Medical Laboratory Technician - Fairview Health Services

M Health Fairview Clinics is looking for a full time Medical Laboratory Technician at M Health Fairview Clinic - Cottage Grove.

For this position- the majority of shifts will have a start time of either 6:30am or 9:30 am.  It may include an evening shift (12 pm- 8:30 pm) when necessary to help cover for vacations and various other reasons.  This position includes working weekends (a Saturday or a Sunday shift) at an Urgent Care site in the south region (Eagan, Lakeville, Bloomington or Edina). Weekend rotations are currently every 5th weekend.  This position will be trained to work at more than one clinic in the Southeast region to cover all staffing needs. 

We offer competitive Benefits, including Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement.      

The MLT plays an important role in providing quality, proficient and professional laboratory services to diverse populations within an ambulatory healthcare environment. The Medical Laboratory Technician performs waived, moderate, or high complexity testing, correlates data-based knowledge of technical and instrumental conditions affecting testing results and performs quality control procedures within established parameters. This position also may be involved in laboratory specimen collection, safe and secure specimen handling, ensuring efficient workflow and may schedule tests and provides results as appropriate. The MLT works independently under general supervision.

Job Expectations: follow established guidelines to obtain specimens, perform testing and report results, consistently implement and adhere to the laboratory customer service standards. The standards include promoting teamwork, successful communication, and conflict resolution, supports and adheres to laboratory SOPs, quality assurance, performance improvement and compliance programs recognizing trends and identifying when additional reporting, communication or other action is appropriate. Demonstrates competency and compliance with all regulatory agency policies.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in a lab science or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution. Qualified to work in a highly complex laboratory as mandated in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988 (CLIA)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved laboratory certification such as ASCP, AAB, or AMT. If not certified at time of hire, must acquire certification within 12 months.
• BLS certification within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience as a MLT in an ambulatory or acute healthcare environment

Other Required Skills

• Good phlebotomy skills.

Desired Skills

• Phlebotomy experience
• Demonstrate the ability to work under stress in a variety of situations
• Ability to exercise independent judgment
• Demonstrate good manual dexterity
• EPIC Beaker experience