Medical Laboratory Scientist 2

Job Responsibilities

• Reviews technical activities for quality assurance per facility requirements.
• Participates and helps prepare Laboratory for self and onsite inspections.
• Follows site specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and instructions;
• Annually reads SOP and documents knowledge of contents.
• Performs required Quality Control (QC) measures, including corrective action and documentation, for all procedures and instrumentation;
• Recognizes QC problems or discrepancies and attempts to determine cause of problems prior to notification.
• Notifies appropriate individual(s) regarding QC problems or discrepancies according to the established procedures.
• Acts as a resource person/key operator for coworkers, customers and patients for technical questions;
• Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of technical and administrative tasks beyond normal technical operations.
• Reports accurate results while minimizing the number of corrected reports not attributed to auto-verification or specimen conditions beyond technical control.

Requirements

• Education-Bachelor’s degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency with a focus on Medical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology.
• Other acceptable forms of education will follow the guidelines of ASCP/AMT Board certification.
• Experience-Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLS program, NAACLS or ABHES accredited MSL program, or a foreign medical laboratory science clinical training program within the last five years can be used in lieu of one year of full time acceptable clinical experience.

Qualifications

• Certification Upon Start: ASCP or AMT Board certification consistent with scope of responsibility to include MT, MLS, MLT, BB, SBB, C, H, M, SH, SCT, MB, SMB, SM, SC, and HEW.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program. Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost. Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules and more.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Full-Time Day/Evening Shift.