Med Tech, PRN, Nights

Description : RESPONSIBLE FOR :

Independently performs laboratory procedures

for which the technologist has been trained and demonstrated

competency. Independently performs laboratory testing on patients

of all ages using professional knowledge of laboratory procedures,

executing, interpreting and / or analyzing, in an accurate and timely

manner.

Qualifications : MINIMUM EDUCATION

REQUIRED :

High school diploma or equivalent

required plus a sufficient number of college and / or technical

school courses and clinical training to satisfy the requirements

for testing and certification as a medical technologist by an

approved certifying agency.

MINIMUM

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED :

None required beyond

education / training requirement.

MINIMUM

LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY

LAW :

Certification as a medical technologist or

medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical

Pathologists (ASCP), AMT (American Medical Technologists) or AAB

(American Association of Bioanalysts) according to the

qualifications through the State of Georgia Department of Community

Health, Healthcare Facility, Clinical Laboratory regulations. A

person who recently moved into the state of Georgia or recently

completed the academic and training / experience requirements may be

temporarily classified as technologists or technicians for eighteen

(18) months only to afford the person an opportunity to

successfully complete an approved qualifying examination. AAB

provisional certification not

accepted.

ADDITIONAL

QUALIFICATIONS :

Bachelors Degree in clinical

laboratory science, biomedical science, medical technology or in a

life / biological science (biology, biochemistry, microbiology,

etc.) preferred. One year of supervised clinical experience as a

medical technologist in a clinical preferred. Should be competent

in areas of the laboratory being covered, including chemistry,

hematology, coagulation, blood bank, microbiology preferred.