Clinical Lab Scientist: Precision Diagnostics & Impact

CommonSpirit Health; Papillion (NE); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health seeks a Medical Lab Scientist to serve as a critical diagnostic expert, performing complex laboratory tests to ensure accurate, timely results essential for patient diagnosis and treatment.

You will handle a broad range of analytical procedures across hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and more, operating and maintaining instruments while ensuring quality control and regulatory compliance to support clinical decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Medical Lab Science or Medical Technology, or related field defined by CLIA.
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Technologist preferred (ASCP).

Responsibilities

• Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s SOPs to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits.
• Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting instrument vendor for assistance or repair.
• Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters.
• Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders.
• Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Technical proficiency

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Medical Lab Science/Medical Technology

ASCP certification (preferred)

Tools

Laboratory instruments

Job description

CommonSpirit Health seeks a Medical Lab Scientist to serve as a critical diagnostic expert, performing complex laboratory tests to ensure accurate, timely results essential for patient diagnosis and treatment.

You will handle a broad range of analytical procedures across hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and more, operating and maintaining instruments while ensuring quality control and regulatory compliance to support clinical decisions.