Medical Lab Technician

Opportunity:

Laboratory - Medical Lab Technician

Job Details:

• Work three 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Every other weekend required
• Holiday rotation required
• No on-call responsibilities
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks
• Minimum 3 years of experience preferred; first-time travelers not accepted
• Generalist laboratory experience required
• Epic charting system experience required
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician by ASCP BOC or equivalent, or relevant specialty lab certification required
• BLS certification required
• ACLS and AMT - MLS/MLT certifications preferred
• Perform high quality laboratory testing in a clinical laboratory setting
• Support a general emergency department serving adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients
• Required skills include accessioning, analyzer operation, arterial blood gas, automated instrument use, blood specimen storage, cardiac enzymes, hazardous materials and MSDS, hospital clinical laboratory procedures, manual macroscopic UA, occult blood, pipetting, platelet count, pregnancy testing, proper disposal and labeling, quality assurance and controls, rapid test kit use, reporting test results, specimen collection, preparation, receipt, and transport
• Travelers should be aware that all employees and contractors may be assigned to emergency response teams during hurricane season (June through November)