Medical Lab Scientist II - Registered

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a MLS II – Registered? Look no further than BJC! Join our Laboratory team to be an integral part of delivering precise and reliable laboratory results that impact patient outcomes positively.

• Must be registered
• Belleville Memorial Hospital
• Nights – 4/10’s 8:30pm to 6:30am
• Weekends/Holidays:
  Rotating
• Duties:
  Generalist tech duties, Core Lab and Blood Bank. Some maintenance tasks

• Additional Pay:
  Differential for night, weekend, and holiday shifts, increasing hourly wages
• Full-time, non-remote, Generalist Lab Technologist
• Core Lab Responsibilities:
  Customer service, sendouts, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology/Coagulation, Processing, Urinalysis
• Lab Equipment:
  Cerner Millennium (LIS), Epic, Instrument Manager, Sysmex WAM, Cellavision, Biorad Unity, Wellsky, Roche, Ortho-Visions

• Lab experience (preferred)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical/Life Sciences or related field
• ASCP, AMT, or AAB Registration

• Work with a highly skilled, compassionate, supportive, and caring team
• Growth Opportunities to learn new skills and advance (cross‑train)
• Generous Benefits Package with PTO and Tuition Assistance beginning on day 1
• 401K plan

• If selected to move forward with Interview Process, a Talent Advisor will contact you via email for a screen

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94‑bed, all‑private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

The Laboratory Department provides a wide variety of assays and procedures to obtain data used in the diagnosis and treatment of most disease states to our inpatient and out patients. Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, point‑of‑care and pathology.

Role Purpose

The Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) II performs specimen processing and routine/complex testing on blood and other specimens which requires a knowledge and understanding of quality control, basic instrument maintenance, and procedure methodologies and reference ranges. Maintains appropriate documentation of all activities as required. Demonstrates good clinical laboratory practice.

• Operates all instrumentation in assigned areas to deliver precise, timely, and accurate laboratory results. Performs all testing and operation of equipment as necessary to deliver quality results.
• Trains new laboratory personnel in methods, procedures and use of equipment and instruments specific to the assigned area.
• Performs quality controls for all equipment and troubleshoots malfunctioning instrumentation as necessary. Assesses technical and/or instrument problems, including quality control and abnormal findings, evaluates possible solutions and chooses an appropriate course of action to solve the problem.
• Reports and maintains record of patient test results through the laboratory computer system accurately, meeting published turn around times for routine testing and stats.
• Participates in performance improvement activities and initiatives by proactively diagnosing and resolving problems. Specific quality functions are handled in an organized and timely fashion.