Laboratory Care Technician

The Acute Care Laboratory at M Health Fairview Northland is looking to fill one (1) - 0.8 FTE, benefit eligible, Laboratory Care Technician (LCT) position. This LCT will provide patient care working a mix of eight-hour day and evening shifts as well as rotating evening weekend and holiday shifts.

Working with diverse inpatient and outpatient populations within a healthcare environment, the Laboratory Care Technician plays an important role in providing quality, proficient, and professional services in keeping with M Health Fairview values while interacting with our patients, families, and co-workers. The LCT performs laboratory specimen collection, provides safe and secure specimen handling, and point of care testing. They are also responsible for accurately entering orders and collection information into the Laboratory Information System and associated subsystems, monitoring computer logs for incomplete work, scheduling tests/procedures, and providing results in LIS/HIS and over the phone. The LCT's attention to detail and accuracy are the foundation for M Health Northland providing quality laboratory services. Working as an individual or team member, the LCT continuously works towards providing quality service improvement and optimum support to the department and team members in achieving M Health Fairview's goals.

Follows established guidelines to obtain specimens and perform procedures.

• Obtains blood specimens for all identified patient populations.
• Performs phlebotomy and communicates special handling needs of the specimen.
• Uses appropriate communications skills to meet patient/family and other customer needs.
• Demonstrates proficiency with point care testing.
• May train others in phlebotomy skills.
• Ensures specimens are acceptable for testing including proper labeling techniques.
• Processes specimens prior to testing or sending to reference labs.
• Performs daily quality control, troubleshooting and equipment maintenance, as needed.
• Monitors inventory, ordering and restocking supplies.