Overview Join our team as a PRN Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) in Jacksonville, TX.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always . Here's how we take care of our people:
- Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities.
Your team is bigger than your department:
- UT Health Jacksonville features 33 operational beds, an ICU, a 24-hour ED designated as a Level IV trauma center, a maternity unit, advanced diagnostic technology, surgical suites, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness and rehabilitation facility.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute . We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect
Responsibilities- Function as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis
- Perform routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation
- Participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training and proficiency testing as assigned
Qualifications Job Requirements
- Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or a chemical, physical or biological science.
- ASCP or equivalent
- Certification within a specific area, i.e. M(ASCP), H(ASCP), C(ASCP) qualifies.
- Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment.
- If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Scientist (non-certified) until certification is reinstated.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Five (5) years of clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Scientist within a clinical laboratory