Medical Lab Tech, PRN

Overview :

Location : Piedmont Fayette

Lab

• Shift : PRN - as

  needed

  Responsibilities :

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  RESPONSIBLE

  FOR :

  Performs testing which

  requires limited skill and responsibility and a minimal exercise of

  independent judgment for which the technician has demonstrated

  competency. Under supervision as defined by CMS, performs general

  tests on patients of all ages which regularly require a

  professional level of knowledge to execute, interpret, and / or

  analyze in an accurate and timely

  manner.

  Qualifications : MINIMUM EDUCATION

  REQUIRED :

  High School diploma or

  equivalent required plus a sufficient number of college and / or

  technical school courses and clinical training to satisfy the

  requirements for testing and certification as a medical laboratory

  technician by an approved certifying

  agency.

  MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

  REQUIRED :

  None required beyond

  education / training

  requirement.

  MINIMUM

  LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW :

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  Certification as a medical laboratory technician or clinical

  laboratory technician by the American Society of Clinical

  Pathologists (ASCP), AMT (American Medical Technologists) or AAB

  (American Association of Bioanalysts) according to the

  qualifications through the State of Georgia Department of Community

  Health, Healthcare Facility, Clinical Laboratory regulations. A

  person who recently moved into the state of Georgia or recently

  completed the academic and training / experience requirements may be

  temporarily classified as technologists or technicians for eighteen

  (18) months only to afford the person an opportunity to

  successfully complete an approved qualifying examination. AAB

  provisional certification not

  accepted.

  ADDITIONAL

  QUALIFICATIONS : Associates degree in

  clinical laboratory science, biomedical science, medical technology

  or in a life / biological science (biology, biochemistry,

  microbiology, etc.) preferred. One year of supervised clinical

  experience as a medical laboratory technician in a clinical

  laboratory preferred. Should be competent in areas of the

  laboratory being covered, including chemistry, hematology,

  coagulation, blood bank, microbiology

  preferred.

  Business Unit : Company Name : Piedmont Fayette Hospital