About this role
Position Summary: Performs routine clinical laboratory tests under the supervision of a medical technologist.
Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs routine laboratory procedures according to standardized methodology.
- Maintains quality results by running standards and controls, verifying equipment function through routine equipment maintenance and advanced trouble shooting; calibrating equipment utilizing approved testing procedures; monitoring quality control measures and protocols.
- Provides test results for patient diagnosis and treatment by operating equipment such as analyzers, spectrophotometers, colorimeters, flame photometers, and other laboratory equipment; completes preventive maintenance requirements; follows manufacturer's instructions; troubleshoots malfunctions.
- Maintains laboratory supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
- Conserves laboratory resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Associate degree in an accredited Medical Laboratory Technician Program.
- Completion of clinical internship.
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) MLT certification or eligible to take MLT certification exam and must be certified within one (1) year of hire or transfer.
Preferred:
- One (1) year of experience in a diversified hospital laboratory.
Equal Opportunity Employer of
Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.
Other facts
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
As part of its Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, McLaren maintains academic affiliations with medical schools at Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Central Medical University. McLaren’s seven (7) GME campuses offer 27 residencies and eight (8) fellowship programs that train over 650 future physicians annually. All GME programs at McLaren are overseen and managed centrally by the Department of Academic Affairs.
What you'll do
- The Medical Laboratory Technician performs routine clinical laboratory tests under supervision and maintains quality results through various procedures. They also manage laboratory supplies and ensure efficient use of resources.
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