Medical Lab Scientist - FT Evening

Wellstar Health System•Austell, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Wellstar, the mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person served, striving for excellence and honoring every voice. Wellstar is recognized for its contributions to healthcare and its positive impact on people's lives. This full-time evening Medical Lab Scientist (Med Tech II) position is located at the Cobb hospital. Under the general supervision of Supervisors, Manager, or Director, the role involves performing clinical laboratory testing according to established protocols, requiring independent judgment and responsibility. The Med Tech II maintains equipment and records, performs quality assurance activities, and may supervise and teach within the laboratory. This role is fully proficient in its area of expertise, serving as a Generalist in all areas of the General Lab and Blood Bank, or as a Key Operator/Subject Matter Expert in an assigned area. The position emphasizes accuracy in patient, quality assurance, proficiency, and competency testing; critical thinking to analyze, investigate, interpret, and report lab data; maintaining current personal training, education, and practice of policies and procedures; productivity in managing time, materials, cost, and availability of lab data; and effective communication, information monitoring, investigation, resolution, and hand-off to team members.

Requirements

Bachelors Medical Technology or Bachelors Health Science or Bachelors General
MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist or MT(AMT) - Medical Technologist or MT(HEW) - Medical Technologist or MT(AAB) - Medical Technologist or MLS(ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MLS(AMT) - Medical Laboratory Scientist (All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated)
Minimum 3 years experience as a Medical Laboratory Scientist
Computer/data entry experience
Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team
Ability to use EXCEL, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge

Nice To Haves

Masters Other-Preferred
Epic experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Works independently analyzing blood and body fluids for ordered diagnostic tests in General laboratory, Blood Bank, or Microbiology sections
Results all tests using good lab technique and adheres to established procedures
Performs all routine testing in hematology, manual hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, processing, chemistry, manual chemistry, blood bank and microbiology as requested
Performs all lab supplementary tasks for Quality control, chemical safety, logs all required activities to track workload, work in progress, pending logs and amended information
Effectively communicates all information to appropriate personnel as required by policy and procedure
Participates in shift to shift hand-off communication
Acts as a resource to the Pathologists
Resolves any issues they require
Fields problem phone calls and resolves issues
Checks the critical logs
Serves as a technical resource to other techs
Trains techs in new procedures
Acts as consultants and advisors to the other Supervisors
Performs scheduled Maintenance on a key instrument
Maintains up-to-date procedure manuals
Makes sure all daily and weekly maintenance is completed for the instrument
Maintain reagent logs and logs all new shipment lot numbers in the log
Maintains QC reports
Checks L-J charts and monitors closely any shifts
Orders all needed supplies for the area
Keep inventory stocked 2 weeks worth
Provides training for new employees in the designated section/instrument
Creates documents and regularly completes Performance Improvement Projects
Performs linearity studies and correlation studies bi-annually for their key instrument
Evaluates new tests and procedures changes
Performs C.A.P. surveys when assigned, helps to assign surveys to others when needed
Maintains CAP and The Joint Commission readiness
Participates in a regular bench rotation in the blood bank on evening or night shift as needed
Run automated blood bank instrument according to established procedures
Performs stat duties as needed
Order and supply blood products where needed
Complete work assignments for the shift
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct