Medical Laboratory Scientist

Overview:

As our Medical Lab Scientist at CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson, you will help solve mysteries as to what’s ailing a patient and get us one step closer to successfully treating that illness or injury. You will perform a variety of technical analyses, verify results and assure quality and accuracy of tests under the direction of the Laboratory Supervisor(s), Laboratory Manager(s), Laboratory Administrative Director, and Laboratory Medical Director (Pathologist). You’ll build trust in all your interactions through your professionalism and work ethic. 

CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson part of CommonSpirit Heath a national nonprofit health system based in Englewood Colorado. The faith-based system operates in 18 states and includes 103 hospitals. Additional services offered within the system are: long-term care assisted and residential living communities community health services organizations home health agencies and numerous outpatient facilities.

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

Responsibilities:

• Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting

• Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around- time limits

• Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair

• Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters

• Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders

• Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology

• Participates in opportunities for continuing education and/or teaching, training according to the Section Performance Standards to enhance technical skills of students, trainees, coworkers, and self

• Responsible for inventory of supplies, including providing assistance with monitoring supplies, ordering, and placing received supplies into storage 

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA.

Required Licensure and Certifications

• North Dakota: MT-L:ND

Certification Preferred

• MLS (ASCP) or equivalent 

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

• Must be appropriately trained in clinical laboratory science as evaluated by the Director of the Clinical Laboratory

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, and more!