Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 (Full-Time, Days)

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The Department of Laboratory Medicine serves as a regional resource for clinical laboratory services required for patient care, research and educational programs in laboratory medicine. The department currently employs 1200 people who work at the award-winning University of Washington Medical Center (ranked among the top medical centers in the United States as rated by U.S. News & World Report), Harborview Medical Center (the region's only Level I Trauma center, known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis: Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD CARER, and mentally- and medically- vulnerable populations.), and many other clinical and research facilities in the area. The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nations premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement and natural beauty.

The Laboratory Medicine department has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time, first shift MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST 2. The Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 (MLS2) is responsible for exercising independent decision making with designated authority and providing advice and expertise to Medical Laboratory Scientists, Medical Laboratory Scientist Trainees, and Clinical Laboratory Technicians. The MLS2 also assists managers and leads in coordinating educational programs for staff and students and provides feedback on employee performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Demonstrate the knowledge, judgment, and decision making skills needed to recognize, troubleshoot, correct, and document problems associated with patient testing, quality control, and preventative maintenance

Demonstrate the ability to assist in instruction and training of employees, post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and medical laboratory technology students. Provide evaluation feedback in a timely manner

Actively participate in continuing education activities, e.g., Plate Rounds, CAP online education, reading job-related journal articles

Assist in the development and evaluation of new procedures/processes and assesses the relevance and accuracy of current procedures/processes

Review the work of staff to ensure reports are correct and clinically relevant

Ensure corrected reports are issued ASAP and timely corrective actions are taken and documented. Consult with healthcare providers concerning critical or abnormal findings

Utilize information management systems to accession, status, verify, and reject orders. Correctly input test results using the laboratory information system

Assure that critical values, STAT results, courtesy notifications, and routine results are reported according to established protocols, ensuring turn-around-times are consistently within guidelines and documentation is complete

Assure quality control standards and competencies are met and documented; assure preventative maintenance is performed according to established protocols assisting staff as needed. Troubleshoot methods and instrumentation

Provide daily leadership as designated

Assist with the daily operations of staff to include: the management of workload, providing timely technical assistance to staff and clients, responding to inquiries and complaints, insuring safety compliance, minimizing overtime

Assist in the development and evaluation of new processes and/or procedures and participates in improving current processes

Provide administrative assistance to include: interviewing and selecting new employees, evaluating employees, documenting staff competencies, recommending cost containment strategies. Additional tasks that may be assigned include: scheduling, purchasing supplies, quality improvement projects, and others as needed

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care or other services based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patient

Keep ASCP or other certifications up to date per guidelines of national organization

Performs related duties as required

REQUIREMENTS:
Accredited Bachelors Degree in Medical Laboratory Scientist OR equivalent education/ experience
AND
Current Medical Laboratory Science certification with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists or equivalent certifying organization; or certification with specialty organization appropriate to microbiology
AND
Two years of experience as a Medical Laboratory Scientist 1 or equivalent experience.