Medical Laboratory Scientist I, Chemistry Lab, 40 Hours
About The Position
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This role involves verifying sample identification, acceptability, integrity, and appropriateness of orders. You will prepare specimens for examination and perform complex chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and/or bacteriological tests using automated equipment. Responsibilities include performing and documenting instrument start-up, quality control, calibration, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting. You will evaluate QC and calibration results before reporting patient results and assist with inventory management. Ensuring the accuracy of test results is paramount, including entering results into the LIS and reporting critical results to providers. You will review your own work for accuracy and timeliness, prioritize assignments to meet established turnaround times, and assist in teaching new colleagues and students. Continuous learning through mandatory and voluntary continuing education is expected, along with completing competency assessments and participating in QA/QI projects. This role also serves as a liaison between Lab Support Services and technical departments, providing communication and problem resolution to external clients.
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree with a concentration in science
- Analytic ability to perform moderately complex tests, interpret findings, perform calculations, calibrate & troubleshoot instruments used.
- Ability to identify and evaluate clinical testing problems and to effect corrective action procedures and modifications.
- Manual dexterity and acuity necessary to prepare specimens, screen specimens, prepare solutions, and operate instrumentation and a computer.
- Ability to concentrate for long periods of time, utilize good judgment, work accurately under pressure and handle stress to met deadlines.
- Interpersonal verbal and written English language skills sufficient to exchange information with physicians and other colleagues.
- Work requires the ability to perform venipuncture techniques.
- Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
Nice To Haves
- Certification by American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Registry or by American Medical Technologists (AMT) for Medical Laboratory personnel preferred.
- Experience is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Verify sample identification, acceptability of sample, assess integrity of sample, and appropriateness of order according to written procedures.
- Appropriately follow procedure for sample processing.
- Perform follow-up procedures on rejected/missing samples according to protocol.
- Prepares specimens for examination and performs complex chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and/or bacteriological tests according to established laboratory procedures.
- Uses automated equipment and instruments capable of performing tests simultaneously.
- Performs and documents start-up, quality control, calibration, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting procedures on instruments and laboratory equipment per established laboratory protocols.
- Evaluates QC and calibration results for acceptability following established laboratory policies before reporting patient results.
- Assists with inventory management to maintain adequate supplies for patient testing.
- Ensures accuracy of test results.
- Evaluates test results, enters test results into the LIS and reports critical/urgent test results to providers according to established laboratory policies.
- Reviews own work to ensure that all work products are accurate, consistent with standards, and produced in a timely manner.
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize work by completing assignments according to written procedures without excessive waste within established turnaround times.
- Assist as appropriate in teaching new colleagues and students.
- Participates in mandatory and voluntary continuing education to stay current with developments in the field of laboratory medicine.
- Completes all required competency assessments including the running and resulting of proficiency testing samples.
- Participates in QA/QI projects.
- Serves as liaisons between Lab Support Services and technical departments and provides timely communications and resolution of problems to clients outside the labs.
Benefits
- Influenza (flu) vaccination
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
