Medical Laboratory Technician Jobs

What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.

Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.

As our most acute level of care, Kindred’s transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

As a Laboratory Technician you will:

• Inoculate fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms.
• Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
• Set up, maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory equipment.
• Examine cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities.
• Analyze the results of tests and experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical and electrical devices.
• Consult with a pathologist to determine a final diagnosis when abnormal cells are found.
• Prepare standard volumetric solutions and reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
• Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
• Analyze and record test data to issue reports that use charts, graphs and narratives.
• Detect abnormalities or diseases, and enter findings into computer.
• Under general supervision, Performs and reports routine and special laboratory tests on clinical specimens to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients.

As a Laboratory Technician you will have:

• Clinical Lab Scientist license as required by state.
• Associate's degree in Medical Laboratory Science Licenses/Certification.
• Current BLS required.