Medical Lab Scientist 2- Blood Bank

About the role

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a skilled individual to join our Blood Bank team. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, we are dedicated to advancing health and wellness through high-quality patient care, education, and research.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and complex clinical pathology testing and instrument management of laboratory services.
• Accurately records results and ensures timely delivery of results.
• Accurately performs qualitative and quantitative analytical procedures, including reagent preparation and quality control.
• Demonstrates knowledge of techniques, principles, and instruments and their interrelationships as well as physiological conditions affecting test results.
• Applies clinical knowledge to achieve accurate clinical test results which lead to quality patient care outcomes.

Technical Capabilities

• Data Analysis (Novice)
• Quality Assurance (Novice)
• Equipment Maintenance (Novice)
• Diagnostics Testing (Novice)
• Mentoring & Coaching (Novice)

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with understanding of how output affects other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.
• Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities

• Serving Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
• Solving Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
• Offering Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
• Ensuring High Quality: Performs excellent work; Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
• Ensuring Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
• Fulfilling Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
• Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates accountability; applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
• Making Data-Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
• Fostering Innovation: Generates new ideas; demonstrates enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges; views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications

• Relevant Work Experience: Less than 1 year.
• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• Certifications: Lic-Medical Laboratory Act - Tennessee, Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP, Medical Technologist - AMT.

Benefits

Vanderbilt Health offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.