Medical Laboratory Scientist- PRN Nights

Wellstar Health System; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System Cobb Hospital is seeking a PRN Medical Laboratory Technologist to join the laboratory team. The role involves performing clinical lab tests under supervision, maintaining equipment, and ensuring QA and proficiency testing compliance.

Minimum 1 year of lab experience and MT/MLS certifications are expected; candidates should be proficient with Excel/Word and able to communicate across the healthcare team. This PRN position at Cobb Medical Center offers flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Medical Technology or similar degree preferred.
• Minimum 1 year laboratory experience.
• Licensure/certification as MT/MLS per ASCP/AMT/HEW/other listed bodies.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical laboratory testing per approved protocols.
• Maintains equipment and records; participates in quality assurance.
• Documents QA failures and trends; supports proficiency testing.
• Interprets lab data and reports results timely.
• Communicates findings and hand-offs to the team.
• Contributes to performance improvements and inspection readiness.

Skills

Computer/data entry

Excel

Word

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Medical Technology

Bachelor's Medical Science

Bachelor's General

Master's (Other/Related Field)

Tools

Epic

Job description

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)

This PRN role is 3 shifts every 28 days.

NIGHTS, Experience Required.

Cobb Hospital

https://www.wellstar.org/locations/hospital/cobb-medical-center?utm_medium=listing&utm_source=google&utm_content=Wellstar_Cobb_Medical_Center

• Bachelors Medical Technology or Bachelors Medical Science or Bachelors General or Masters Other / Related Field-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

• MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist or MT(AMT) - Medical Technologist or MT(AAB) - Medical Technologist or MT(HEW) - Medical Technologist or MLS(ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MLS(AMT) - Medical Laboratory Scientist or MB(ASCP) - Molecular Biologist - American Society for Clinical Pathology or H(ASCP) - Hematology - American Society for Clinical Pathology

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.

• a. Reports lab data accurately and within established turnaround times and productivity standards.
• b. Recognizes the relationship between lab data and clinical findings or expectations.
• d. Interprets information from multiple sources

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

• a. Complies with Pending Log procedure for tracking laboratory test status.
• b. Documents in the LIS all elements of the Notification Value Call procedure.
• c. Hands-off information to others according to the department procedure and chain of command.
• d. Adheres to WellStars Standards of Behavior in a consistent fashion.
• e. Takes personal responsibility for corrective action on constructive criticism

Contributes to the Laboratorys Performance Improvements and inspection readiness.

• a. Assists in analysis of new methods for testing including correlations and procedure writing.
• b. Assists in inspection preparation.
• c. Participates in the Laboratory Performance Improvement initiatives.
• d. Practices cost-efficient work processes that maintain high quality laboratory data.

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

• a. Maintains current knowledge and practice of WellStar policies and procedures, including LIS.
• b. Demonstrates adequate knowledge of laboratory regulatory compliance.
• c. Practices all Wellstar and Laboratory Safety Standards.
• d. Participates in meetings, committees, task forces and project teams.
• e. Completes monthly, quarterly, or yearly educational requirements.

Performs other duties as assigned

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

Required Minimum Education

• Bachelors Medical Technology or Bachelors Medical Science or Bachelors General or Masters Other / Related Field-Preferred

Additional License(s) And Certification(s)

Persons who possess the technologist qualifications and have recently moved into the state and certified by that state (with NY, FL, CA license) or have recently completed the academic and training/experience requirements from an accredited MLS program may be temporarily classified once as technologists 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 Required

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 Experience Preferred.

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