UnitedHealth Group Hiring For Medical Technologist at Wallingford, CT  Full Time

he Medical Technologist will be responsible for performing routine testing for use in the treatment and diagnosis of disease using standard techniques and laboratory instrumentation.  Interpret and verify patient results.  Monitor laboratory instrumentation utilizing calibration standards and quality controls and recording these in the Orchard LIS.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Upkeep, maintenance, calibration, and performance of all laboratory instrumentation and equipment
• Follows established procedures for specimen testing, including accurate record keeping
• Enters and verifies patient test results into Orchard
• Maintains accurate Quality Control records, ensuring that control parameters fall within acceptable ranges when they are run and before the release of patient results
• Recognizes trends and patterns in control and patient results and brings this information to the attention of a supervisor for appropriate action
• Maintains work area in clean and organized manner, according to OSHA standards.  Disposes of contaminated materials and maintains appropriate logs