Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) – Core Lab – Per Diem – Varied – Sorrento Mesa
Facility: Scripps Clinic
Location: San Diego, CA
Career Area: Lab
Employment Type: Casual
Shift: Varied
Job ID: 252001716
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Caring for San Diegans since 1924, Scripps Clinic is San Diego’s first choice for exceptional primary care and highly specialized and coordinated specialty care. Scripps Clinic offers a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services that are nationally recognized for quality, excellence and innovation. From primary to specialty care, our team-based model is designed to provide the best possible care and outcomes for you and your family. More than 900 providers and physicians provide 1.5 million patient visits a year coordinated through an integrated electronic health record.
Job Description
This is a non-benefited, casual/per diem position with 8-hour varied shifts, primarily 12pm-8:30pm, including weekends.
Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.
Why join Scripps Health?
AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:
· Selected as one of the 100 Best Places to Work for 2024 by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute for the 16th time. A remarkable achievement as only five healthcare organizations nationwide made the list, and Scripps is the sole healthcare provider in California to be recognized.
· Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
· Ranked 78th in 2023 PEOPLE Companies that Care.
· Ranked 95th in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for 2023
Why join this team?
Our Scripps Medical Laboratory is our system’s core lab, servicing all sites and processing over 2.6 million tests annually. With a culture centered around teamwork, each laboratory site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. The Medical Lab Technician (MLT) supports the team by performing assays that are identified by CLIA as waived and moderate complexity tests.
A Medical Lab Technician (MLT) is responsible for:
- Providing information to the Clinical Providers that aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
- Performing assays that are identified by CLIA as waived and moderate complexity tests.
- Accurately processes clinical specimen, performs the analysis and documents the assay results.
- Completing processes using the laboratory’s policies and procedures in strict accordance with the Quality Assurance Program and College of American Pathologists (CAP) regulations.
- Identifying and immediately notifying critical results (Potentially life-threatening lab results) to the ordering provider in accordance to the Critical Call policy
- Performing CAP regulated proficiency testing,
- Involved in training new hire employees and students,
- Performing competency assessments,
- Trouble shooting lab related problems or laboratory analyzers concerns
- Supervise non licensed personnel in the laboratory.
- Assisting to identify potential problems that may adversely affect test performance, analysis or reporting of assay results.
- Performing and documenting all corrective actions when assay systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.
- Contributing to the laboratory safety operations
- Accountable for the customer satisfaction
- Working cooperatively in a team environment supporting senior laboratory and management staff.
- Working independently within an assigned workbench and working with the whole laboratory team in achieving goals and metrics set forth by the Quality Assurance Program of the laboratory.
Experience/Specialized Skills:
- Associates Degree or degree acceptable by California Laboratory Field Services for the application of a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Licensure.
- CDPH Licensure: MLT (Medical Laboratory Technician).
Preferred Education/Course(s)/Training:
- One year equivalent full time in a clinical laboratory.
In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.
Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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At Scripps, we seek dedicated, compassionate people to join our team and make a significant impact on the health of our community and the future of healthcare. Throughout our five hospital campuses, 30 outpatient centers and clinics, and hundreds of affiliated physician offices throughout the region, each member of our team plays a key role in our life-changing and life-saving mission. Scripps Health is the only San Diego-based company to make Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work. Our people and their commitment to the highest standards of care are what define us.
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