Medical Laboratory Scientist - YH Core Lab - Evenings

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and/or specialized testing and procedures with supervision as appropriate.
• Performs a variety of duties at progressively greater skill levels under varying degrees of supervision, records results.
• Operates a variety of laboratory instruments.
• Performs quality control and instrument check procedures and maintains related records.
• Inoculates, cultivates, classifies, and identifies microorganisms found in bodily fluids, exudates, skin scrapings, autopsy and surgical specimens in order to provide data on cause, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases.
• Groups or types blood of donors and recipients. Determines compatibility of donor blood products with intended recipient.
• Performs chemical and/or immunological tests to identify and/or quantitate substances found in blood and other body fluids.
• Counts, describes morphology of, and performs specialized studies on blood and other body fluid cells. Performs coagulation testing.
• Prepares and maintains reagents, and other solutions and stains according to standard formulas.
• Trains other employees in day-to-day procedures.
• Consults with medical staff and other health care providers on matters relating to laboratory services.
• Performs surveys and does comparative analyses of work units; may participate in research activities and investigates new products, equipment, techniques, methodologies, and introduces, demonstrates, effects, and recommends as is appropriate.
• Enters or retrieves data from established computer files.
• Identifies safety concerns, instrument issues and other opportunities for process improvement, collaborating with others in problem solving.

Qualifications

• Completion of student clinical rotations.
• A Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology or a related science.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Medical Laboratory Technician - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Medical Technologist - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Specialist in Chemistry - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Specialist in Hematology - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Technologist in Chemistry - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Technologist in Hematology - ASCP within 1 year.
• Absolutely required to be certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist - AMT within 1 year.