# Medical Technologist/Medical Laboratory Scientist

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: Salt Lake City, Utah
**Salary**: $35.60 - $54.93 per hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Medical Technologist/Medical Laboratory Scientist performs laboratory tests of varying complexity to aid in disease diagnosis and treatment.

As a caregiver with Intermountain Health, you will gain valuable experience and knowledge to help prepare you for workplace and career advancement.

The Registered Med Tech/MLS performs testing in various departments of the clinical lab, including Hematology, Chemistry, Microbiology, and Transfusion.

These scientists act as technical experts to clinical staff, co-workers, and other departments, ensuring accurate results through quality control, proficiency testing, calibrations, record review, instrument maintenance, and results/analyzer troubleshooting.

**Essential Functions:**

- Performing Laboratory Tests: Conducting tests on blood, tissue, and other body fluids to help diagnose medical conditions.

- Analyzing Test Results: Interpreting and analyzing test results to provide accurate and reliable data for patient diagnosis and treatment.

- Operating and maintaining Laboratory equipment: Using and maintaining sophisticated laboratory equipment and instruments, ensuring they are properly calibrated and functioning correctly.

- Quality control and Assurance: Implementing and monitoring quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy and reliability of test results.

- Preparing samples: Collecting, preparing, and handling biological samples following proper protocols to avoid contamination and degradation.

- Recording and Reporting Data: Accurately recording test results and preparing detailed reports for healthcare providers.

- Maintaining Laboratory Safety: Adhering to safety protocols and guidelines to maintain a safe and sterile laboratory environment.

- Troubleshooting equipment issues: Identifying and resolving technical problems with laboratory equipment.

- Collaborating with Healthcare Professionals: Working closely with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to discuss test results and assist in patient care decisions.

**Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory/medical technology science or chemical, physical, biological, or equivalent.

- OR - Completion of course work and internship requirements in a qualified MLS program and eligibility to sit for the BOC.

- Medical Technologist / Medical Lab Scientist ASCP certification or equivalent certification as approved by Manager and Human Resources.

- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts that may include weekends, holidays, nights, and on-call.

- Montana applicants must have state licensure or temporary state licensure.

- Foreign applicants must submit a foreign transcript evaluation by an acceptable agency approved by Laboratory Quality Assurance.

- Basic Life Support certification (BLS) for healthcare providers at sites that require certification.

**Physical Requirements:**

- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.

- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.

- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.

**Benefits:** Intermountain Health provides a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.

**Salary:** $35.60 - $54.93 per hour

## Skills

### Required
- Critical Thinking
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Active Listening
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Science
- Time Management

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