Incumbents perform duties related to laboratory testing of samples and reporting test results.
Responsibilities include performing, recording and reporting lab tests, including performing microbiology tests, checking equipment temperatures, and preparing and maintaining supplies. This is the second level within a three-level clinical laboratory series. The Medical Laboratory Technologist is distinguished from the Medical Laboratory Technician in that the latter has more autonomy when performing microbiology lab work, and completing and reporting on tests results, as well as having passed the Clinical Laboratory Technologist examination. The Medical Laboratory Technologist is distinguished from the Medical Laboratory Supervisor in that the Supervisor has supervisory responsibilities. Collects and prepares specimens for testing to include recording and confirming source of specimens, trimming specimens, staining slides, and performing paraffin embedding of specimens.