Medical Laboratory Scientist 2- Blood Bank ...
Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, United States
Inova Fairfax Hospital | Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) 2 | Part Time (20 hours) Night Shift, either11:00pm- 7:30am or 11:00pm-9:30am Monday-Friday, every other weekend.
Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
Committed to Team Member Health:
offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement:
Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:
offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental Health Support:
offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life Balance:
offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and more.
Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) 2 Job Responsibilities:
Reviews technical activities for quality assurance per facility requirements.
Participates and helps prepare Laboratory for self and onsite inspections.
Follows site specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and instructions; Annually reads SOP and documents knowledge of contents.
Performs required Quality Control (QC) measures, including corrective action and documentation, for all procedures and instrumentation; Recognizes QC problems or discrepancies and attempts to determine cause of problems prior to notification. Notifies appropriate individual(s) regarding QC problems or discrepancies according to the established procedures.
Acts as a resource person/key operator for coworkers, customers and patients for technical questions; Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of technical and administrative tasks beyond normal technical operations.
Reports accurate results while minimizing the number of corrected reports not attributed to auto-verification or specimen conditions beyond technical control.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Education -Bachelor's degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency. Degree in Medical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology preferred. Other acceptable forms of education will follow the guidelines of ASCP/AMT Board certification.
Experience -Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLS program, NAACLS or ABHES accredited MSL program, or a foreign medical laboratory science clinical training program within the last five years can be used in lieu of one year of full time acceptable clinical experience.
Certification Upon Start:
ASCP or AMT Board certification
Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
Committed to Team Member Health:
offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement:
Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:
offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental Health Support:
offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life Balance:
offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and more.
Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) 2 Job Responsibilities:
Reviews technical activities for quality assurance per facility requirements.
Participates and helps prepare Laboratory for self and onsite inspections.
Follows site specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and instructions; Annually reads SOP and documents knowledge of contents.
Performs required Quality Control (QC) measures, including corrective action and documentation, for all procedures and instrumentation; Recognizes QC problems or discrepancies and attempts to determine cause of problems prior to notification. Notifies appropriate individual(s) regarding QC problems or discrepancies according to the established procedures.
Acts as a resource person/key operator for coworkers, customers and patients for technical questions; Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of technical and administrative tasks beyond normal technical operations.
Reports accurate results while minimizing the number of corrected reports not attributed to auto-verification or specimen conditions beyond technical control.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Education -Bachelor's degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency. Degree in Medical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology preferred. Other acceptable forms of education will follow the guidelines of ASCP/AMT Board certification.
Experience -Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLS program, NAACLS or ABHES accredited MSL program, or a foreign medical laboratory science clinical training program within the last five years can be used in lieu of one year of full time acceptable clinical experience.
Certification Upon Start:
ASCP or AMT Board certification