Medical Lab Scientist II

Medical Lab Scientist II role at Lexington Medical Center

Microbiology Department, Full Time, PM Shift
13:00-21:30 with rotating weekends

Sign-On Bonus: 0

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607‑bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

The Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) provides laboratory services for the consumers of healthcare to include both LMC inpatients and outpatients. The MLS ensures excellent quality in laboratory testing and accurate forms of analysis that improve patient outcomes. The MLS performs both routine and specialty testing that provides fast, precise information for patient diagnosis and treatment. All responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the mission, vision, and strategic imperatives of Lexington Medical Center.

• Minimum Education: Four‑year diploma in Medical Laboratory Science, Biological Science or Chemistry from a national or international accredited educational institution. Transcript must include a minimum of 60 semester hours with 25 hours of coursework in clinical laboratory science, chemical and biological science. Must include a clinical laboratory rotation in immunohematology, chemistry, hematology and microbiology.
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  None
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  None
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT/MLS) certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) or an equivalent state or governmental certification including:
  • National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA)
  • American Medical Technologies (AMT)
  • American Association of Bioanalysts Board of Registry (AAB)
  National certification may be at the medical laboratory science (MLS) level or a categorical certification in a recognized discipline of clinical laboratory science (i.e., chemistry, hematology, blood bank, microbiology). With a categorical certification, the employee’s practice at LMC will be limited to the category or categories listed by the certifying board.
• Required Training: None

• The MLS II performs manual and automated laboratory testing, and may additionally be required to perform venipunctures, including capillary punctures for blood specimens from patients of various ages using developmentally appropriate techniques.
• Perform laboratory testing according to laboratory accreditation requirements and LMC Laboratory established procedures and policies.
• Process laboratory specimens related to assigned departments.
• Select, perform, evaluate, and monitor the performance of test procedures independently using manual and/or instrumental techniques.
• Perform instrument calibration and verify data to meet manufacturer’s specifications; perform routine quality control, preventive maintenance, and verification of correct instrument operation; recognize indicators of malfunction and perform corrective action.
• Perform troubleshooting procedures on all assigned department equipment, communicate with service personnel, and relay appropriate information; document appropriately.
• Review patient and instrument data for accuracy and maintain proper records.
• Recognize abnormal results, evaluate and correlate data…