Medical Laboratory Technician (Mlt) - Pm

Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. The Medical Laboratory Technician will be joining a very knowledgeable team at Scripps Memorial Hospital – La Jolla, that enjoys both teaching and learning from each other while making a difference in the lives of their patients.

As the Medical Laboratory Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Contributing to co-worker performance evaluation and progressive discipline process as requested.
• Reporting to the Laboratory Manager for ensuring his/her area of responsibility always meets licensure/inspection requirements, that all quality control is performed and documented according to policy and procedure, and that staff is properly trained.
• Clerical tasks (including order processing, answering telephones and report/result generation and distribution), specimen collection, specimen processing, and specimen testing using manual techniques and automated instrumentation.

This is a Full Time (80 hours per two week pay period) benefited position, working 8 hour PM shifts (2:30pm-11pm) on variable days including weekends. Training for first few weeks will be during day shift (6:30am-3pm). Located at Scripps Memorial Hospital – La Jolla.

Required Qualifications:

• Associates Degree or degree acceptable by California Laboratory Field Services for the application of a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Licensure.
• CDPH Licensure: MLT (Medical Laboratory Technician).

• Prefer one year equivalent full time in a clinical laboratory.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.