Medical Lab Technician / MLT

Overview Join our team as a PRN, Medical Lab Technician in Pittsburg, TX. Why Join Us? Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better   • Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.   • People-First: We prioritize your well-being with a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.   • Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.   Get to Know Your Team:   • UT Health Pittsburg offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, a sleep lab, wound healing center, swing bed care, 16 physician offices and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness facility. Explore Career Pathways for Laboratory Professionals: Responsibilities • The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis. • This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation. • Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training, and proficiency testing as assigned. Qualifications Job Requirements: • Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree. • ASCP or equivalent. • Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment • If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated. • 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory. • Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles. • The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis. • This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation. • Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training, and proficiency testing as assigned. Job Requirements: • Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree. • ASCP or equivalent. • Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment • If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated. • 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory. • Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles.