Ardent Health
Medical Lab Technician / MLT
Pittsburg, TX 75686 · US
About the role
OverviewJoin our team as a PRN, Medical Lab Technician in Pittsburg, TX.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- UT Health Pittsburg offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, a sleep lab, wound healing center, swing bed care, 16 physician offices and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness facility.
Explore Career Pathways for Laboratory Professionals:
- The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
- This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
- Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training, and proficiency testing as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.
- ASCP or equivalent.
- Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment
- If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated.
- 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory.
- Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles.
- The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
- This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
- Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training, and proficiency testing as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.
- ASCP or equivalent.
- Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment
- If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Technician (non-certified) until certification is reinstated.
- 5+ years’ of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician within a clinical laboratory.
- Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles.