Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)
About The Position
Position Highlights: Position: Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Location: Swedish Hospital Full Time/Part Time: Full Time Hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-3:30pm, rotating weekends and holidays What you will do: Performs various bacteriological, molecular, immunological, and parasitological tests to provide data on cause and progress of disease. Performs gram stains and routine kit testing. Reviews test results for accuracy and notifies appropriate clinical personnel of all critical results. Documents this notification per established protocols. Recognizes abnormal or unusual test results and makes appropriate decision about releasing those results. Notifies supervisor or pathologist if necessary. Performs routine and advanced maintenance procedures on all instrumentation they operate, according to schedule and procedure and documents appropriately. Assists with the education and training of MT/MLT students, Fellows or Residents when assigned by Supervisor/Manager or Director. Maintains adequate level of supplies, restocks as needed, and notifies supervisor of inventory needs; checks in and documents use of new reagents as needed. Performs all Quality Control, Quality Assurance and instrument function checks. What you will need: Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory/Biological science or Associates Degree in Medical Technology Required 2 Years experience in a comparable healthcare setting of moderate to high complexity testing beyond POC/Waived testing with an achieved competency level of a Laboratory Associate preferred. Certified Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, or Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) -ASCP or AMT preferred Welcome to Endeavor Health Careers At Endeavor Health, we believe every role plays an important part in advancing our mission to help everyone in our communities be their best. Whether you’re just beginning your career journey or are a seasoned professional, you’ll find opportunities here to learn, grow, and thrive. Your Career is our Endeavor. Current Endeavor Health employees: Please do not apply through this site. To be considered, log into Workday and apply using an internal application via the Jobs Hub. For step-by-step instructions, visit ServiceNow and search for the article “Access and View Internal Job Postings.”
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory/Biological science or Associates Degree in Medical Technology Required
- 2 Years experience in a comparable healthcare setting of moderate to high complexity testing beyond POC/Waived testing with an achieved competency level of a Laboratory Associate preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, or Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) -ASCP or AMT preferred
Responsibilities
- Performs various bacteriological, molecular, immunological, and parasitological tests to provide data on cause and progress of disease.
- Performs gram stains and routine kit testing.
- Reviews test results for accuracy and notifies appropriate clinical personnel of all critical results.
- Documents this notification per established protocols.
- Recognizes abnormal or unusual test results and makes appropriate decision about releasing those results.
- Notifies supervisor or pathologist if necessary.
- Performs routine and advanced maintenance procedures on all instrumentation they operate, according to schedule and procedure and documents appropriately.
- Assists with the education and training of MT/MLT students, Fellows or Residents when assigned by Supervisor/Manager or Director.
- Maintains adequate level of supplies, restocks as needed, and notifies supervisor of inventory needs; checks in and documents use of new reagents as needed.
- Performs all Quality Control, Quality Assurance and instrument function checks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
