Medical Lab Technician

Company: Ascension (System Office)
Location: Kalamazoo
Posted on: February 14, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring

Technician-Medical Lab - Lab Westside - Full-Time Evening, 36 Hours Weekly - Ascension Borgess Westside - Kalamazoo, MI

Mostly evening days 2:30/ 3:30 to 10-10:30, and some weekends and Holidays.

Why Join Ascension?

In Michigan, Ascension operates 16 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities that together employ over 20,000 associates. Across the state, Ascension Michigan is working together to help bring patients more resources and better care. Ascension Michigan is also committed to its community; it provided over $272 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in FY2018. Ascension Michigan is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities.

Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

What You Will Do

As an associate with Ascension Michigan, you will have the opportunity to perform routine diagnostic and analytic testing of laboratory specimens.

Responsibilities:

* Performs, validates, interprets, documents and reports test results under the supervision of a medical technologist/medical laboratory scientist.
* Conducts quality control and quality assurance testing.
* Performs instrument maintenance and troubleshooting. Maintains supplies needed for performance of tests.
* Assists with data collection and special projects.
* Understands and participates in all aspects of clinical laboratory testing: pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical. May collect and process specimens.
* Trains and mentors non-technical staff and students.

What You Will Need

Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

* Required Credential(s):
* One or more of the following:
* Clinical Laboratory Technician obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
* Laboratory Tech credentialed from the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
* Laboratory Tech credentialed from the American Medical Technologists (AMT) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.





Education:

* High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Technical degree required.

Work Experience:

* Previous MLT experience preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Borgess Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to the nondiscrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, veteran or marital status.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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