Medical Laboratory Scientist

Healthier Mississippi People; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthier Mississippi People seeks a dedicated laboratory professional to perform a full range of tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. You will compile technical data and support quality control efforts in a dynamic clinical setting.

Responsibilities include hematology, microbiology, immunology, chemistry, and urinalysis, plus careful handling of specimens, operation of complex equipment, and adherence to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Certifications required within 120 days post-hire.
• Possible credentials include MT(AAB), MT(AMT), MT(ASCP), MB(ASCP), CLS(NCA).
• Equivalent registrations (BB(ASCP), C(ASCP), Cytometry, MLS(ASCP)) accepted.

Responsibilities

• Conducts clinical laboratory tests across hematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis.
• Analyzes samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction.
• Operates, calibrates, and maintains equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Cultivates, isolates, and identifies microbial organisms for testing and diagnosis.
• Selects specimens and media for cell culture using aseptic technique.
• Studies blood samples for cell counts, morphology, and compatibility for transfusion.
• Promotes safety and infection control practices and ensures accurate data reporting.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data analysis

IT proficiency

Laboratory protocols

Tools

Spectrophotometers

Calorimeters

Flame photometers

Automated analyzers

Job description

Job Summary

To perform a full range of laboratory tests, procedures, experiments, and analyses for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. To compile specific, technical, statistical and/or numerical data.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of laboratory and experimental protocols and procedures. Knowledge of chemical composition, structure and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations they undergo. Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells function, intercede with each other and the environment. Analytical skills. Skills in the use of personal computers and related software applications. Ability to analyze, verify, and manipulate clinical and/or laboratory data.

Responsibilities

• Conducts clinical laboratory tests and analysis in the areas of hematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis.
• Analyzes samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction.
• Conducts chemical analysis of body fluids to determine the presence of normal and abnormal components.
• Cultivates, isolates, assists in identifying, and conducts tests on microbial organisms; obtains, cuts, stains, and mounts biological material on slides for microscopic study and diagnosis.
• Selects and prepares specimens and media for cell culture, using aseptic, technique. Studies blood samples to determine the number of cells and their morphology, as well as blood group type, and compatibility for transfusion purposes.
• Operates, calibrates, and maintains equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, and computer-controlled analyzers; promotes safety, environmental, and/or infection control practices.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Requirements

Certifications, Licenses, Registration Required: One of the below accepted credentials required post-hire within 120 days.

• American Association of Bioanalyst, MT(AAB)
• American Medical Technologist, MT(AMT)
• American Society for Clinical Pathology, MT(ASCP)
• American Society for Clinical Pathology, MB(ASCP)
• National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel CLS(NCA)
• Equivalent categorical registration in Blood Banking, BB(ASCP), Chemistry, C(ASCP), Cytometry, SCYM (ASCP); Hematology, H(ASCP), Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLS(ASCP), Microbiology, M(ASCP), or Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP) from American Society for Clinical Pathology.