DLO Evening Shift Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) I
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content.
Job description includes: location, hours, essential functions, responsibilities, qualifications, special requirements, physical and mental requirements, about the team (EEO etc). We need to decide which sections to include.
We have: About the role (maybe location/hours). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (maybe required experience/education). Qualifications (maybe required knowledge/skills). Skills (maybe computer skills, Epic, MediaLab). Benefits (none given). Pay (none). Schedule (hours given). So we can include About the role (location/hours), Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (knowledge/abilities), Skills (computer skills, Epic, MediaLab), Schedule (hours). Benefits and Pay omitted.
We must not repeat job title. No Job ID.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, unsolicited resumes, agency fees, etc. Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Let's extract content.
From posting:
Job Description Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma (DLO) Location: Oklahoma City, OK Hours: 2:00PM-10:30PM
Essential Functions (list):
- Report to work on time and prepared for each scheduled shift
- Perform all assigned duties and processes, including tasks for which you are fully qualified and those within your demonstrated capabilities
- Maintain a positive, professional, and supportive attitude throughout the workday
- Work collaboratively as a team member and contribute to a respectful, productive work environment
Responsibilities (section heading RESPONSIBILITIES):
- Performs routine testing in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, serology, coagulation, molecular, and microbiology.
- Assist with specimen processing as needed.
- Follow employer and hospital policies.
- Perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Main responsibility will be duties in the clinical laboratory.
- Additional duties will include assisting supervisor/manager with special projects/assignments.
Qualifications (section heading Qualifications):
Required Knowledge:
- Good understanding of laboratory procedures.
- Ability to troubleshoot problems, to identify cause and synthesize alternatives.
- Clear and effective communication.
- Ability to react positively with coworkers.
- Ability to use independent judgement to solve problems.
- Able to manage time, prioritize, and delegate.
- Good computer skills a plus.
- Knowledge in Epic and MediaLab is a plus.
Required Experience:
- AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology.
- ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent or be eligible for national MT/MLT certification.
Special Requirements:
- Ability to maintain a professional, courteous, and pleasant attitude in times of heavy workload and stress.
- Reflect the company’s values in all aspects of performance.
- Must be a team player.
- Keyboard skills are important.
- Good customer service skills, professional appearance and attitude are required.
- Must be willing to work overtime or other times/shifts if required.
- This full-time position works 8 hour evening shifts- Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays.
- Occasionally, covering night shift as needed.
- Show up for work, on time and prepared to perform all tasks and processes, each scheduled workday and to remain performing those duties throughout the entire assigned work schedule for that day.
- Perform all tasks and processes assigned by your immediate supervisor including all tasks and processes you are fully qualified to perform, and all tasks and processes assigned that you may be over-qualified to perform.
- Perform the previous two job duties/functions as a collaborative member of your work team and with a personal disposition that is positive and supportive of your fellow team members.
Physical And Mental Requirements:
- The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects: Objects 1 to 10 pounds are lifted and carried frequently; objects 11 to 25 pounds are lifted and carried occasionally; objects 36 to 50 pounds are seldom lifted or carried and objects over 50 pounds are not to be lifted or carried without assistance.
- Ability to stand and work at the bench for long periods of time.
- Frequent walking and/or standing.
- May be required to use a wide variety of manual and automated pipettes and laboratory instruments and apparatuses all of which demand significant manual dexterity.
About The Team:
- Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.
- While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies.
- Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.
We need to remove EEO etc. So we can drop the About The Team section entirely (since it's mostly EEO/boilerplate). However there is a line about veterans: "Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply." That could be considered substantive? It's still somewhat boilerplate but maybe we keep as part of About the role? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The veterans line is not exactly EEO but could be considered encouraging veterans; might be okay to keep? It's not strictly EEO but it's a statement about veterans. Might be considered part of equal opportunity? Safer to drop it as it's boilerplate-ish. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The veterans line is part of that. So drop.
Thus we have no About The Team content left.
Now we need to decide sections.
We have location/hours: could be About the role.
Essential Functions could be part of About the role or Responsibilities? The essential functions list is similar to responsibilities but more generic. We could combine essential functions into About the role as prose.
But we already have Responsibilities section with specific duties. We could keep essential functions as part of About the role (prose). Or we could merge essential functions into Responsibilities (but they are more generic). The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role containing location, hours, essential functions (as prose). Responsibilities as list. Requirements maybe includes required experience/education? Qualifications maybe includes required knowledge/abilities. Skills maybe includes computer skills, Epic, MediaLab. Schedule maybe includes hours (but we already have hours in About the role). However we could still have Schedule section if we have specific schedule info beyond location/hours. The posting says Hours: 2:00PM-10:30PM and also shift details: 8 hour evening shifts Monday-Friday with rotating weekends/holidays, occasionally night shift. That's schedule info. So we could put schedule in Schedule section. About the role could just have location and maybe a brief summary.
We must not create sections with filler. So we need to ensure each section has real content.
Let's draft:
About the role
Location: Oklahoma City, OK. Hours: 2:00PM‑10:30PM (8‑hour evening shifts, Monday‑Friday with rotating weekends and holidays; occasional night shift coverage). Essential functions include reporting to work on time and prepared, performing all assigned duties, maintaining a positive professional attitude, and working collaboratively as a team member.
Responsibilities
- Performs routine testing in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, serology, coagulation, molecular, and microbiology.
- Assist with specimen processing as needed.
- Follow employer and hospital policies.
- Perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Main responsibility will be duties in the clinical laboratory.
- Additional duties will include assisting supervisor/manager with special projects/assignments.
Requirements
Required experience: AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology; ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent, or eligibility for national MT/MLT certification.
Qualifications
- Good understanding of laboratory procedures.
- Ability to troubleshoot problems, identify cause and synthesize alternatives.
- Clear and effective communication.
- Ability to react positively with coworkers.
- Ability to use independent judgement to solve problems.
- Able to manage time, prioritize, and delegate.
Skills
- Good computer skills (a plus).
- Knowledge of Epic and MediaLab (a plus).
- Keyboard skills important.
- Good customer service skills.
Schedule
Full‑time position working 8‑hour evening shifts, Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays; occasional night shift coverage as needed.
We also need to include physical and mental requirements? That could be part of Qualifications or Requirements? It's not listed in headings but we could include under Requirements as additional prose. However the instruction: Use headings only from the list. We could add a under Requirements covering physical and mental requirements. Or we could create a separate section? Not in list. So we incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications. Probably Requirements is appropriate.
Let's add physical and mental requirements as a
under Requirements after the experience sentence.
Also special requirements about attitude, team player, overtime, etc. Could be part of Qualifications or Requirements. We'll incorporate into Qualifications as additional bullet points.
Let's restructure.
Requirements section: include required experience, physical and mental requirements, special requirements (attitude, team player, overtime, etc.) as prose or list? Since it's a list of items, we could use
- . But the heading Requirements expects list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can use list.
Thus:
Requirements
- AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology.
- ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent, or eligibility for national MT/MLT certification.
- Ability to maintain a professional, courteous, and pleasant attitude during heavy workload and stress.
- Reflect the company’s values in all aspects of performance.
- Must be a team player.
- Willing to work overtime or other shifts if required.
- Physical demands: frequently lift/carry 1‑10 lb objects, occasionally 11‑25 lb, seldom 36‑50 lb, never over 50 lb without assistance; ability to stand and work at the bench for long periods; frequent walking/standing; significant manual dexterity for pipettes and lab instruments.
Qualifications: knowledge and abilities list.
Skills: computer skills, Epic, MediaLab, keyboard, customer service.
Now check duplication: we have some overlapping content (attitude, team player) also in essential functions. But we keep.
Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: removed EEO, veterans, agency, equal opportunity, etc.
Check for any leftover boilerplate: "While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies." removed. "Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees..." removed. "Equal Opportunity Employer..." removed.
Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: location, hours, essential functions, responsibilities, required experience, certification, knowledge, abilities, computer skills, Epic, MediaLab, keyboard, customer service, attitude, team player, overtime, physical demands
for prose. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract content. From posting: Job Description Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma (DLO) Location: Oklahoma City, OK Hours: 2:00PM-10:30PM Essential Functions (list): - Report to work on time and prepared for each scheduled shift - Perform all assigned duties and processes, including tasks for which you are fully qualified and those within your demonstrated capabilities - Maintain a positive, professional, and supportive attitude throughout the workday - Work collaboratively as a team member and contribute to a respectful, productive work environment Responsibilities (section heading RESPONSIBILITIES): - Performs routine testing in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, serology, coagulation, molecular, and microbiology. - Assist with specimen processing as needed. - Follow employer and hospital policies. - Perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting. - Main responsibility will be duties in the clinical laboratory. - Additional duties will include assisting supervisor/manager with special projects/assignments. Qualifications (section heading Qualifications): Required Knowledge: - Good understanding of laboratory procedures. - Ability to troubleshoot problems, to identify cause and synthesize alternatives. - Clear and effective communication. - Ability to react positively with coworkers. - Ability to use independent judgement to solve problems. - Able to manage time, prioritize, and delegate. - Good computer skills a plus. - Knowledge in Epic and MediaLab is a plus. Required Experience: - AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology. - ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent or be eligible for national MT/MLT certification. Special Requirements: - Ability to maintain a professional, courteous, and pleasant attitude in times of heavy workload and stress. - Reflect the company’s values in all aspects of performance. - Must be a team player. - Keyboard skills are important. - Good customer service skills, professional appearance and attitude are required. - Must be willing to work overtime or other times/shifts if required. - This full-time position works 8 hour evening shifts- Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays. - Occasionally, covering night shift as needed. - Show up for work, on time and prepared to perform all tasks and processes, each scheduled workday and to remain performing those duties throughout the entire assigned work schedule for that day. - Perform all tasks and processes assigned by your immediate supervisor including all tasks and processes you are fully qualified to perform, and all tasks and processes assigned that you may be over-qualified to perform. - Perform the previous two job duties/functions as a collaborative member of your work team and with a personal disposition that is positive and supportive of your fellow team members. Physical And Mental Requirements: - The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects: Objects 1 to 10 pounds are lifted and carried frequently; objects 11 to 25 pounds are lifted and carried occasionally; objects 36 to 50 pounds are seldom lifted or carried and objects over 50 pounds are not to be lifted or carried without assistance. - Ability to stand and work at the bench for long periods of time. - Frequent walking and/or standing. - May be required to use a wide variety of manual and automated pipettes and laboratory instruments and apparatuses all of which demand significant manual dexterity. About The Team: - Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply. - While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. - Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume. - Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status. We need to remove EEO etc. So we can drop the About The Team section entirely (since it's mostly EEO/boilerplate). However there is a line about veterans: "Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply." That could be considered substantive? It's still somewhat boilerplate but maybe we keep as part of About the role? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The veterans line is not exactly EEO but could be considered encouraging veterans; might be okay to keep? It's not strictly EEO but it's a statement about veterans. Might be considered part of equal opportunity? Safer to drop it as it's boilerplate-ish. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The veterans line is part of that. So drop. Thus we have no About The Team content left. Now we need to decide sections. We have location/hours: could be About the role. Essential Functions could be part of About the role or Responsibilities? The essential functions list is similar to responsibilities but more generic. We could combine essential functions into About the role as prose. But we already have Responsibilities section with specific duties. We could keep essential functions as part of About the role (prose). Or we could merge essential functions into Responsibilities (but they are more generic). The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role containing location, hours, essential functions (as prose). Responsibilities as list. Requirements maybe includes required experience/education? Qualifications maybe includes required knowledge/abilities. Skills maybe includes computer skills, Epic, MediaLab. Schedule maybe includes hours (but we already have hours in About the role). However we could still have Schedule section if we have specific schedule info beyond location/hours. The posting says Hours: 2:00PM-10:30PM and also shift details: 8 hour evening shifts Monday-Friday with rotating weekends/holidays, occasionally night shift. That's schedule info. So we could put schedule in Schedule section. About the role could just have location and maybe a brief summary.
We must not create sections with filler. So we need to ensure each section has real content.
Let's draft:
About the role
Location: Oklahoma City, OK. Hours: 2:00PM‑10:30PM (8‑hour evening shifts, Monday‑Friday with rotating weekends and holidays; occasional night shift coverage). Essential functions include reporting to work on time and prepared, performing all assigned duties, maintaining a positive professional attitude, and working collaboratively as a team member.
Responsibilities
- Performs routine testing in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, serology, coagulation, molecular, and microbiology.
- Assist with specimen processing as needed.
- Follow employer and hospital policies.
- Perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Main responsibility will be duties in the clinical laboratory.
- Additional duties will include assisting supervisor/manager with special projects/assignments.
Requirements
Required experience: AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology; ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent, or eligibility for national MT/MLT certification.
Qualifications
- Good understanding of laboratory procedures.
- Ability to troubleshoot problems, identify cause and synthesize alternatives.
- Clear and effective communication.
- Ability to react positively with coworkers.
- Ability to use independent judgement to solve problems.
- Able to manage time, prioritize, and delegate.
Skills
- Good computer skills (a plus).
- Knowledge of Epic and MediaLab (a plus).
- Keyboard skills important.
- Good customer service skills.
Schedule
Full‑time position working 8‑hour evening shifts, Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays; occasional night shift coverage as needed.
We also need to include physical and mental requirements? That could be part of Qualifications or Requirements? It's not listed in headings but we could include under Requirements as additional prose. However the instruction: Use headings only from the list. We could add aunder Requirements covering physical and mental requirements. Or we could create a separate section? Not in list. So we incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications. Probably Requirements is appropriate. Let's add physical and mental requirements as a
under Requirements after the experience sentence. Also special requirements about attitude, team player, overtime, etc. Could be part of Qualifications or Requirements. We'll incorporate into Qualifications as additional bullet points. Let's restructure. Requirements section: include required experience, physical and mental requirements, special requirements (attitude, team player, overtime, etc.) as prose or list? Since it's a list of items, we could use
- . But the heading Requirements expects list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can use list.
Thus:
Requirements
- AS degree in Medical Lab Technology or BS in Medical Technology.
- ASCP MT/MLT certification or equivalent, or eligibility for national MT/MLT certification.
- Ability to maintain a professional, courteous, and pleasant attitude during heavy workload and stress.
- Reflect the company’s values in all aspects of performance.
- Must be a team player.
- Willing to work overtime or other shifts if required.
- Physical demands: frequently lift/carry 1‑10 lb objects, occasionally 11‑25 lb, seldom 36‑50 lb, never over 50 lb without assistance; ability to stand and work at the bench for long periods; frequent walking/standing; significant manual dexterity for pipettes and lab instruments.