Medical Lab Scientist

Microbiology

Full Time

PM Shift

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 HeartCARE 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: Bachelor’s Degree from a national or international accredited educational institution.
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  None
• Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): Candidates with current active Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT/MLS) will be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Actively hold Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT/MLS) certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) or an equivalent state or governmental certification including:
  • National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) or
  • American Medical Technologies (AMT) or
  • 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 will be limited to the category or categories listed by the certifying board;

Candidates without active MT/MLS certification that are registry eligible may be considered but must obtain certification within one year of hire. Candidates hired as registry eligible that fail to obtain certification within one year must have MT/MLS certification before reapplying.

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• The MLS performs the following:
• Manual laboratory testing (no or little automation).
• Automated laboratory testing (requiring instrumentation to complete testing).
• Collection of specimens:
  May be required to perform venipunctures to include capillary punctures for blood specimens from patients of various ages requiring developmentally appropriate techniques.

The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs laboratory testing according to laboratory accreditation requirements and LMC Laboratory established procedures/policies. The MLS exhibits the knowledge and expertise in the following job duties:

• Process laboratory specimens related to assigned departments.
• Select, perform, evaluating, and monitoring the performance of test procedures…