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Small town charm, railroad history, outdoor paradise The Community – Temple and Killeen, TX

Temple and Killeen are located in Central Texas. This area continues to see unprecedented growth in its business sector, and this growth has caused a ripple effect in the quantity and quality of entertainment, dining and shopping venues available in and around Temple. You will never have a dull moment during your stay in Temple! From a night at the movies to live entertainment, each night of your time here can be filled with fun and excitement. Musicians, art lovers, and history buffs can all find something to love about Temple, Texas. In addition to Temple's calendar of events, plenty of attractions are waiting to be explored. Check out the arts and culture scene, shop until you drop, enjoy the outdoors, or see all that Downtown Temple has to offer.

Airport information: Owned and operated by the City of Austin, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in the United States and is just about an hour away from Temple, TX. This port supports the following airlines: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Copa Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, jetBlue, JSX, KLM, Luftansa, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, United Airlines, Vacation Express, Atlantic, Westjet, Allegient, Frontier, and Redway. They also supply a number of non-stop flights, of which would be in your best interest to check out their website.

Facility: Central Texas VA Health Care Systems The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) is a Joint Commission Accredited, complexity level 1-A facility serving Veterans in 39 counties in Central Texas. CTVHCS has two medical centers located in Temple and Waco; a stand-alone multispecialty clinic in Austin; five community-based outpatient clinics in Brownwood, Cedar Park, College Station, Palestine and La Grange, two community living centers located at the Temple and Waco campuses; a domiciliary in Temple; a Blind Rehabilitation Unit in Waco (one of only 12 across the nation); a rehabilitation unit for severely mentally ill life enhancement in Waco; a 40-bed Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program in Waco (the only one in Texas); and a 30-bed residential Women's Traumatic Rehabilitation Treatment Unit (one of only four across the nation). In addition, CTVHCS has a Temple VA Clinic Annex in the community that houses six Patient Aligned Care Teams and a VA/DoD Joint Sleep Center in Killeen. The CTVHCS campus in Temple is only 25 miles from the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas. CTVHCS serves a Veteran population of more than 252,000, covers 35,243 square miles and 11 congressional districts in its 39 counties.

Facility Address: 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr, Temple, TX 76504

The Medical Lab Technician shall perform a full range of services in the specialty, including the most difficult cases. Services may include but are not limited to the following:

• Provision of full range of Laboratory care to patients seen including laboratory testing, maintenance of diagnostic equipment, operates automated equipment and performs complex manual procedures in Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Phlebotomy, Specimen Processing, special dispatch and specimen requirements, quality controls and other diagnostics required by laboratory supervisor.
• Capable of performing phlebotomy on various age-groups, and familiar with requirements and equipment for each age group, such as finger sticks, heel sticks and venipuncture with different needle gauges.
• Performs required recordkeeping procedures and reports discrepancies to appropriate technologists or supervisor for patient results, demographics, QC, QA and performance improvement.
• Performs start up, shut-down, daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly preventative maintenance procedures on analyzers and other testing procedures on instrumentation in Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis or other areas as assigned or instructed.
• Performs Quality Control procedures on analyzers and manual test methods as required: performs semi-annual Calibration verification studies and Method Comparison Studies as assigned; analyzes and monitors significant trends, troubleshoots analyzer problems, identifies and recognizes technical and instrumental causes of problems.
• Recognizes factors which can adversely affect specimens, procedures, and results and is capable of determining whether procedures, specimens, or results have been affected, then performs corrective action as needed (including sequestering patient samples and retesting after the analyzer issues have been resolved).
• Assures preparation of tests for all patients, including performing the test calibrations and calibration verification studies as needed. Checks specimens, prepares reagents, and maintains adequate supplies. Electronically enters, or writes clinical reports and descriptions of laboratory care. Reorders as appropriate under direction of supervisor or technologist.
• Examines all patient lab work, reviews all testing (lab) and requests or performs diagnostic tests and refers tests to internal and external Laboratory facilities. Completes all tests requested by physicians and refers out when needed. Makes note of all assessments and records results. Reports results to appropriate individuals, calls critical values to appropriate individuals and recognizes the need for timely reporting of laboratory data and shipment of products and specimens.
• Follows the Laboratory Department policies and procedures and Clinical practice guidelines when relevant.
• Provides specialty laboratory services to patients and works as a team with the medical staff. Interacts in a professional manner with patients and co-workers.

• Associate's degree in clinical Medical Laboratory Sciences or a primary science (i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, etc.).
• Minimum 12 months of Clinical Laboratory experience as a Generalist Medical Technologist performing CLIA high complexity work in Hematology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Transfusion Medicine, and Urinalysis of the core laboratory.
• Current MLT (ASCP, AMT, AAB, etc).
• BLS certified.

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