Find Jobs

Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location

Skip to job details

Apply for this opportunity

To apply for this job, you'll continue to an external website or email application.

Apply Offsite

Marshall Medical Center

Medical Laboratory Technician

Pay: $75,899/yr

Posted: 7 weeks ago

Location: Placerville, CA (Onsite)

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 9/11/2026

Career Insights for Medical Laboratory Technician

See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.

Scorecard

Based on California data

Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?

Were these scores useful?

What they do

A Medical Laboratory Technician helps with the performance of laboratory tests in toxicology, chemistry, hematology, immunology, and microbiology laboratories, which provide information for medical patient diagnosis and treatment. Sets up, operates, and maintains laboratory equipment, makes observations, and calculates and records results; receives, types, tests, and records blood bank inventories.

$60,972 / year median in California

+12% projected growth

Explore Career

Job Description

Department:

Laboratory Shift:

Primarily Days (United States of America)

Employee Type:

Regular Per Diem Type (if applicable):

Minimum Pay Range:

$33.17 - $39.81

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY

The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) ensures the smooth flow of laboratory patients, specimens and information and performs chemical, microbiological and hematological tests to obtain data for use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Records laboratory test data, patient and quality control information and is actively involved in quality control procedures, review and corrective action. Maintains care of expensive laboratory equipment and instruments as well as the judicious use of materials. Assists in training new lab personnel, externs and students and carefully handles infectious material to protect all laboratory personnel. Utilizes knowledge of human physiology and science to evaluate test results for accuracy.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Licensure/Certification:

Current Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) License is required.

Knowledge:

Previous laboratory experience preferred. Knowledge of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Skills:

Ability to work well with other people in times of medical emergencies and in a fast-paced, heavy workload environment Color discrimination required to stain slides and to distinguish various shades and colors of specimens; near-visual acuity required to read detailed instructions and to examine specimens; finger and manual dexterity required to handle specimens and small pieces of laboratory equipment; form perception required to see detail of specimens under microscopic study.