Medical Laboratory Scientist - Laboratory Support - Night

**Schedule** Full Time, Night Shift (72 hours biweekly) Hours: 6:45pm - 7:15am, 3 x 12-hour shifts Rotation: Rotating weekends and holidays **General Summary** Performs a variety of technical and general duties at a basic skills and knowledge level. Functions in one or more laboratory divisions. ### Responsibilities **Essential Functions:** - 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. May operate 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. - May group or type blood of donors and recipients. May determine compatibility of donor blood products with intended recipient. - May perform 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. - May consult 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 **Common Expectations:** - Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor, and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors, reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required. - Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards. - Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings. - Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation. ### Qualifications **Qualifications** **Minimum Education:** - Bachelors Degree Required and - College Diploma As part of CAP requirements, a college diploma is required provided the field of study is indicated on the diploma within 6 months of hire. Required or - College Transcript Within 6 months of hire. Required **Work Experience:** - Completion of student clinical rotations. Required and - Medical technology or a related science. Required **Licenses:** - Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Medical Technologist - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Blood Banking - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Chemistry - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Cytometry - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Hematology - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Microbiology - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Specialist in Molecular Biology - ASCP within 1 year Required or - Certified Technolog…