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Job Requisition ID:

R00039877

Job Category:

Allied Health

Organization:

Lab Clinics

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Medical Laboratory Technician - Lab - Family Medicine Clinic

Job Summary:

To perform routine medical laboratory test for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. To collect blood or tissue samples, observing the principles of asepsis.

Education & Experience

Associate's degree in a Laboratory Science or Medical Laboratory Technology and eligibility for certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician by a recognized certifying agency.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:  N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects, processes, and handles blood and/or other biological specimens in accordance with established procedures; instructs patients in the appropriate collection of samples.
• Conducts clinical laboratory tests in the areas of hematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis, as assigned.  Conducts chemical analysis of body fluids such as blood, urine, and spinal fluid using microscope or automatic analysis.
• Conducts blood tests for transfusion purposes and blood counts.
• Develops and maintains cell/tissue cultures for testing purposes; examines cells to locate abnormalities.
• Prepares volumetric solutions and reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
• Sets up, adjusts, maintains, and cleans laboratory equipment; promotes safety, environmental, and/or infection control practices and methods.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Benefits Eligible

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

12/6/2024

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):