Senior Medical Technologist

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

 

All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

 

At Shriners Children's St. Louis, we have a team of physicians and specialists who are highly trained and experienced in pediatric orthopedics. This team is equipped to treat children with a variety of different orthopedic conditions ranging from mild to complex. Other specialties you will find at our facility include limb lengthening and reconstruction, spine care, muscular and neuromuscular care, orthotics and prosthetics and plastic surgery.

 

Job Overview

Shriners Children's St. Louis has an opportunity for a full-time Senior Medical Technologist.  In this position, you will be responsible for assisting with daily activities, providing technical leadership for clinical staff, supporting diagnostic activities, and ensuring patient satisfaction, quality care and regulatory/accreditation standards are achieved. 

Responsibilities

The Senior Medical Technologist leads the way for the clinical lab team. 

 

• Performs pre-analytic, and analytic and post-analytic procedures, exercising independent judgement and responsibility
  • Assesses and resolves test and blood product orders, resolving unclear or duplicate requests
  • Collects blood on outpatients and effectively receives and processes all specimen types.
  • Orders reference test procedures and prepares for courier pick-up in a timely manner.
  • Appropriately performs and analyzes calibrations and quality control procedures
  • Competently performs all in-house tests within established timeframes
  • Recognizes unusual test results or test system performance issues and takes necessary action for resolution
  • Notifies the appropriate clinical staff of critical values within established timeframes
  • Stores and retains records as required by hospital policies
  • Communicates in an appropriate and timely manner with staff; seeks input, provides accurate information and makes recommendations for policy and/or practice change
  • Monitors, controls, evaluates and reports departmental expenditures for salary, equipment and supplies

 

• Provides oversight of technical laboratory operations
  • Plans and utilizes resources within the department to maximize efficiency
  • Participates in the evaluation and selection of methods, equipment and supplies
  • Resolves basic equipment problems or malfunctions , overseeing the maintenance and serving as a resource to staff
  • Reviews patient results as well as related records such as quality control and instrument correlations
  • Writes, reviews and modifies department policies and procedures as needed
  • Assists management in survey readiness for external audits, ensuring compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirement
  • Maintains inventory/supplies necessary for testing purposes
  • Monitors compliance with laboratory and hospital-wide safety, reducing potential area of risk
  • Responds and acts on safety recommendations

 

Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.   

Qualifications

Required:  

• Bachelor of Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science or Science
• 5 years Clinical Laboratory experience
• MLT (ASCP), CLS or Equivalent certification 
• Med. Tech license in state of practice

Preferred:

• 2 years Management/Supervisory experience