Medical Laboratory Scientist

We are offering a $10,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements.

St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, TX, paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, St. Luke’s Health provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. Our facility is a collaboration between St. Luke’s Health and a team of specialized physicians focused on General and Interventional Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Orthopedics, including Total Joint Replacement and Spine Care.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching Retirement Programs 
• Wellness Programs

Accurately analyzes and reports all tests ordered by the Medical Staff in a timely manner and according to  laboratory procedures and regulatory guidelines to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.  

1. 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 
2. 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 
3. Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration  and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair 
4. Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being  performed within established parameters 
5. Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
6. 6. 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  
7. 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
8. Responsible for inventory of supplies, including providing assistance with monitoring supplies, ordering, and placing  received supplies into storage  
9. Completes all work and resolves or appropriately passes ongoing issues to incoming staff within the scheduled shift
10. 10. As a representative of CommonSpirit Health, utilizes professionalism and HumanKindness while communicating with  physicians, hospital staff, patients, coworkers, other stakeholders in laboratory operations, and all members of the  general public, whether in email, instant messaging, telephone, or face-to-face interactions
11. 11. Adheres to all regulatory requirements 

Education Required

Bachelor's Degree
Certification as a Medical Technologist – MT (ASCP), or MLS, or AMT, or NCA, or Specialty certification depending on lab section (e.g. M(ASCP) for Microbiology, H(ASCP) for Hematology, etc.) 

Experience Required
None