Medical Laboratory Scientist

St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital provides high-quality, compassionate care for residents of the Willowbrook, Champions, and Tomball areas of Northwest Houston. With the resources of the St. Luke’s Health system, we are able to deliver the most advanced care available to our Northwest Houston community. The Vintage Hospital offers the latest in diagnostic and surgical expertise, including heart care, women’s health, and orthopedics.

Job Summary / Purpose:

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.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities:

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. 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. 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. Adheres to all regulatory requirements 

Required Education and Experience:

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

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