MEDICAL LAB SCIENTIST
About The Position
CentraCare Health System - Melrose is hiring a Medical Laboratory Scientist. The role performs highly complex, moderately complex, and waived laboratory procedures under established protocols, exercising independent judgment with minimal technical supervision. The position operates, maintains, and validates laboratory instrumentation and equipment; troubleshoots equipment, instruments, and procedures; performs quality control, proficiency testing, and quality assurance activities; and recognizes abnormal or unexpected results. The scientist may contribute to special projects and the evaluation and implementation of new laboratory methodologies. The position includes collecting and processing specimens from patients of all ages, including infants, and carrying out pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical, and clerical functions. It requires communicating results and relevant testing factors, reporting critical values promptly, documenting quality activities and instrument maintenance, and taking action to maintain testing accuracy and precision. The role may include instruction of students and employees, project work, and, when assigned in-charge duties, organizing and reviewing a laboratory area's or shift's workload. Work may be performed at other CentraCare Health System worksites in Minnesota.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology, Medical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, or a related degree.
- In lieu of a bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science, a related bachelor's degree with the necessary science and mathematics credits, as required and verified by the ASCP Board, may qualify.
- Certification in Clinical Laboratory Science from the American Society of Pathology Board of Certification must be obtained within six months of hire.
Responsibilities
- Collect and process biological specimens accurately and efficiently according to laboratory policies and procedures for patients of all ages, including infants.
- Perform pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical, and clerical functions.
- Perform highly complex, moderately complex, and waived laboratory testing on patient, proficiency, and quality-control specimens, and demonstrate yearly competency validation for testing performed.
- Analyze results using medical theory, identify deviations from expected results, verify results, resolve problems using scientific principles, and report critical values promptly.
- Communicate effectively about test results, methodology, and factors that may influence results.
- Perform, interpret, and document quality-control data, including instrument calibration and validation; judge results and take appropriate action to maintain accuracy and precision in accordance with inspection requirements and CentraCare policies.
- Complete daily instrument check-in procedures, calibrations, and routine maintenance; recognize malfunctions and troubleshoot instrumentation, equipment, and procedures, with appropriate documentation and communication.
- Instruct students and employees on new procedures and instruments and on daily work, as directed by a technical specialist or laboratory manager.
- Develop special projects and help evaluate new techniques and procedures, as directed.
- When assigned in-charge responsibility for a laboratory area or shift, organize, direct, perform, and review workload, with appropriate follow-up to a member of the CentraCare Laboratory Leadership Team.
- Follow safety rules when working with instruments, toxic and flammable chemicals, body fluids, and cells, and properly instruct other employees and students.
- Support and participate in department and CentraCare culture, fostering teamwork, self-direction, continuous improvement, learning, and professional development.
- Promote CentraCare's Standards of Performance in Customer Service and communicate effectively with coworkers, superiors, subordinates, patients, and the public.
- Complete assigned competencies and, when applicable, verify competencies of fellow employees.
- Perform other duties as assigned and may perform duties at other CentraCare Health System worksites in Minnesota.
- If the facility operates 24/7, participate as required in schedules that may include on-call, day, evening, night, weekend, and holiday coverage.
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Job Type
Full-time
