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Job Description  
    

Job Title: Medical Laboratory Technician – Permanent Position 

 
Location:   Spokane, Washington Area 

 
Benefits:   

• Medical, dental and vision insurance 

• Life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance 

• Long-term disability insurance 

• Retirement 

• Social Security 

• Vacation, leave and holidays 

• Flexible spending account  

• Dependent care assistance 

• Other insurance 

• Flexible schedule 

• Deferred compensation 

Job Summary: Performs simple, routine laboratory procedures and other laboratory work which supports the operation of a laboratory.  Positions assigned to this class are distinguished by the requirement for conducting simple and qualitative laboratory work under general supervision. 

Job Responsibilities Include:   

• Performs standard urinalysis determinations, including color, volume, specific gravity, glucose, albumin, pH, acetone, protein, calcium, diacetic acid and sediment examination;   

• Assists in laboratory examinations involving serology, virology, and chemistry;   

• Dissects and prepares routine biological tissues, assists with surgical procedures as applied to animals;  

• Draws blood samples from patients; centrifuges blood to separate serum from corpuscles; performs white cell counts and hemoglobin estimates; types whole blood and determines Rh factor;  

• Operates laboratory equipment such as electronic balances, microscopes, spectrophotometers, pH meters, autoclaves, metering pumps and centrifuges;  

• Responds to inquiries concerning patient lab values, reference ranges, specimen requirements, procedures, time required for tests, and preparation of specimens to outside labs for analysis;  

• Performs manual dehydration; cleans and infiltrates tissue; embeds specimens in paraffin;   

• Examines stool specimens for parasites and occult blood;  

• May perform inventories of chemicals, supplies and equipment;  

• May perform more complex determinations as part of training for higher level position;   

• Performs other work as required.  

Requirements:   

• Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law. 

• Completion of an approved course* for laboratory assistants.   

• *Course approved by American Society of Clinical Pathologists. 

Experience - Two years of chemical, or clinical or public health laboratory experience.   

Education - Training in medical technology or education in college with courses in laboratory sciences may be substituted, year for year, for experience.    

License/Certification - Must have additional licenses or certification