Clinical Laboratory Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
Laboratory Specialists include both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and
Clinical Laboratory Technologists. These professions are also referred to as
Clinical Laboratory Technicians/Technologists. Both do laboratory work to
treat, research and diagnose a disease. Clinical Laboratory Specialists use
microscopes and other laboratory equipment to better and further their research.
They also collect blood samples and prepare reports for a clinical
technologists or physician. A clinical laboratory technologists looks over the
work that a clinical laboratory technician does.
Average
Salary: $20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians)
$25,000 -
$40,000 (Clinical technologists)
Educational
Requirements:
A bachelor’s
degree is normally required in this work field to become a clinical technologist;
however some employers accept an associate's degree and extensive clinical
experience as a substitute. Many
technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to
advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.