Medical Technologist

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well‑being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people’s lives. Work Shift Day (United States of America) This role is FT Days. Experience Minimum 2 years experience as a Medical Technologist with 1 year of Blood Bank experience if applicable. Preferred Experience Epic and 3M Experience Preferred Certifications Med Tech ASCP Certification or Med Technologist (AMT) or Med Technologist (AAB) All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. Job Summary Under the general supervision of the Supervisors, Manager or Director, the Med Tech II performs clinical laboratory testing pursuant to established and approved protocols requiring independent judgment and responsibility, maintains equipment and records, performs quality assurance activities related to test performance, and may supervise and teach within the laboratory setting. The Med Tech II is fully proficient in their area of expertise, serving as a generalist in all areas of the general lab and blood bank or as a key operator / subject‑matter expert in their assigned area. Accuracy: Maintains acceptable accuracy in‑patient, quality assurance, proficiency, and competency testing. Critical Thinking: Uses clinical and theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret, and report lab data. Job Knowledge: Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures. Productivity: Practices organizational skills for efficiency of time, materials, cost, and availability of lab data. Communication: Monitors, investigates, resolves, and hands off information to team members. Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions Works independently analyzing blood and body fluids for ordered diagnostic tests in the general laboratory, blood bank, or microbiology sections. Results all tests using good lab technique and adheres to established procedures. Performs all routine testing in hematology, manual hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, processing, chemistry, manual chemistry, blood bank and microbiology as requested. Performs lab supplementary tasks for quality control, chemical safety, logs all required activities to track workload, work in progress, pending logs and amended information. Effectively communicates all information to appropriate personnel as required by policy and procedure. Participates in shift‑to‑shift hand‑off communication. Acts as a resource to the pathologists, resolving any issues they require. Fields problem phone calls and resolves issues, checks the critical logs. Serves as a technical resource to other techs and trains techs in new procedures. Acts as consultant and advisor to other supervisors. Performs scheduled maintenance on a key instrument. Maintains up‑to‑date procedure manuals. Makes sure all daily and weekly maintenance is completed for the instrument. Maintains reagent logs and logs all new shipment lot numbers in the log. Maintains QC reports, checks L‑J charts and monitors shifts closely. Orders all needed supplies for the area, keeping inventory stocked for two weeks. Provides training for new employees in the designated section/instrument, creates documents and regularly completes performance‑improvement projects. Performs linearity and correlation studies bi‑annually for their key instrument. Evaluates new tests and procedure changes. Performs CAP surveys when assigned, helps assign surveys to others when needed. Maintains CAP and Joint Commission readiness. Blood bank duties (if required): participates in a regular bench rotation in the blood bank on evening or night shift as needed. Runs automated blood bank instrument according to established procedures. Performs stat duties as needed. Orders and supplies blood products where needed. Completes work assignments for the shift. Required Minimum Education Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology or related science, except for HEW. Required. Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s) Med Tech ASCP Certification or Med Technologist (AMT) or Med Technologist (AAB) Additional License(s) and Certification(s) Active employees with a MT(AAB) or MT(AMT) working as an MT2 in WellStar as of 9/1/20 will be grandfathered into this position. Required Minimum Experience Minimum 2 years experience as a Medical Technologist with 1 year of Blood Bank experience if applicable. Required. Required Minimum Skills Computer/data entry experience. Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team. Ability to use Excel, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge. Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more. #J-18808-Ljbffr