Medical Lab Scientist - Blood Bank, Evenings

About the Role

Experience the advantages of real career change. Join Piedmont to move your career in the right direction. Stay for the diverse teams you'll love, a shared purpose, and schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work. You'll feel valued, motivated to be your best, and recognized for your contributions to exceptional patient outcomes. Piedmont leaders are in your corner, invested in your success. Our wellness programs and comprehensive total benefits and rewards meet your needs today and help you plan for the future.

Responsibilities

• Independently performs laboratory procedures for which the technologist has been trained and demonstrated competency.
• Independently performs laboratory testing on patients of all ages using professional knowledge of laboratory procedures, executing, interpreting, and/or analyzing, in an accurate and timely manner.

Qualifications

Education:

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) plus a sufficient number of college and/or technical school courses and clinical training to satisfy the requirements for testing and certification as a medical technologist by an approved certifying agency.
• Required: Bachelor's Degree in clinical laboratory science, biomedical science, medical technology, or in a life/biological science (biology, biochemistry, microbiology, etc.).

Work Experience:

• No experience required.
• Required: 1 year of supervised clinical experience as a medical technologist in a clinical laboratory.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Required: Certification as a medical technologist or medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), AMT (American Medical Technologists), or AAB (American Association of Bioanalysts) according to the qualifications through the State of Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility, Clinical Laboratory regulations. Upon Hire Required.
• Alternatively, a person who recently moved into the state of Georgia or recently completed the academic and training/experience requirements may be temporarily classified as a technologist or technician for eighteen (18) months only to afford the person an opportunity to successfully complete an approved qualifying examination within 1-1/2 years. Required.
• Note: AAB provisional certification not accepted.

Business Unit: Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital