Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) - PRN
Rockwall, Texas
Employer: Texas Health Resources
Industry: Allied Health
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Medical Laboratory Scientist
New Grads Welcome!
Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We're looking for a qualified Medical Laboratory Scientist like you to join our Texas Health family.
Work location: Texas Health Rockwall - 3150 Horizon Road, Rockwall TX 75032
Work hours: PRN
Lab Department Highlights:
Here's What You Need
Education
Experience
Licenses and Certifications
What You Will Do
Specimen Integrity:
Laboratory Operations:
Professional Accountability:
Test Procedures:
Quality Control/Documentation:
Safety:
Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee
Entity Highlights:
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall has proudly served the growing areas of Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt, and surrounding counties for more than 15 years. Our caregivers live in these tight-knit communities, so we remain dedicated to providing the best care possible for our neighbors, friends, and family members.
Texas Health Rockwall is proud to be designated as an ANCC Pathway to Excellence® facility for our commitment to a positive practice environment and staff well-being.
We have 105 inpatient beds for acute medical and surgical needs. Our campus has a Women's Imaging and Breast Center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center, and a variety of physician practices all dedicated to our evolving community health needs. Plus, we have several new and expanded service lines, including a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, updated labor and delivery suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, an interventional radiology suite, additional surgery suites, and expanded emergency and intensive care areas.
As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we're one of the largest employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch, and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.
Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
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New Grads Welcome!
Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We're looking for a qualified Medical Laboratory Scientist like you to join our Texas Health family.
Work location: Texas Health Rockwall - 3150 Horizon Road, Rockwall TX 75032
Work hours: PRN
Lab Department Highlights:
- Great opportunity for growth
- Friendly work environment with skilled staff
- Supportive laboratory department leaders
Here's What You Need
Education
- Bachelor's Degree Medical Technology, Applied Technology, Clinical Lab Science or Chemical, Physical or Biological Science preferred. Individuals hired as a CLS II prior to January 3, 2010 will be grandfathered to the MLS position with existing education. degree may be obtained within 3 months of hire is required
Experience
- New grads welcome!
- Internship in an approved Medical Technology training program is required and
- 2 Years experience in a Medical Laboratory is preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist 6 Months is required Or
- MLS(ASCP) - Medical Lab Scientist 6 Months is required Or
- Other AMT, AAB, HHS, NCA, HEW, CLS- CA, FL, NY state license, Philippine Board of Technical Technology 6 Months is required Or
- M(ASCP) - Microbiology if working in Microbiology 6 Months is required
What You Will Do
Specimen Integrity:
- Specimen integrity is recognized by evaluating and solving problems related to collection and/or processing of specimens
- Specimen conditions are identified that adversely affect test results
- Maintains specimen integrity throughout the testing process
Laboratory Operations:
- Facilitates workflow process
- Checks outstanding tests list in a timely manner
- Troubleshoots and follows through on outstanding tests which appear to have not been collected/received when expected
- Knows and uses computer downtime procedures as needed when computer is not available
- Gives proper notification when supplies need to be ordered
- Utilizes time between testing to accomplish other needed tasks. (evaluation of kits, preparing controls, supply management, housekeeping duties, etc.)
- Performs tasks in a manner that enhances the quality of care
- Helps other hospital and laboratory coworkers to provide timely patient care
- Demonstrates active cost effectiveness
Professional Accountability:
- Participates in orientation and training of students, volunteers, new employees and observers
- May be responsible for ongoing competency assessment for employees
- Maintains commitment to profession by attending continuing education sessions (ex. Web seminars, ASCP seminars, Tarleton and Lab sponsored seminars by industry)
- Completes mandatory hospital/laboratory education and departmental competencies within required time frame
- Mandatory health requirements are completed with required time frame
- Completes assigned work within required time and offers assistance to other coworkers
- Uses laboratory equipment (computer, instruments, etc.) for hospital use only
- Time and attendance is satisfactory
- Employee exhibits a professional appearance
- Seeks assistance/supervision/consultation as needed and reports to supervisor any problems and/or solution regarding delivery of patient care
- Interacts professionally and pleasantly with all encountered and promotes customer satisfaction
- Adhere to the THR Promise Behaviors
Test Procedures:
- Follows established laboratory test procedures, including using proper computer protocol
- Evaluates and reports test results
- Communicates and documents relevant patient data to appropriate personnel
- Relays information to next shift and coworkers (ex. instrument malfunctions, unusual patient results, testing problems)
- Gives direction and guidance to technical staff and laboratory support personnel
Quality Control/Documentation:
- Demonstrates understanding of quality control guidelines
- Follows Laboratory policies when quality control is not within established limits
- Resolves quality control discrepancies before releasing/reporting patient results
- Documents and review QC and ensure corrective action when appropriate
- Performs and documents laboratory equipment maintenance protocols within established time limits
- Demonstrates knowledge to troubleshoot equipment
- Follow laboratory protocol for proficiency testing
Safety:
- Incorporates safety/infection control measures into work practices
- Follows HIPAA guidelines
- Demonstrates knowledge of and follows all hospital and Lab safety/infection control policies and procedures
- Participates in required hospital/laboratory safety drills
- Utilizes the event reporting tool to document and report patient situations, on-the job injuries, and medical device malfunctioning
Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee
- Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
- Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
- Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
- A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
Entity Highlights:
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall has proudly served the growing areas of Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt, and surrounding counties for more than 15 years. Our caregivers live in these tight-knit communities, so we remain dedicated to providing the best care possible for our neighbors, friends, and family members.
Texas Health Rockwall is proud to be designated as an ANCC Pathway to Excellence® facility for our commitment to a positive practice environment and staff well-being.
We have 105 inpatient beds for acute medical and surgical needs. Our campus has a Women's Imaging and Breast Center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center, and a variety of physician practices all dedicated to our evolving community health needs. Plus, we have several new and expanded service lines, including a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, updated labor and delivery suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, an interventional radiology suite, additional surgery suites, and expanded emergency and intensive care areas.
As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we're one of the largest employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch, and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.
Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
#LI-JT1
Created: 2024-08-27
Reference: 24008335
Country: United States
State: Texas
City: Rockwall
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