Full-Time-.1.0| 40hrs. Third Shift
BHCOR-Lab I Corbin, KY
Clinical Laboratory Services provides an array of timely and accurate diagnostic testing and other services to Baptist Health Corbin's patients, and to other patients and organizations in support of the facilities mission, vision and strategic priorities.
The Medical Technologist prepares, performs, and records testing procedures in accordance with established criteria for various sections of the Clinical Laboratory. The role involves performing routine test procedures, assisting in the training of new staff and students, supporting instrument maintenance, and ensuring proper inventory management. The MLT processes quality control data, communicates test results and lab alert values to physicians, nurses, and clients, and collects specimens. Additionally, the MLT participates in continuing education and proficiency surveys, reports any instrument or procedural failures, and ensures accurate sample.
Performsaccuratelaboratory testing on blood and body fluids across all complexity levels.
Follows established protocols for specimen collection, processing, analysis, and result reporting.
Communicates results and critical values accurately andin a timely manner
Performs quality control, equipment calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Ensurescompliance with safety, infection control, PPE, and regulatory standards.
Maintains a clean, safe work environment and monitors inventory and supplies.
Participates in quality improvement activities,proficiencytesting, and corrective actions.
Supports training, competencies, continuing education, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Requirements:
Two years of college with coursespertaining tobiology, chemistry in conjunction with completedtraining in an accredited program of Medical Technology or related science; qualified to take certificationtestsfrom ASCP, AMT or equivalentwithin 1 year.
Benefits
Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
Life Insurance
Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
Identity Theft Protection
Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
PTO Sell Back Program
Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
Retirement with Company Match
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
