Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Tech

Job Overview

Description

Medical Associates Clinic - Laboratory Department is hiring a Medical Technologist or Medical Lab Technician!

What You Will Be Doing:

• Collect laboratory specimens; perform laboratory testing; and report laboratory test results
• Perform technical laboratory functions in microbiology, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, hematology and immunohematology
• Perform instrument maintenance, troubleshooting and repair
• Report laboratory test results
• Perform venipuncture, arterial and capillary punctures; collect other laboratory specimens; and properly identify and label specimens.

Schedule: 76 hours in a two-week pay period including two evening shifts per week and a Saturday or Sunday weekend rotation. 

Location: Primarily located in Dubuque - East and West Campuses

Competitive pay with benefits package worth $20,000!

• Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation.
• 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay + additional annual Profit Sharing
• Flexible Paid Time Off  Program (24 days off/year)
• Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc.

What Skills You Bring:

• Outstanding attention to process and detail
• Dependable
• Exceptional customer service: courteous, tact, and diplomacy
• Passion and dedication for the work you do
• Teamwork and ability to collaborate with colleagues
• Interpersonal Skills: Work involves personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding routine matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information which may require some discussion.

Qualifications You Have:
Experience: One to three years of similar or related experience. Experience preferred, but not required.

Education: MT or MLT certification required. Equivalent to a two-year college degree or completion of a specialist course of study or certification at a business or trade school.

Interpersonal Skills: Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding routine matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information that may require some discussion. 

Other Skills: Laboratory analyzers. 

Medical Associates keeps a close eye on the COVID-19 pandemic and all related national, state, and local guidance related to vaccination, masking, and the mitigation of disease spread.

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Physical Aspects:

Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
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Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction.

Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

None - The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

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