
Medical Lab Scientist / Blood Bank / PRN
- Lithonia, GA
- $38.50 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performs standardized and semi-routine biological, chemical, hematological, immunological, immunohemotological, microbiological, and serological tests in a research or clinical laboratory.
- Provides guidance to lower level technologists and assists in administrative activities, staff and student education, research and/or safety and infection control programs.
- Educates staff and students by demonstrating procedures and assisting in orientation and continuing education activities.
- Evaluates the validity of test results; compares to previous results and other laboratory data; In complex cases, evaluates all information and determines whether test results should be released, repeated, or referred to a pathologist.
- May perform venipuncture or capillary puncture to obtain blood specimen.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Bachelor's degree in medical technology, clinical lab science or a chemical, physical or biological science.
- Other bachelor's degree will be accepted if graduated from an accredited school of medical technology or if science and math coursework meet requirement of certifying agency.
- Bachelor's degree may be waived for a medical technologist who was ASCP certified in the years prior to the bachelor's degree requirement by ASCP and a HEW/HHS technologist certified by Health and Human Services.
- Two years of medical technology experience. (Medical Laboratory Technician experience is pro-rated).
- Certification by one of the following accreditation agencies: MT (ASCP), MLS(ASCP) or categorical, MT(NCA), MT(AMT), MT(HHS or HEW), CHT(ABHI), CHS(ABHI), MT (AAB), generalist or categorical if applicable.