Medical Lab Technician - On Call

At WHA, we're a team, passionate about humanizing healthcare. We're inspired by the diverse stories, strength and resilience of our patients and the unique choices they make in pursuing health for themselves and their families. We envision a world where every person has the opportunity to achieve their optimal health and we're here to support that journey with personalized, culturally competent care and knowledge.

The Medical Lab Technician is responsible for performing testing on specimens, maintaining instrumentation and equipment and documentation. Responsible for performing quality control, troubleshooting analyzers, and ensuring specimen integrity through preanalytical and post-analytical processes.

This is an on-call position. 

Job Duties:

•Follows established laboratory procedures authorized by the Laboratory Director for all aspects of the testing process to include pre-analytical, analytical, and post analytical functions.

•Flags specimens for rejection.

•Performs only those tests that are within current licensure that are authorized by the Sr. Medical Technologist, Laboratory Director and requested by licensed clinicians authorized to order diagnostic testing in the State of Oregon.

•Performs and verifies laboratory tests accurately and reports laboratory tests within specified turn-around times.

•Records test results accurately into the Laboratory Information System.

•Monitor quality of and trouble shoot potential problems with laboratory instruments.

•Performs preventative maintenance on lab equipment.

•Conduct inventory of lab supplies, replenish supplies and discard containers.

•Maintain a clean work area and dispose of bio-hazardous waste properly.

•Prepare specimens for transfer as needed.

•Enter test data into computer, maintain logs and records.

•Answer phone and notify proper personnel regarding unexpected or action limit test results as well as missing labs.

•Correctly identify and label patient samples.

•Certification as a Medical Lab Technician, ASCP, or AMT, or equivalent certification required.

•Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Technician Training program preferred.

•Prefer at least one year experience as a medical lab technician.

Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis: Please note per the Oregon State Pay Equity Law your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience. Please be specific with dates of positions, skills, and educational experiences related to the job you are applying for within your application materials.

WHA is 2023's #1 Largest Women-Owned Business in Oregon and Clark and Skamania Counties from the Washington-Portland Business Journal.

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Federal Family and Medical Leave Act
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf
Oregon Family Leave Act
www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/docs/oflaposter2016englishlarge.pdf

Women's Healthcare Associates, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

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