Medical Laboratory Technician/Scientist

Clark Fork Valley Hospital is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Laboratory Scientist to join our dedicated team. This role is essential to supporting accurate diagnosis and treatment by performing a variety of clinical laboratory tests and analyses in a timely and precise manner.

Requirements

• Prepares patient, collects, handles, and properly labels specimens
• Performs all laboratory testing to determine presence of normal and abnormal components
• Records and reports testing results in a concise and timely manner
• Reviews tests results or worksheets to evaluate accuracy
• Performs Quality Control and Proficiency Testing
• Performs and records preventative maintenance on instrumentation
• Adheres to all departmental, hospital infection prevention, safety, and personnel policies
• Identifies critical results, notifies appropriate personnel, and documents the notification in the Epic Beaker Information System
• Verifies instrument function by checking patient and quality control results, calibrating, recognizing issues, and documenting corrective actions
• Trains and supervises students, Clinical Laboratory Technicians and new Clinical Laboratory Scientists
• Organize, prioritizes, demonstrates flexibility, cooperation, and uses good judgment in handling unusual circumstances not covered by written policies
• Resolves problems, multitasks, and reports unusual occurrences to the laboratory manager
• Performs several tasks simultaneously during heavy workload, and organizes and prioritizes work to accommodate both “STAT” and routine work

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer