Travel Medical Lab Scientist - $2,337 per week

About the role

Travel Medical Lab Scientist (Blood Bank Supervisor) position in Longview, Texas. This is a 13-week travel assignment starting 11/09/2026, 40 hours per week on a 5-day, 8-hour day shift. The role serves as a Transfusion Services/Blood Bank Supervisor in a 24/7 service environment, requiring schedule flexibility — may need to arrive before 8 am, stay after 5 pm, and work some weekends. The position meets CLIA qualifications for a Laboratory General Supervisor and involves coordinating day-to-day operations, developing procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance (CLIA, TJC, CAP, AABB), managing quality control, supervising staff, and maintaining competency records. Extensive experience in regulatory blood bank compliance is required; advanced SBB (Specialist in Blood Banking) certification is preferred. Experience with EPIC Beaker, SoftBank, and Ortho Vision systems is highly recommended. Strong professional social skills are essential due to frequent interaction. JobDiva #26-31796 (M).

Responsibilities

• Meet expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of high, moderate, and waived complexity test performance by laboratory testing personnel.
• Be accessible to address technical problems via on-site, telephone, or electronic consultation with testing personnel at any time testing is performed, per policies established by the laboratory Medical Director.
• Ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and standards from state and federal agencies, the hospital, and regulatory entities such as CLIA, TJC, CAP, AABB, etc.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate work activities of assigned section(s) and shift(s).
• Keep accurate attendance records; maintain time and attendance records for the department.
• Assist the Director/Manager in maintaining the laboratory budget, including monthly analysis and variance reporting on expense detail.
• Assist the Director/Manager in associate performance conversations that drive merit increases.
• Develop, implement, and maintain current procedural manuals for all tests performed in assigned section(s); update and review manuals biennially or more often as necessary.
• Enforce all safety policies and procedures.
• Research, evaluate, and implement new and improved procedures, methodologies, instrumentation, and techniques as assigned.
• Implement an appropriate section- and/or shift-specific Quality Control Program; maintain all applicable Quality Control and Functional Verification records.
• Monitor test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure acceptable levels of analytic performance; review work of technologists/technicians to minimize errors and corrective actions; refer clinical problems to the laboratory director, manager, or supervisor as appropriate.
• Assure all remedial actions are taken when test systems deviate from established performance specifications; ensure patient test results are not reported until corrective actions are complete and the system is functioning properly.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot all equipment in assigned section(s); make minor repairs and adjustments; initiate and follow through with Biomedical Engineering/equipment manufacturers for safety checks and repairs; schedule preventive maintenance.
• Prepare and submit routine or special administrative and technical reports by due dates as required, requested, or delegated.
• Order and maintain inventories for all necessary supplies and reagents in assigned section(s) to ensure adequate stock.
• Train new technologists and technicians in assigned section(s) procedures and policies; provide subsequent training in new or revised procedures and techniques; provide remedial training as necessary; maintain orientation records.
• Assist the Director/Manager in designing, implementing, collecting, and analyzing data, and reporting all phases of a comprehensive performance improvement program involving laboratory personnel.
• Prepare and conduct in-service education (formal or informal) for assigned section(s) and shift(s).
• Provide input on personnel actions (hire, fire, transfer, interview, disciplinary probation); counsel and document technical deficiencies.
• Perform skills review and competency assessments; maintain appropriate documentation on all technical personnel as delegated.
• Oversee and enforce expectations of personnel in assigned section(s).
• Participate in proficiency testing surveys; review and evaluate results; maintain copies of survey records.
• Coordinate and attend meetings as required to discuss changes in policies, equipment, procedures, staffing, etc.
• Utilize and maintain thorough working knowledge of the Laboratory Information System and its applications.
• Demonstrate competence to perform assigned patient care responsibilities meeting population-specific and developmental needs of patients served.
• Adapt patient assessment, treatment, and/or care methods to accommodate unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, and other developmental needs.
• Process patient specimens (collection, handling, distribution) with awareness of minimal pediatric specimen volumes when required.
• Perform all routine and complicated laboratory procedures in the primary section, including age (pediatric) or sex-specific values.
• Provide notification and documentation of critical laboratory values.
• Calculate, enter, and/or verify results of laboratory procedures.
• Perform all duties protecting patient confidentiality; do not solicit or disclose confidential information unless necessary for job performance.
• Keep abreast of medical technology through journals, texts, technical bulletins, workshops, seminars, and professional associations.
• Demonstrate adherence to the CORE values of CHRISTUS Health.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's