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Medical Technologist - 4113 

Description

Position Summary:

Serves as a Medical Technologist in the Clinical Laboratory at Tohono O’odham Nation Sells Hospital, with the responsibility for performing a variety and full range of Medical Laboratory procedures including highly complex analyses and infrequently required tests; evaluating abnormal or unusual patient results; operating and maintaining complex laboratory equipment; and setting up and/or monitoring daily, weekly, or monthly quality control.

Scope of Work: This position is located with the Tohono O’odham Nation Sells Hospital. The Supervisory Medical Technologist or Section Lead usually outlines assignment parameter, deadlines, and priorities and provides advice on how to proceed when unusual problems or defects are encountered which cannot be corrected except by substantial modification of methods.

 
Position Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Degree: medical technology, chemistry, or biology that included or was supplemented by at least:

o Sixteen (16) semester hours of biological science of which one course was in microbiology and one course was in immunology. (NOTE: If there is no mention of immunology or immunobiology in the course title, the requirement for a course in immunology may be met by any course that covers the following topic areas: (1) definition and relationships of antigens and antibodies; (2) host-antigen interactions; (3) bursal and thymic influences on lymphoid cells; and (4) humoral and cellular response mechanisms.) The remaining biology courses must have been in general biology, zoology, or any of the areas listed below under "Evaluation of Education and Experience;"

o Sixteen (16) semester hours of chemistry of which one course was in organic or biochemistry. The remaining chemistry courses must have been in general chemistry, qualitative analysis, qualitative chemistry, quantitative chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, or any of the areas listed below under "Evaluation of Education and Experience;" and

o Three (3) semester hours of college mathematics.

OR

  • A full 4-year course of study that included or was supplemented by at least 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organization. The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post-baccalaureate certificate program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culminating in a bachelor's in medical technology.

OR

  • A combination of (1) at least 35 semester hours of biological science, chemistry, and mathematics as described in the first bullet point above and (2) additional appropriate education and/or experience totaling 4 years. This combination of education and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to that provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above. All science and mathematics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major at an accredited college or university. Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laboratory, health agency, industrial medical laboratory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience that provided an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in performing professional clinical laboratory work. Certification/licensure as a medical technologist (generalist) obtained through written examination by a nationally recognized credentialing agency or State licensing body is a good indication that the quality of experience is acceptable.

 

Licenses, Certifications, Special Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) by a nationally recognized credentialing agency or state licensing body such as ASCP or AMT.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Arizona driver’s license, (no DUIs or major traffic citations within the last three years).
  • Must meet the Tohono O’odham Nation tribal employer’s insurance requirements to receive a driver’s permit to operate program vehicles.

Based on the department’s needs, incumbents may be required to demonstrate fluency in both the Tohono O’odham Language and English as a condition of employment.

 
Location San Simon  
Open Date 11/25/2019  
Close Date 8/16/2019  
About the Organization The Tohono O'odham Nation is a federally-recognized tribe that includes approximately 28,000 members occupying tribal lands in Southwestern Arizona. The Nation is the second largest reservations in Arizona in both population and geographical size, with a land base of 2.8 million acres and 4,460 square miles, approximately the size of the State of Connecticut. Its four non-contiguous segments total more than 2.8 million acres at an elevation of 2,674 feet.  

This position is currently not accepting applications.

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