Clinical Laboratory Specialist

              Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Specialists include Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Technologists. They are also referred as Medical Laboratory Technicians and Medical Technologists. Both technicians and technologists work to identify, diagnose, and treat diseases. Technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment’s, chemicals, and computers to perform the procedures. Technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures than technicians. Most clinical laboratory specialist work in hospitals, but are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories and more.

Salary:

 $20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians)      

$25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Education:

Students should take challenging courses in science, math, and English when being in high school. An associate’s degree is required to become a clinical laboratory technician. A bachelor’s degree is required to become a clinical technologist.

I wouldn’t want to be a Clinical Laboratory Specialist because it doesn’t really interest me.