Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. 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 defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.  We have an opportunity for a full-time  Medical Lab Technician / Medical Assistant. 

The Medical Lab Technician/Medical Assistant supports the medical team by providing care and comfort to pediatric patients during outpatient clinical appointments, and by providing clinical laboratory services by accurately performing and evaluating diagnostic technical procedures in accordance with the established regulatory and accreditation standards for clinical lab science.

• Performs diagnostic procedures including waived testing ,chemistry, microbiology, hemostasis, hematology, blood banking, urinalysis and phlebotomy.
• Collect and report data to assist the multidisciplinary team in the evaluation of patient needs
• Assists with the application and removal of casts.
• Performs a variety of comprehensive registration and scheduling functions
• Demonstrate open, accurate and timely communication with patients, families and interdisciplinary team members to ensure effective therapeutic interventions

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.

Required:

Associate's degree in Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science

Medical Laboratory Technician (ASCP)

Certified Medical Technician in state of CA

Medical Assistant Certification

At least 1 year of clinical laboratory experience and/or Medical Assistant experience

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 

Bilingual in Spanish

The pay range for this position is $24.23 - $34.20/hour. Compensation is determined based on years of experience and departmental equity.