Medical Laboratory Scientist

4 weeks ago

Beaverton, Oregon, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

This role supports clinicians in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention by accurately testing patient specimens, correlating data, and reporting results in a timely manner to ensure quality patient care.

Holiday and weekend rotation may be required for this position.


Key Responsibilities:

Problem-solve to achieve acceptable test results and ensure optimal system and instrument operations, formulating a plan of action for situations not addressed in standard operating procedures.

Interpret and verify lab findings regarding the type and quality of specimen submitted, correlating test results with available clinical information and other laboratory data.

Determine the clinical relevance of findings through communication with providers.

Analyze and evaluate each process of testing to ensure that final results are valid and accurate.

Serve as a resource for medical laboratory technicians, phlebotomists, assistants, and other laboratory personnel in trouble-shooting problems with analytical and pre-analytical phases of the laboratory testing process.

Conduct laboratory testing, performing and reporting lab tests according to laboratory procedures.

Initiate and implement a course of action with supervisors and technical specialists to organize workflow to accomplish efficient and accurate output.

Review and verify results for accuracy and credibility prior to release, recording and reporting results in a timely manner.

Ensure compliance with Quality Control and Quality Assurance Programs, including POCT, to affect the highest quality patient care.

Collaborate with supervisors, technical specialists, and other departments to address quality of service issues and implement internal quality assurance monitors or projects.

Evaluate method performance by performing weekly and monthly QC review and preparing monthly QC reports as assigned.

Maintain and update technical knowledge skills by actively participating in department meetings, continuing education, and in-service instructions.

Develop operational procedures to ensure effective workflow in conjunction with supervisors and technical specialists.

Assist in the training of technical students and/or new employees, reviewing work, recommending improvements, and providing input for performance evaluations when requested.

Develop written training procedures, assist in the development and update of technical procedures, and review and critique new procedures developed by others.

Accept special projects as needed.

Coordinate laboratory operations in support of the supervisor by monitoring workflow and making adjustments as necessary to maintain optimum service level.

Serve as a resource for unresolved problems, advise providers and nursing service personnel of correct procedures for collecting, handling, and processing specimens, and assist providers in determining appropriate laboratory services to be used for patient care.

Participate in the review of Proficiency Testing critiques.

Support MLT instrument partners.

Included in these accountabilities, the following tasks are performed exclusively by technologist level staff or higher:

Primary instrument partner for major analyzers (e.g., high-throughput Chem & Heme); others can act as secondary instrument partners.

Monthly QC review.

Perform more advanced testing, such as:

Micro QC bench.

Abnormal Protein identification by electrophoresis.

Smear review as backup for hematology technical specialist.

Complex Molecular testing.

Flow cytometry.

Toxicology and other mass spectrophotometry technology.

Client Services technical resource, research, and triage technical questions.

Histocompatibility Testing.

Work up of positive AFB and fungus cultures.

HPLC organism identification.

Trainer for differential blood counts and microscopic blood parasite identification.


Basic Qualifications:

Experience: N/A

Education: Baccalaureate degree in Chemical, Physical, or Biological Sciences.


Additional Requirements:

Completion of a structured program in medical technology recognized by ASCP or NCA or working as a medical technologist at Kaiser Permanente in the NW Region prior to 2008.

Demonstrated customer-focused service skills.

Demonstrated verbal and written command of the English language adequate for providing training to laboratory and non-laboratory staff, communicating specimen collecting and handling requirements, and providing help and support to laboratory and other healthcare staff.

Effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Basic computer knowledge.


Notes:

Technical staff certified by ASCP after 1/1/04 must recertify every 3 years. Before 1/1/04, certification was lifetime.


Preferred Qualifications:

Two (2) years of recent clinical laboratory experience.

Demonstrated ability to analyze situations to make operational decisions to meet clinical needs.

Advanced computer knowledge.

Demonstrated skills in organizing, prioritizing, and problem-solving.


COMPANY:

KAISER TITLE:
Medical Laboratory Scientist

LOCATION:
Beaverton, Oregon

REQNUMBER:
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.

Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state, and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

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