Clinical laboratory specialist

Duties and responsibilities: Clinical Laboratory Specialists include both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Technologists. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures than technicians. Most clinical laboratory specialists work in hospitals, but they are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Salary: $20,000- $28,000 (clinical laboratory technicians)

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

Education: Students should take the most challenging high school courses in, science, math, and English. An associate’s degree in the field or completion of a specialized in house training program is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

  No I would not want to be a Clinical laboratory specialist because I don’t thing is what I want to be and I’m not interest in it.