What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist position at billingsclinic?
The clinic Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) is responsible for performing moderate complexity clinical laboratory testing in one or more sections of the laboratory with full responsibility for quality control and quality assurance in accordance with CLIA regulatory requirements and standards. Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) is responsible for specimen processing, test performance and for reporting test results.
This position may be eligible for sign-on incentives, relocation, and tuition loan reimbursement.
Essential Job Functions
•Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings
Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service
expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency
standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job
performance.
•Follows the laboratory’s procedures for specimen
handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of
patient’s results.
•Evaluates, interprets and validates moderate complexity
test data prior to reporting. Be capable of identifying problems that may
adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either
correct the problem or immediately notify the Clinical Coordinator and/or,
Laboratory Supervisor Responsible to adhere to and follow the laboratory’s
established policies and procedures whenever testing systems are not within the
laboratory’s defined acceptable levels of performance.
•Maintains daily operations of the laboratory/department
to include, but not limited to calibration and maintenance of equipment;
maintains adequate working inventory. Adheres to quality control policies,
documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural
calibrations and maintenance performed. Document all corrective actions taken
when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance
specifications.
•Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the
needs of the department/organization.
