Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Trinity Health Of New England is looking for an experienced Medical Lab Technician, to join our team of mission-driven healthcare innovators located at Mercy Medical Center, Life Labs, in Springfield, MA. Our vision is to provide state-of-the-art healthcare to those within our local communities, creating a positive impact for each individual that walks through our doors. This person is responsible for providing highly skilled, wide range of routine and complex analyses in all sections of the clinical laboratory in order to provide data which will assist the physician in diagnosis and treatment. Develops and conducts research into new technologies, writes and updates procedures as needed. Trains other personnel.

Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:
• Become a valued member of an excellent, dedicated health care team
• Opportunity to mentor medical laboratory scientist students
• Continuing education opportunities spanning all laboratory disciplines
• Generous shift differentials

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Associate’s Degree or at least 60 semester hours of academic credit from a regionally accredited college / university and successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLT program OR CLA certification and an Associate Degree or at least 60 semester hours from a regionally accredited college / university, including 6 semester hours of chemistry and 6 semester hours of biology OR an Associate Degree or at least 60 semester hours from a regionally accredited college / university including 6 semester hours of biology AND successful completion of a 50 week U.S. Military medical laboratory training course OR three years full time clinical experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Clinical Microscopy. At least two years must be under the supervision of an appropriately certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist.
• Has passed an MLT (ASCP) or CLT (NCA) level certification examination offered by one of the professional societies. Note for New Hire Non-Certified MLT: Must be eligible to sit for ASCP and / or NCA certification exam and must successfully pass within one year of hire.
• Work requires analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses and summarizing the information and data in order to interpret and report results.
• Must possess sufficient motor skills in order to perform delicate tasks such as calibration and maintenance of laboratory instruments, perform precise sample procedures, pipetting of samples and use of computer workstations.
• Must possess sufficient communication skills (direct telephone) to interact with patients and other members of the health care team. Possesses hearing acuity so as to be able to communicate with others, communicate using the telephone and be able to monitor the many sounds produced by clinical instrumentation.
• Possesses color vision.

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.

Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

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Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.