Medical Laboratory Technician - Phlebotomy/Point of Care

Minneapolis VA Medical Center8 months ago
Minneapolis, MN, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

MLT Responsibilities

MLTs use independent judgment to perform full range of duties in the laboratory. MLTs perform day-to-day operations with minimal technical supervision while ensuring testing accuracy and quality of proper patient care. Duties include providing pre-analytic instructions to patients, VA staff, and external entities; operating and maintaining Point of Care (POC) instrumentation; performing specimen processing, waived testing; evaluating and reporting laboratory results.

Required Skills

Specimen processing
Point of Care (POC) testing
Laboratory result evaluation
Phlebotomy
Patient care
Quality control
Pre-analytic patient instruction
Laboratory instrumentation maintenance