Lead Medical Lab Scientist

St. Mark's Hospital; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Prescription drug coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Behavioral health services

Telemedicine

Job summary

St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah seeks a Lead Medical Laboratory Scientist to guide the Laboratory team in blood testing, antibody screening, cross-matching, and adopting new testing methods.

You will oversee automated analyzers and manual testing, mentor staff, ensure quality and patient safety, and collaborate with nursing staff and physicians to optimize testing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology (MT), MLS, or related sciences including a practical training program.
• Nationally recognized certification as a Medical Technologist (MT/MLS or MLT) from ASCP or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of laboratory experience.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification.

Responsibilities

• Receive blood specimens, perform blood tests, and study morphology of blood components.
• Perform routine or special laboratory tests using automated equipment, manual testing, and microscopic analysis.
• Maintain and use laboratory equipment including automated analyzers, chemistry analyzers, ion-specific electrodes, osmometers, and other analyzers.
• Perform antibody screening, antibody identification, and cross-matching procedures for transfusion.
• Notify nursing units and physicians of critical lab values.
• Implement new testing methods, products, and instrumentation to stay current with technology.

Skills

Blood testing

Microscopy

Automated analyzers

Cross-matching

Critical value notification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology/MLS or related sciences

Associate’s degree with experience

ASCP certification (MT/MLS/MLT) or equivalent

BLS/BCLS certification

Tools

Automated analyzers

Microscopes

Chemistry analyzers

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Lead Medical Lab Scientist? At St. Mark's Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Medical Laboratory Scientist Lead at our facility you will be an integral part of our Laboratory team. We are a highly functioning team that supports many different departments and has a passion for providing the best patient care through compassionate, professional interactions and reliable testing. In this role:

• You will be responsible for receiving blood specimens, performing blood tests, and studying the morphology of the components of blood.
• You will perform various routine or special clinical laboratory tests in several sections of the Laboratory using automated equipment, manual testing, and microscopic analysis to obtain data for use in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• You will be responsible for maintaining and using various equipment in the Laboratory including automated, chemistry analyzers, ion-specific electrodes, osmometers, and other analyzers.
• You will perform antibody screening, antibody identification, and cross-matching procedures required in the administration of blood/blood components and identify antibodies in donors or patient’s blood that could react adversely during transfusion.
• You will notify nursing units and/or physicians of critical lab values.
• You will implement new testing methods, products, and instrumentation as appropriate to keep department current with technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology (MT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), or related sciences including a practical training program.
• Associate’s degree is acceptable with appropriate years of experience.
• Nationally recognized certification as a Medical Technologist (MT/MLS or MLT) from the American Society for Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of laboratory experience.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification.

Benefits

St. Mark's Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

For 150 years, St. Mark's Hospital has provided a full-spectrum of healthcare services to Salt Lake City and its surrounding communities. As Utah's first hospital, St. Mark's team members uphold a rich tradition of patient-centered, top-quality care at our 308 plus bed hospital. St Mark's drives the development of some of the regions finest clinical service areas such as neurosciences, trauma, orthopedics, cardiac care and robotic surgery. St. Mark's was named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the eighth time this hospital has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing Teaching Hospitals in the U.S.

St. Mark's has expanded emergency access to the communities we serve with two free standing emergency centers, Taylorsville Emergency Center and West Valley Emergency Center. Both locations have 10 plus patient rooms are staffed 24/7 by experienced board-certified emergency room physicians, nurses and support teams from St. Mark's Hospital. In addition to ER care, both facilities give comprehensive imaging services, including computerized tomography (CT scan), Xray, and ultrasound as well as a fully-equipped medical laboratory.

Nestled at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, St. Mark's sits in a picturesque and ideal location. From our hospital doors it's a quick commute to Salt Lake's urban and cultural benefits, and a short drive to outdoor adventures and Utah's glorious national parks.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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