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