Medical Tech Student

About Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital (Royal Oak)

Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital opened on Jan. 24, 1955 as a 238-bed community hospital. Today, the hospital is a 1,101-bed major academic and referral center with Level I adult trauma and Level II pediatric trauma designations. Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital has 43 residency and fellowship programs with 454 residents and fellows. Corewell is the exclusive clinical partner of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, with more than 1,400 Beaumont doctors on faculty.

Scope of Work

The Medical Laboratory Science Student performs complex processing of specimens in various laboratories upon acceptance to the Beaumont Medical Laboratory Scientist program and during their clinical internship. May have equipment maintenance and quality control duties. May handle hazardous chemicals. May fill in for LA II and LA I. Duties may include responsibilities specific to assigned department and may vary dependent on assigned site/department. Processing specimens: As appropriate for each lab, this may include hand staining, gram staining (micro set ups), inoculating specimens, aliquot reagents and solutions, setting up cultures, cytopreparation, accessioning, receiving, processing, pouring over, distributing, storing, disposing of specimens. Communicates with healthcare personnel outside of department with regard to reports, clarification of requests, other problems related to specimens, requests, and testing delays. Assisting the Medical Technologists with equipment maintenance, quality control responsibilities, ordering and maintaining correct chemical levels and inventory. Clerical functions to maintain required records, files and reports pertinent to the functions of the lab. This includes assisting with pending lists and locating specimens for the department. Technical responsibilities: Assisting the Medical Technologists with some technical tasks such as bone marrow processing and staining, and blood unit re-typing. Waived Testing: assisting the technologists with waived testing including occult blood testing, urine hCG testing and osmolalities.

Standard Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's Degree BS in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or related science.
  Acceptance into the Beaumont Medical Laboratory Science Program with a program start date within 8 months.
• Clinical laboratory experience Preferred
• CRT-Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Effective October, 2009. See notes below. Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Medical Technologist, Certified (MT) - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Prior to October, 2009 Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Blood Banking Technologist (BBT) - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Cytotechnologist - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Histotechnologist (HTL) - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Microbiology Technologist - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Molecular Biology Technologist - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Cytogenetic Technologist (CG) - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-International Medical Laboratory Scientist (IMLS) - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology Effective January , 2015. See notes below Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-American Medical Technologist, Certified (AMT) - AMT American Medical Technologists After 2010 Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-Clinical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology (NCA) in Chemistry/Urinalysis, Hematology, Immunohematology, or Microbiology (Prior to October 2009; no longer offered.) Upon Hire preferred Or
• CRT-At least one Certification from preferred list - UNKNOWN Unknown As determined by mgr or admin Upon Hire preferred

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