About this role
A Medical Technologist / Lab Technician is responsible for the technical processing of tests and performing the more difficult tests assigned to the department. Some incumbents of the class perform independent work of a comparable level, including completion of more difficult and complex tests with responsibility for results, re-tests where abnormal or atypical results are obtained, and assisting superiors in specialized development or quality control work. Emphasis of the work is on daily technical supervision of technicians and laboratory assistants engaged in completion of a volume of diagnostic tests, with assigned responsibility for accuracy of results and administrative control of standardized tests performed by manual or automatic methods within the department.