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Cookeville Regional Medical Center

Medical Lab Technician (MLT) or Medical Lab Scientist (MLS)

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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.

$49,977 / year median in Tennessee

+11% projected growth

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Job Description

This position is responsible for performing & evaluating the validity of technical laboratory procedures in all rotated clinical areas on neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult & geriatric patient specimens to obtain data for use in the diagnosis & treatment of disease in accordance with CRMC & profession standards of practice; maintaining all aspects of quality assurance, control, & improvement; providing rapid & accurate reporting of results, preventative maintenance, & technical assistance; relaying & documenting all alert (critical) values appropriately; & models appropriate behavior as exemplified in the CRMC Mission and Values statement.
Education Requirements:
Bachelors of Medical Science Degree required Completion of a baccalaureate degree in science with the required number of biology, chemistry, and math courses.
Additional Certification Details:
Completion of an NCCLS or AMA approved medical technology-training program is preferred. Licensure from the State of Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board as a medical laboratory technologist (M.T.) or Registry as a medical technologist from a national board of certification [
C.A.P., M.T.
(A.S.C.P.); A.M.T.;
N.C.A, C.L.S.
], is preferred.
Experience:
Minimum of six (6) years experience under a qualified director is preferred.