Medical Technologist at King's Daughters – Ashland, Kentucky

Performs medical laboratory tests, procedures, experiments, and analyses to provide date for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease by performing required duties and responsibilities.

Conducts chemical analyses of body fluids such as blood, urine, spinal fluid, and other specimen to determine presence of normal and abnormal components

Analyzes and verifies test results prior to release of findings for filing into the information system

Performs quality control studies according to established protocols and routine preventative maintenance and equipment checks according to established schedule

Responds to queries by other members of the hospital care team, such as physicians, in a courteous and timely manner

Assists in the orientation and training of new laboratory employees

Maintains professional growth and certification as it applies to the responsibilities of the position

Performs STAT testing within the established turn-around guidelines

Reports malfunction of equipment and/or computer to supervisor immediately

Reports test results that fall within laboratory panic values to appropriate health care provider and documents efforts to report panic values

This job operates in a professional medical laboratory environment

Regularly works near moving mechanical parts

Regularly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.

Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals

Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Occasionally required to maintain a stationary position (standing or sitting)

Frequently required to walk and move about

Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment

Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices

Regularly required to communicate with physicians and other care team requiring talking and hearing

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.