Laboratory Medical Scientist Senior

St. Joseph's Health•Paterson, NJ

15d

About The Position

Responsible for leading the daily work assignments and technical performance of laboratory technical staff, including medical laboratory scientists, medical technicians, and technical assistants. Operates, maintains, and performs advanced troubleshooting on complex laboratory analyzers. Performs daily evaluation and interpretation of test results, quality control, and proficiency samples. Assist laboratory staff and Medical Center personnel with problem resolution, technical assistance, and result look-up. Leads the training of new employees and/or Medical Laboratory Scientist/Technician students and interns. Maintains adequate inventory of supplies, and perform the duties of the Supervisor/Manager in his/her absence. St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics. The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

Responsibilities

Leading the daily work assignments and technical performance of laboratory technical staff
Operating, maintaining, and performing advanced troubleshooting on complex laboratory analyzers
Performing daily evaluation and interpretation of test results, quality control, and proficiency samples
Assisting laboratory staff and Medical Center personnel with problem resolution, technical assistance, and result look-up
Leading the training of new employees and/or Medical Laboratory Scientist/Technician students and interns
Maintaining adequate inventory of supplies
Performing the duties of the Supervisor/Manager in his/her absence