Medical Lab Scientist, Blood Bank - Evenings

Mass General Brigham•Boston, MA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit organization that relies on a diverse range of professionals to advance its mission of patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. The organization believes in high-performing teams driving groundbreaking medical discoveries. The Medical Laboratory Scientist II, acting as Testing Personnel as defined by CLIA, performs waived and non-waived testing under general supervision, adhering to department policies and standard operating procedures. This role requires independent work, efficiency, and organization to ensure accurate results and records, and a professional level of knowledge to interpret test results for diagnosis and treatment. The Medical Laboratory Scientist II may also serve as a General Supervisor as defined by CLIA, overseeing daily laboratory operations and personnel, including Quality Control (QC) review, training, competency assessment, and inventory management, under the supervision of the Laboratory Manager and Clinical Supervisors. Testing personnel are responsible for specimen processing, test performance, and reporting results, performing only authorized tests commensurate with their skills and experience. This position does not require patient care.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Clinical Laboratory Sciences required or Bachelor's Degree Medical Technology required or Bachelor's Degree Laboratory Sciences required
Medical Technologist (ASCP) - American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) eligibility required.
1-2 years lab experience required
Must have basic understanding of laboratory equipment and its operation, maintenance and repair and analytic techniques.
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Must have the ability to pay careful attention to detail and to adhere to written protocols, including communication with supervisors when issues are identified.
Must be able to perform as a team member.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to interact professionally and effectively with numerous staff including physicians, hospital personnel, employees, and patients.

Nice To Haves

Medical Technologist (ASCP) - American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) preferred.

Responsibilities

Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
Maintain records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.
Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and maintenance performed.
Follow the laboratory's established corrective action policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the general supervisor, technical consultant, technical supervisor, clinical consultant, or director.
Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
Supervision of assigned workstations including Quality Control (QC) review, training, competency assessment of staff, and inventory management (as General Supervisor).
Specimen processing, test performance, and reporting test results (as Testing Personnel).