UNC Health is seeking a Medical Lab Technician for a job in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty : Medical Lab Technician
- Discipline : Allied Health Professional
- Duration : Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift : 8 hours, days
- Employment Type : Staff
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary :
Both MTs and MLTs may apply
This position is eligible for our Clinical Laboratory Incentive Program. To learn more on the incentive program guidelines and eligible positions, visit
Performs a variety of patient testing and administrative tasks in support of the clinical activities in the UNCHCS.
Hours : Flexible hours can do 4-10 hour shifts Monday-Thursday 8 : 30am-7 : 00pm
Monday -Friday 10 : 30am-7 : 00pm
Responsibilities :
1. Investigates problems with equipment, test results, specimens, and / or workflow.
2. May participate on teams or perform special projects / assignments.
3. May perform teaching of Clinical Laboratory Science students and Pathology residents and training of new employees. May serve as a technical resource.
4. Performs quality control and equipment maintenance in the appropriate laboratory.
5. Performs routine and less standardized test procedures which includes special chemical, microscopic and bacteriologic laboratory tests.
Observes tests and reactions and provides data.
6. Prepares specimens and reagents, solutions, heat, or filters as required.
7. Reports results to healthcare providers. Consults / confers with health care providers regarding test results.
8. Reviews test results to ensure accuracy of report and timely correction of errors.
Other Information
Other information :
Education Requirements :
Requires Bachelor's of Science degree. Must meet eligibility requirements upon hire to sit for MT exam within 12 months of hire.
Licensure / Certification Requirements :
Must obtain certification within one year of becoming exam eligible.
Professional Experience Requirements :
No prior experience required.
Knowledge / Skills / and Abilities Requirements :
MLT Requirements :
Education Requirements :
Associate's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Laboratory Technician, Chemical Science, or Biological Science.
Licensure / Certification Requirements :
If Associate's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Laboratory Technician, then must be ASCP or AMT Board of Certification eligible and must receive BOC within a year.
If Associate's degree in chemical or biological science, Medical Laboratory Technician (ASCP) or MLT (AMT) Board of Certification (BOC) required.
Professional Experience Requirements :
None required.
Job Details
Legal Employer : STATE
Entity : UNC Medical Center Hillsborough
Organization Unit : Laboratory HBO Hosp
Work Type : Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week : 40.00
Work Schedule : Day Job
Location of Job : US : NC : Hillsborough
Exempt From Overtime : Exempt : No
Work Assignment Type : Onsite
MT Salary Range : $24.13-$30.17 (Hiring Range)
MLT Salary Range : $20.88-$26.10 (Hiring Range :
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.
All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and / or to apply for a career opportunity.
UNC Health Job ID #7870-141585. Posted job title : medical technologist i / medical lab technician
About UNC Health
UNC Health is an integrated health care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. UNC Health is committed to empowering health, not just health care.
From Magnet recognition to being named one of America's Best Employers by Forbes Magazine, we're proud to say that our hard work is consistently recognized, awarded, and celebrated.
UNC Health and our 40,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina's Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders.
We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.
Compensation Information :
$24.13 / Hourly - $24.13 / Hourly
Starting At : 24.13 Hourly
Up To : 30.17 Hourly