MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST I OPS - 60953352

Requisition No: 860039 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST I OPS - 60953352

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 60953352 

Salary:  $18.38 per hour 

Posting Closing Date: 09/09/2025 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Florida State Hospital (FSH) is a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the State of Florida and is part of the Department of Children and Families. The department’s mission is to “work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.”

 

FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS AD WILL BE USED TO FILL MULTIPLE VACANCIES. 

Working hours: 7:00am – 3:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as a Medical Technologist I - OPS within Laboratory Services. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• This position requires lifting, pulling, and squatting. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management.
• Performs venipunctures on residents/employees. Collect blood specimens correctly and accurately per physician’s orders using proper phlebotomy techniques following set schedule or special assignment.  Printout barcode labels and stick on to blood collection tubes after collecting. 
• Daily centrifuge and separate specimens of blood, urine, stool and microbiology cultures and arrange them for batch processing in-house or sending out to reference labs.  Determines specimen requirements for send outs and prepares specimen for transportation to reference labs. 
• Performs clinical laboratory testing using established clinical procedures (Florida Clinical laboratory Act 10D-41 and federal regulations under CLIA-88) with the highest professional ethics in one or more areas:  Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Serology and Arterial Blood Gasses. All critical results are reported to a physician as soon as possible with documentation. Reports all STAT results to nurse or physician as soon as possible with documentation.
• Performs proficiency testing as required with at least 90% accuracy.
• Maintains records of expiration dates and checks usefulness of quality control materials and reagents daily and maintains sufficient inventory.
• Plots and evaluates control results seeing that they are within established ranges each day of use with documentation of corrective actions.
• Shares On-Call assignments with other Medical Technologists determined by the supervisor. Maintains communication with hospital at all times by phone or beeper.  Responds