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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Lafayette, LA
Lafayette, Louisiana

About this job

The Medical Technologist performs routine and special chemical, microscopic, microbiological and immunological tests on body fluids, blood, and exudates from hospital and other patients to provide information for diagnosing and treatment of disease.

There is an opening with the largest Health Systems in Lafayette,LA area.

Offers:

Permanent Position

Monday-Friday

Competitive Compensation

Not Required to work weekends


SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Observes Medical Technologists who performs various laboratory procedures on patient samples using instruments in the chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, flow cytometry, and microbiology departments.
2. Observes Medical Technologists preparing blood and blood components for transfusion including blood grouping, typing and compatibility testing.
Inoculates and cultivates specimens. 3. Observes the Medical Technologists who performs routine, fungal, anaerobic, and blood cultures and the identification of microorganisms and susceptibility results as appropriate.
4. Observes Medical Technologists who perform other microbiological testing including OCP, PCR, rapid antigen/antibody tests, and various stains and microbiological analyses.
5. Analyze unknown specimens using microscopic and manual techniques as part of training and orientation to recognize normal and abnormal findings.
6. Understands the reporting of technological findings by collecting, analyzing, and resulting information, referring to pathologist as appropriate. Responsible for reporting critical results and reportable diseases per hospital policy.
7. Observes the performance and documentation of maintenance, quality control, proficiency tests, and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
8. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by participation in continuing education.
9. Assists in maintaining departmental inventory of supplies and reagents and performing quality control as required.




About Aerotek:


Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services. Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.