Medical Lab Scientist

UMC Health System • Charlotte, NC

46d • Onsite

About The Position

Medical Laboratory Scientists are responsible for testing patient specimens, ensuring accuracy of tests, and communicating results to providers. This role involves performing high complexity tests, operating analytical equipment, maintaining quality control, determining specimen suitability, and ensuring correct patient identity. The position requires recognizing and investigating unexpected results, troubleshooting test performance issues, and documenting corrective actions. Adherence to regulatory requirements from CAP, AABB, DNV, and FDA is essential. The role also includes performing equipment maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting. Interaction with nursing staff and other hospital departments is frequent. The work environment may involve constant temperature changes and minimal exposure to cleaning, staining, and testing chemicals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biological Science, Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or closely related degree
• Demonstrated understanding of correct procedures to accurately identify patients, label specimens, and verify there is adequate sampling for the test ordered
• Proficient use of computer peripherals
• Clear communicator; Speak, read, and write English fluently

Responsibilities

• Performs high complexity tests as directed by the Laboratory Director, including operating equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis
• Test patient specimens, establishing and ensuring acceptable levels of quality control are maintained; determine suitability of specimens and ensure correct patient identity throughout the testing process
• Recognize and investigate unexpected, uncontrolled, and unacceptable results
• Identify problems that may affect test performance or reporting of test results and correct problems when possible; document corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
• Ensure requirement of the CAP, AABB, DNV, and FDA (as applicable to section/shift) are followed
• Ensure equipment is operational by performing equipment maintenance, calibrating, and troubleshooting
• All other duties assigned related to the medical laboratory

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level