.

Required Training: None

• The Medical Laboratory Technician performs the following:
  • Manual laboratory testing (no or little automation).
  • Automated laboratory testing (requiring instrumentation to complete).
  • Collection of specimens:
    May be required to perform venipuncture to include capillary punctures for blood specimens from patients of various ages requiring developmentally appropriate techniques.
• The Medical Laboratory Technician performs established laboratory testing according to accreditation requirements and LMC Laboratory established procedures.
• The MLT II exhibits the knowledge and expertise in the following job duties:
  • Evaluate specimen preparation and handling for test analysis.
  • Select, perform, evaluate, and monitor the performance of test procedures using manual and/or instrumental techniques.
• Conduct quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products.
• Recognize and react to indicators of malfunctions; locate and implement corrections; verify correct instrument operation using protocols and quality control checks.
• Recognize normal and abnormal values.
• Maintain instruments to include daily, weekly, and periodic maintenance.
• Identify the causes of common problems…