Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)

Full-time Monday-Friday On call and weekends on rotating basis 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Performs lab procedures such as compatibility testing, reference lab work, specimen processing, test performance, and reporting test results. Performs component and distribution procedures. Also may perform computer aided labeling, component production, and distribution. These duties may be performed with supervision of a technologist.

Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Services General Duties

• Maintenance and storage of blood components including temperature monitoring

• Labeling of blood

• Biohazard disposal

• Quality Control and Preventative Maintenance

• LifeTec Elite and DoVac Elite Operation

Component Duties

• Component preparation

• Packaging recovered plasma

Distribution Duties

• Daily orders

• Blood shipments and returns

• Shipping recovered plasma

• Inventory control

• Resource management

• FedEx

• Importing and Exporting

Laboratory Duties

• Qualifications of Apheresis Platelets and Plasma

• Lot Release

• Sending tubes to testing lab

• Receipt of test results

• Handling products with positive results

• Blood grouping, compatibility testing, antibody detection and identification

• Emergency release of products

• Management of SOOT

• RRC Program

Qualifications

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science or chemical, physical, or biological science

TRAINING/CERTIFICATES: MLS; Current State of Tennessee licensure as testing personnel.

EXPERIENCE: 1+years of experience in blood banking