Medical Lab Scientist

6 days ago

Des Moines, United States UnityPoint Health Full time
Overview

$5,000 Sign On Bonus

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The Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT/MLS) provide accurate and timely clinical diagnostic information to healthcare professionals in order to ensure high quality patient care and customer service.


Responsibilities

Key Accountability

*Demonstrates the knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately. Obtains, labels, and delivers specimens including bone marrows in accordance with standards.Prepares laboratory samples for reference labs, accessions and processes, correlates findings upon completion. Supports, participates in and complies with LEAN work and productivity standards.

Key Accountability

  • Prioritizes, performs, judges, and reports routine and esoteric procedures within established time guidelines.

Key Accountability

  • Maintains equipment, inventory, and work area, and documents appropriately.

Key Accountability

  • Performs, evaluates, and documents advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving activities; liaisons with clients and nursing personnel, and interprets data for appropriate health professionals.

Key Accountability

  • Instructs, trains, and evaluates students and new employees.

Key Accountability

  • Documents and maintains quality control (QC), proficiency testing, quality assurance, and other records to meet regulatory requirements.

Key Accountability

  • This position may be assigned a specific mission to address in an emergency situation to assist in disaster response and recovery as part of the UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS).Situations of a critical nature may require an individual to perform multiple tasks until additional support can be obtained.

Basic UPH Performance Criteria

    • Demonstrates the UnityPoint Health Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to policies and procedures and safety guidelines.
    • Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department with regular, reliable attendance.
    • Employee maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
    • Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, TJC, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
    • Completes all annual education and competency requirements within the calendar year.
    • Is knowledgeable of hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse.Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of hospital administrative staff.Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by department staff related to compliance.


Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position.

Preferred or Specialized

Not required to perform the essential functions of the position.

Education:

Bachelor‘s Degree in Science must be obtained which is sufficient to allow certification under one of the Medical Technologist (MT)/Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Certifying Agencies‘ examination routes.Must meet Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) requirements to perform highly complex testing. Additionally, any regulatory agency personnel standards, which are applicable to the position, must be met.

Certifying Agencies include but are not limited to the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC), American Medical Technologist (AMT) Certification, and American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) Board of Registry (ABOR). As long as these are met, any exam may be taken.

Experience:

Experience in clinical laboratory disciplines sufficient to allow certification under one of the Medical Technologist (MT)/Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Certifying Agencies‘ examination routes is required.

License(s)/Certification(s):

Technologist/Scientist (MT/MLS) Certification within one (1) year of employment

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English.

Other:

Equipment to be used in this position includes analytical laboratory equipment, laboratory processing equipment, and hospital and laboratory information systems.


  • Area of Interest: Laboratory;
  • FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0;
  • Department: Histocompatability- Meth;
  • Shift: 80/Day;
  • Job ID: 157892;

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