Venesco, LLC is a government contractor providing healthcare, IT, Research & Development and other services to government agencies.
Venesco prioritizes employee connectedness and work life balance. Our field employees are highly valued members of the Venesco team.
Venesco, LLC is recruiting a Medical Laboratory Technician to provide services at the 96th Medical Group, Eglin Air Force Base, FL.
MLT will care for the needs of active-duty service members and their dependents. This is a great opportunity to give back to those who serve our country!
Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package offered including :
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Benefits
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Professional Development Reimbursement
- Paid time off and Paid Holidays
Duties include :
The Medical Laboratory Technician shall perform precise and accurate laboratory testing according to established local laboratory operating instructions.
Perform routine and highly complex procedures in the microbiology, serology, chemistry, blood bank, urinalysis, blood bank, phlebotomy, and shipping departments.
MLT will manually perform and independently interpret RSV, Rapid Strep, occult blood, and C.Diff testing among other rapid testing.
Independently prep, read and accurately interpret gram stains and wet preps.
Independently perform manual calculations on complex 24-hour urine assays, perform dilutions, and pre-treat specimens for a variety of tests, interpret cardiac marker testing, total lipids, renal tests, thyroid testing, etc.
Integrate and correlate test data with other laboratory and patient data to make conclusions about the normality of the highly technical analyzers and patients.
Perform and interpret reactions in procedures to determine blood type by either manual test tube method or more automated gel method, blood transfusion screening to detect antibodies, i.
e., enzyme testing, antibody absorption, evaluation of material sensitization, and similar tests in the study of transfusion reactions in cases of incompatible blood matches, and emergency release procedures as mandated by health care providers.
Perform routine and complex hematological studies on all blood cellular elements.
Additional duties will be provided in the full job description.
Requirements
Degree / Education : High school diploma or GED equivalent is required. Graduation from a medical laboratory technician training program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
Certifications / Licensure : In addition to Basic Life Support, must possess certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), or state licensure as a medical laboratory technician.
Experience : The technician shall have at least 12 months' experience within the past 24 months.
Venesco LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability.
Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.
Salary Description
$28-$33.00 dollars per hour