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Lead Lab Technologist – Chemistry
Carle Health. Act as Lead Medical Technologist and primary assistant to the department supervisor/manager/coordinator .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in clinical laboratory operations, regulatory compliance, and quality control procedures while effectively managing day-to-day assignments and collaborating with laboratory staff to enhance performance and testing accuracy.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Medical Technologist Certification (MT)Medical Laboratory Scientist Certification (MLS)Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology3 Years of Clinical Lab Operations ExperienceRegulatory Compliance
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Hard Skills
Specimen HandlingTest AnalysisResult ReportingQuality Control PoliciesInstrument CalibrationCorrective Action ProceduresProficiency TestingDocumentation MaintenancePerformance EvaluationTechnical Resource Support
Soft Skills
CollaborationFeedback ProvisionProblem Solving
Certifications & Qualifications
AMT CertificationASCP Certification
Industry Keywords
Clinical LaboratoryQuality ControlRegulatory ComplianceLaboratory ProceduresTesting Procedures
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Act as Lead Medical Technologist and primary assistant to the department supervisor/manager/coordinator
- Coordinate technical, logistical, and administrative functions to ensure prompt testing and reporting of clinical laboratory results
- Perform essential Lead Medical Technologist functions in assigned sections
- Manage day-to-day work assignments
- Ensure completion of projects initiated by the Lab Supervisor
- Collaborate with the Lab Supervisor and lab staff to ensure regulatory compliance
- Provide feedback and suggestions to improve quality and performance
- Provide input on performance evaluations
- Handle and process specimens, analyze tests, report results, and maintain patient test-result records
- Maintain records demonstrating proficiency-testing samples are tested like patient samples
- Adhere to quality-control policies and document quality-control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and maintenance
- Follow corrective-action procedures when test systems fall outside acceptable performance levels and ensure proper documentation
- Serve as a technical resource to help staff identify and correct problems affecting test performance or result reporting
Requirements
What you’ll need- Medical Technologist (MT) (AMT) certification from American Medical Technologists (AMT), or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) (AMT) certification from AMT, or Medical Technologist (MT) (ASCP) certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) (ASCP) certification from ASCP
- Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology, Biological Science, or Medical Laboratory Science
- 3 years of clinical lab operations experience
- Ability to work 4–5 shifts per week, 6:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
- Weekend availability every third weekend
- Holiday availability for 1 major and 1 minor holiday
- Must comply with laboratory regulatory, quality control, specimen handling, testing, reporting, documentation, calibration, maintenance, and corrective-action procedures
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive benefits package
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Potential for growth and life-long careers