Qualifications:The Contractor shall have working comprehension of the technical and procedural aspects of laboratory test and clinical laboratory procedures.The Contractor shall maintain awareness and comply with safety procedures and ethical standards of practice.The Contractor shall correlate laboratory tests disease processes and understand basic physiology recognizing appropriate test selection and abnormal test results.The Contractor shall have an Associate degree in a laboratory science, or medical laboratory from an accredited institution.The Contractor shall have a minimum of 60 semester hours, equivalent, from an accredited institution that, at a minimum include either:a) 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses.b) 24 semester hours of science courses that include 6 semester hours of biology, and 12 semester hours chemistry, or medical laboratory technology in any combination.The Contractor must possess and maintain an active current; valid; and unrestricted license from a US jurisdiction before practicing independently within the defined scope of practice for their specialtyThe Contractor shall have and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.Responsibilities:Shall perform, collect, maintain and interpret quality control data to insure accurate patient test results. Shall utilize the laboratory information system to input and extract patient and laboratory test information. Shall document quality assurance information. Shall document function checks that may include refrigerator, temperatures, centrifuge speed, instrument maintenance, pipette calibrations. Shall collect blood specimens and process a variety of body and non-body fluid specimens for analysis. Shall prepare appropriate reagents, standards, and controls. Shall clean, sort, and store laboratory glassware.Shall perform routine and complex testing on patient specimens. Review results for appropriateness using the published regulatory guidelines and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program (CLIP) regulations. Shall examine patients specimens for discrepancies in collection, appearance, and handling and reject those samples that are unacceptable.Shall prepare patient specimens, including specimen identification, for analysis. Shall review patients results for obvious error relating to specimen handling, specimen integrity and instrument function.Shall enter sample results along with appropriate comments into the laboratory computer.Shall repeat and report critical value according to published regulatory guidelines. Performs proficiency and competency testing as required by CLIP.Shall prepare quality control products for analysis, perform quality control testing, evaluate and correct inaccurate reports.Shall complete unfinished test lists to ensure optimal turnaround time. Research sample request that are not complete as of printing time of the unfinished test list. Ensure that no unfinished testing is greater than twice the turnaround time goal or more than two analytical runs old whichever is less.Shall maintain and document instrument maintenance and function checks in accordance with regulatory guidelines. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program, and section Operating Instructions (OIs).Shall perform and document calibration according to instrument operators manuals. Investigate obviously Erroneous calibration data and refer all unresolved problems to the technical supervisor.Shall adhere to established policies in collecting various specimens from patients presenting to the Clinical Laboratory. Specimens shall be collected following policies and procedures published by the Clinical Laboratory.Shall follow established policies and procedures when collecting voluntary blood donors presenting to the 59th MDTS Blood Donor Center.Shall accomplish all procedures using published technical OIs currently on file in each laboratory section.Shall ensure patients/specimen identification and number of specimens corresponds with request forms.