Med Lab Scientist 2

locationsCobb Hospital

time typeFull time

posted onPosted 16 Days Ago

job requisition idJR-53320

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful : to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary :

Under the general supervision of the Supervisors, Manager or Director; performs clinical laboratory testing pursuant to established and approved protocols requiring the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility, maintains equipment and records, performs quality assurance activities related to test performance and may supervise and teach within the laboratory setting.

Accuracy : Maintains acceptable accuracy in-patient, quality assurance, proficiency, and competency testing.

Critical Thinking : Uses clinical / theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret, and report lab data.

Job Knowledge : Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures.

Productivity : Practices organizational skills for efficiency of time, materials, cost, and availability of lab data

Communication : Practices information monitoring, investigation, resolution, and hand-off to team members.

Performs other duties as assigned

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions :

Maintains acceptable accuracy in patient, quality assurance, proficiency, and competency testing.

• a. Meets department standard for correct patient or specimen identification.
• b. Meets department standard for error rate in testing or reporting patient or QC results.
• c. Consistently documents investigation and correct interpretation of QA failures or trends.
• d. Earns acceptable scores in proficiency testing and personnel competency testing.
• e. Maintains instrumentation for testing.

Uses clinical / theoretical knowledge to analyze, investigate, interpret, and report lab data.

Practices information monitoring, investigation, resolution, and hand-off to team members.

Contributes to the Laboratorys Performance Improvements and inspection readiness.

Maintains current personal training, education and practice of policies and procedures.

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education :

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s) :

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Additional License(s) and Certification(s) :

Persons who possess the technologist qualifications and have recently moved into the state (ie only have a NY, FL or CA license) or have recently completed the academic and training / experience requirements at an MLS accredited school may be temporarily classified once as medical lab scientist for eighteen (18) months to afford the persons an opportunity to successfully complete an approved qualifying examination. within 1-1 / 2 Yrs Required and

Required Minimum Experience :

Minimum 1 year Laboratory experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills :

Computer / data entry experience.

Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team.

Ability to use EXCEL, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge.

Epic and 3M experience preferred.

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