Medical Technologist

**Responsibilities**:
**Clinical Laboratory Testing**:

- Perform accurate and timely clinical laboratory tests.
- Resolve specimen discrepancies, document, and notify management if unresolved.
- Prepare workstation and instrumentation for testing.
- Handle specimens, resolve technical issues, and contact internal customers for clarifications.
- Operate instruments and perform routine testing and calculations.
- Address routine and non-routine assay problems.

**Quality Assurance & Control**:

- Ensure test result validity through quality control and assurance procedures.
- Conduct experiments for new calibrator/QC lots and summarize results for management review.
- Document quality control results and interpret according to established rules (e.g., Westgard rules).
- Take corrective actions for QC violations and instrument-related issues.
- Analyze proficiency testing samples as patient specimens.

**Reagents, Materials, and Supplies**:

- Receive, open, and place reagents/materials in service per SOPs.
- Label and document reagents, QC, and calibrator materials.
- Perform quality control practices (e.g., parallel testing, stability checks) to ensure reagent validity.
- Manage inventory control of supplies and reagents.

**Result Entry & Documentation**:

- Perform auto-verification and manual entry of results.
- Ensure peer review of manually entered data before release.
- Document test results and maintain an audit trail.
- Communicate any result reporting issues to lab management.
- Complete testing within expected turnaround times.

**Instrument Maintenance**:

- Perform regular instrument calibration, troubleshooting, and maintenance per manufacturer and SOP requirements.
- Perform pipette calibrations and document as required.
- Notify management of instrument/equipment issues.

**Compliance & Training**:

- Follow regulatory guidelines and Covance SOPs.
- Maintain up-to-date training files and address any deficiencies.
- Ensure competency testing is completed and documented.
- Assist in training new employees and provide follow-up support.
- Attend department, mandatory, and other training sessions as required.

**Customer Relations & Communication**:

- Work with internal customers and external clients to resolve inquiries and ensure accurate data reporting.
- Research and respond to internal/external QA audit findings.
- Provide timely status updates on test results and sample retrieval/storage.

**Safety & Work Environment**:

- Follow safety policies and universal precautions at all times.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
- Minimize biohazard waste and clean workstation/materials daily.

**Additional Duties**:

- Take on additional responsibilities as they arise.
- Provide reports of activities to laboratory management upon request.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a biomedical or biological science from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum 2 years of working experience in a clinical laboratory.
- Good analytical skills with attention to details.
- Able to work independently as well as a good team player with initiative and adaptive to changes
- Good planning and organizing skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.

**Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer**:
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