Medical Laboratory Scientist - Immunochemistry

Description

Shift: Monday - Friday 2pm-10:30pm, weekends and holidays as needed
Hours: 40 hours a week
Department: Immunochemistry
Minimum rate of pay: $30.13 per hour +
Location: Warde Lab - Ann Arbor.

Responsibilities

• Receipt of samples including determination of acceptability and follow up for nonacceptable samples.
• Instrument and manual testing involving interpretation skills of result information. Includes LCMS and EIA technologies.
• Manual pipetting skills required.
• Some testing requires the collaboration of several tests/techs/shifts for a final product.
• All aspects of assay testing including calibration, qc, maintenance, problem resolution.
• Stocking of areas, inventory management, and reagent acceptability.
• Communication with other departments regarding samples and testing.
• Several tests are on shared instrumentation with other departments and shifts.
• Communication with teammates regarding daily work and workflow planning.

Skills

• Must be capable of independent work as well as team work.
• Must be able to coordinate communication and tasks between colleagues and shifts in the department, shared departments, and for the laboratory.
• Must be flexible in ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks in the shift and adjust work for daily changes in volume and workflow.
• Must be able to troubleshoot and communicate sample, assay, and instrument issues and participate in resolution.
• Must be able to complete testing and related tasks in a timely manner.
• Prefer experience in manual pipetting and testing.
• Prefer experience with LCMS techniques and interpretation.
• Prefer experience in interpretation of manual testing including LCMS techniques.

Required Qualifications

• Educational requirement: Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, or university in Medical Technology or Medical Laboratory Science. May consider a bachelor’s degree in science with a combination of relevant work experience in a comparable laboratory setting. Proof of educational transcripts must be submitted at time of application.
• Relevant work experience in a medical laboratory is required if MLS/MT degree is not obtained. Prefer clinical experience.
• Immunoassay instrumentation, manual pipetting and testing, and mass spectrometry experience preferred but not required.
• Certification/Licensure: Medical Technologist (MT)/Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) – ASCP, or NCLS certification preferred.