Technologist

About This Job

The Medical Laboratory Technologist (PRN) position is located in the Pathology Department.

Minimum Qualifications: Possession of a current Louisiana Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Generalist or Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Specialist license plus one of the following: A bachelor's degree in medical technology or clinical laboratory science; OR A bachelor's degree in a biological, physical, or chemical science plus one year of experience as a medical technologist.

Job Duties:

• Performs tests in the field of bacteriology which involve isolating, identifying, typing, and grouping bacteria and fungi present in body fluids, exudate, transudate, skin scrapings, autopsy, and surgical specimens.
• Performs chemical tests and analyses of body fluids and other materials related to clinical medicine or research in the medical sciences, such as; chemical analyses of blood, urine, and spinal fluid.
• Performs various hematological tests and examinations such as red blood cell counts, white blood cell counts, sickle cell tests, studies of red blood cell morphology, hemoglobin estimations, fragility tests, sedimentation rate, coagulation time, bleeding time, clot retraction time, and indices.
• Prepares and examines feces and other materials for the identification of parasites and ova.
• Performs agglutination, flocculation, complement fixation, fluorescent antibody, and other serological tests for the detection of disease status.
• Assists in the teaching of laboratory technology students.

Position-Specific Details:

Work Location: This Medical Laboratory Technologist PRN position is located in the Pathology Department.

Work Hours: The work schedule will be either 3pm-11pm or 6pm-6am.

Compensation: Shift Pay and Certification pay is included only when working. Base Pay: $26.00 Certification Pay: up to $1.50 Domicile Pay: $1.00 Shift Differential

About this position: This is a PRN position and does not include any benefits.

How To Apply: No Test is required for this position. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. *Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.* Please attach all certifications to your application and list all of your job duties. For more information about this vacancy please contact: Sonia Johnson, HR Analyst Lallie Kemp Medical Center, Human Resources View phone number on click.appcast.io View email address on click.appcast.io