• Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 - 30 hours/week,…

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Newburyport, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** Full time

    **Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

    Job Description:

    Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    Pre-analytical Specimen Processing

    + Demonstrates proficiency in determining specimen requirements blood collections for all age groups, order entry, order query, specimen accessioning, and specimen distributions.

    + Sorts all samples to allow for fast retrieval

    + Proficient in collecting blood successfully on difficult patients

    + Utilizes two forms of patient identification.

    + Evaluates and processes all lab specimens according to specimen acceptability policy.

    Analytic testing

    + Accurately performs laboratory analyses on patient specimens.

    + Verifies completed work only after careful review of order priority, completeness, absurd results, critical values and special requests.

    Quality Control

    + Performs quality control testing as required for each analyte.

    + Ensures that results pass quality control criteria before verifying results.

    + Participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

    + Brings forward quality concerns and issues in a timely manner following the proper chain of command

    Instrument Maintenance

    + Skillfully performs required instrumentation maintenance so that analyzers will perform optimally over a longer period of time.

    + Documents all entries.

    + Documents all problems and report them to supervisor.

    STAT Testing Turnaround Times

    + Recognizes STAT testing priorities.

    + Turnaround times shall not exceed established limits defined in the Laboratory STAT Testing Policy.

    Accuracy of Results

    + Reviews results for critical values, delta variances, unusual or absurd results, and result completeness prior to certification and release of information.

    + Always telephones critical results to clinician.

    + Obtains read back and documents

    LIS Proficiency

    + Maximally utilizes the features of the LIS system to enable productive and efficient use of time.

    + Report problems encountered to Information Services Department to allow for times resolution.

    Minimum Education:

    A bachelor’s degree is required in medical laboratory science or clinical laboratory science, or related biological science.

    Required Licenses

    ASCP certification or registry eligible required.

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled