Medical Laboratory Technician

Aspire Medical Staffing is excited to announce an opening for a Medical Laboratory Technician at Fort Cavazos in Killeen, TX. The Medical Laboratory Technicians at Fort Cavazos are in support of the Armed Services Blood Program and the Army Blood Program mission to collect, process, test and provide quality blood products from volunteer donors and to coordinate the distribution of blood products to military treatment facilities worldwide in order to provide life-saving blood products to injured service members, veterans and their family members.

Join our dedicated team and make a significant impact on the health and well-being of our military population!

Location:

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

36065 Santa Fe Ave

Fort Cavazos, TX 76544

Schedule:

• Provide services for work weeks averaging 40 workhours or may consists of an average of five (5) eight (8) work-hour days, Sunday through Saturday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
• Possible shifts include the following:

• 0730-1600 w/30 min lunch

•  0730-1630 w/1-hr lunch

• Blood Drives require longer workdays, up to 12-hour days; in these cases, you will be scheduled to work during the peak work hours and be transported back to the donor center or lodging site as to not exceed the 40-hour work week.

• Hours scheduled for shifts do not include travel time involved in reaching the Blood Donor Center.

• Shall be rested and fully physically and mentally capable for performing the duties required under this contract.

• May be required to work in a different department/or clinic of the hospital. Compensatory time (comp time) is not authorized.

Blood Drives & Travel:

• The Government will provide transportation to and from blood drives scheduled at any location outside of the 40-mile radius from assigned blood donor center.

• During periods in which the blood drives require contractor travel to and from the blood drive site, the travel time will count as paid time and the number of hours remaining for the work week will be reduced accordingly in order to meet the 40-hour work schedule.

• Blood donor centers routinely conduct blood drives at locations which require travel, with some requiring overnight stays.

• If two blood drives are scheduled at the same location (which requires travel and overnight stays) and have a day separating the two drives, that day will be counted as administrative time.

• All blood drive locations are on federal owned or leased property.
• Most of the blood drives are during the day. Blood drives are generally not scheduled before 8:00 a.m. unless however successful completion of quality control tests is conducted prior to the blood drive.
• Local blood drives are generally scheduled at least two months in advance.
• Mobile drives are posted at least two or three months in advance.
• May be required to participate in blood drives in locations other than Fort Cavazos, TX.
• The Government will notify the MLT as far in advance as possible so that sufficient time is available for the MLT to obtain the best travel rates.

Duties:

• Rotates through various sections of the Blood Donor Center, to include: Registration, Interview/Vitals, Bag Issue and Phlebotomy (whole blood and regular collections).
• Independently performs standardized clinical laboratory tests and procedures appropriate to blood banking.
• The majority of work performed is covered in established standard operating procedure (SOP) and instructions, though occasionally will perform more complex procedures which are not covered in detail by existing documents.
• Provides assistance during mobile blood drives to setup, break down, load and unload supplies.
• Assists with training new staff, students and Military personnel in all aspects of the blood donation process.
• Maintains a professional attitude and communicates effectively with donors, patients, physicians, and fellow employees.
• Performs personal interviews to obtain medical histories and visual inspections of blood donors, ensuring donors meet all Food and Drug Administration (FDA) criteria and current manufacturing practices.
• Determines eligibility of potential donors based on judgment and in accordance with SOP and regulatory guidelines.
• Screens subjects donating blood (e.g., volunteer blood donors, autologous and therapeutic patients) and exercises care to ensure their blood is at a safe level prior to being used.
• Takes vital signs (i.e., temperature, pulse, and blood pressure) and checks hemoglobin and/or hematocrit levels, ensuring prospective donors are eligible to donate blood.
• Strips, segments, weighs, and stores whole blood units.
• Records information, such as time of started and stopped drawing blood.
• Prepares samples to be sent to testing laboratory.
• Receives and reviews test results, ensuring proper procedures are followed if irregularities or tests discrepancies are found.
• Enters results into the computer system to update the files of blood donors and follow up log for serological testing of blood donor units.
• Phlebotomy duties
• Apheresis procedures
• Perform a full range of clinical laboratory tests in any one or a combination of the following sections of the laboratory: hematology and blood bank.

Requirements

• Qualifications:
• Degree: Certificate.
• Education: Graduate 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) or educational program acceptable to the American Medical Technologist.
• Certification/registration as Medical Laboratory Technician or equivalent by the American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Medical Technologists or other agency approved by the Assistant Secretary Defense (Health Affairs), ASD(HA).
• BLS Certification
• Experience: One year of experience in a clinical laboratory in any one or a combination of the following sections: hematology, chemistry, cytology, histology, urinalysis, serology, microbiology and blood bank.