Medical Laboratory Technician/Phlebotomist

Description

Venesco, LLC is a government contractor providing healthcare, IT, Research & Development and other services to government agencies. Venesco prioritizes employee connectedness and work life balance. Our field employees are highly valued members of the Venesco team.

Venesco, LLC is recruiting a Medical Laboratory Technician/Phlebotomist to provide services at the 96th Medical Group, Eglin Air Force Base, FL. MLT will care for the needs of active-duty service members and their dependents. This is a great opportunity to give back to those who serve our country!

Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package offered including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Benefits
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Paid time off and Paid Holidays

Hours: MLT will work days and nights, nine-hour shifts. Will work no more than 80 hours in a two week period.

Duties include:

1. The Medical Laboratory Technician shall perform precise and accurate laboratory testing according to established local laboratory operating instructions. Perform routine and highly complex procedures in the microbiology, serology, chemistry, blood bank, urinalysis, blood bank, phlebotomy, and shipping departments.

2. Demonstrate current clinical knowledge, abilities & skills needed to provide high quality patient care. Perform a wide variety of laboratory tests either manually or using advanced automated instrumentation.

3. Calibrate, run controls, standardize, troubleshoot, and maintain all equipment in accordance with manual specifications and standard procedures.

4. Complete training requirements for applicable Laboratory Information System (LIS)

5. Record test results on logs and enter results in the Composite Healthcare System (CHCS) or any applicable Laboratory Information System (LIS).

6. Reports critical values by telephone to the provider.

7. Participate in College of American Pathologists (CAP) surveys.

8. Manually perform and independently interpret RSV, Rapid Strep, occult blood, and C.Diff testing among other rapid testing. Independently prep, read and accurately interpret gram stains and wet preps.

9. Independently perform manual calculations on complex 24-hour urine assays, perform dilutions, and pre-treat specimens for a variety of tests, interpret cardiac marker testing, total lipids, renal tests, thyroid testing, etc. Integrate and correlate test data with other laboratory and patient data to make conclusions about the normality of the highly technical analyzers and patients.

10. Perform and interpret reactions in procedures to determine blood type by either manual test tube method or more automated gel method, blood transfusion screening to detect antibodies, i.e., enzyme testing, antibody absorption, evaluation of material sensitization, and similar tests in the study of transfusion reactions in cases of incompatible blood matches, and emergency release procedures as mandated by health care providers.

11. Perform routine and complex hematological studies on all blood cellular elements. 

12. Uses vast experience and knowledge to evaluate abnormal results and perform differential counts of complex abnormalities of white blood cells and red blood cells to include complex medical cases such as leukemia, anemia, and parasite recognition. 

13. Perform malaria rapid testing and work up. Directly perform automated coagulation studies.

14. Use vast knowledge and experience to perform manual and automated body fluid counts, White Blood Cell differentials, crystal analysis, post vast work ups, semen analysis, and urine chemistry testing.

15. Receive written requisitions from health care providers for routine and special laboratory tests.

16. Obtain laboratory specimens directly from patients by venipuncture.

17. Prepare test orders and specimens for transport to referral MTFs and local hospitals in accordance with federal regulatory guidelines.

18. Transcribe completed laboratory reports received from reference laboratories into CHCS/LIS.

19. Monitor the timely receipt of test results from the laboratory.

20. Instruct and provide technical guidance to phase II students and laboratory technicians regarding practical application of laboratory procedures and methodologies; advise them of management's policies, required procedures, and direc