Medical Laboratory Scientist

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

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Medical Lab Scientist, you will be a critical diagnostic expert, performing complex laboratory tests to ensure accurate, timely results vital for patient diagnosis and treatment.

Every day, you will execute a wide range of analytical procedures across various lab disciplines (hematology, chemistry, microbiology, etc.). You'll analyze specimens, operate/maintain instruments, interpret results, and conduct quality control, providing crucial data for clinical decisions.

To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate a strong scientific foundation, advanced technical proficiency, exceptional problem-solving skills, and meticulous attention to detail. Your paramount commitment will be to accuracy and regulatory adherence.

• Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures 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 of 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

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Medical Lab Science or Medical Technology, or related field defined by CLIA

Preferred

• Certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Technologist, or equivalent by ASCP


• May consider Med tab Technician MLT qualified candidates for similar position

Where You’ll Work

At CHI Health Midlands we proudly serve Sarpy County and surrounding areas in Nebraska with patient-focused care. When designing our facility, we kept the patient viewpoint in mind, setting a tone for a more comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. We provide our patients with some of the highest quality scores in the country in heart and vascular, emergency, and surgical care. Also, we offer high quality care in diagnostics/radiology, women's care, home care, orthopedics, sleep and breathing disorders.

Pay Range

$29.36 - $43.68 /hour