Medical Lab Scientist

Description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Medical Lab Scientist with LewisGale Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

LewisGale Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the LewisGale Medical Center family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Medical Lab Scientist to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

• Directs daily operations including decision-making, response to problems, identifying errors and taking corrective action. Demonstrates technical expertise.
• Contributes to good employee relationships and provides for staff development.
• Ensures maximum efficiency in use of personnel. Controls departmental supply expense.
• Demonstrates and encourages innovation and creativity. Responds to changes in clinical laboratory medicine.
• Shares daily workload. Uses time wisely. Provides a productive atmosphere. Manages specialty areas and/or assignments in compliance with general laboratory standards.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of test methodologies and quality control. Develops, writes, reviews and implements procedures and policies. Prepares laboratory for inspections.
• Maintains good communication with laboratory leadership, pathologists, co-workers, team members and customers. Respects patient confidentiality. Demonstrates an awareness of patient/client expectations and seeks to always satisfy.
• Demonstrates proficiency in all laboratory computer related tasks. Provides training to employees as necessary.
• Ensures that all instrument maintenance is performed and documented. Administers to all established quality control procedures. Troubleshoots instruments effectively, when appropriate.
• Understands and participates in laboratory QA plan, safety policies, emergency preparedness plan and infection control plan.
• Understands/respects laboratory billing compliance plan. Adheres to guidelines set forth in Lab Billing Compliance Plan. Attends Annual Billing Compliance Training and Annual Ethics Training.
• Initiates and documents patient teaching, including family and /or significant others. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and assess data appropriate to the age of the patient served.

EXPERIENCE

Required - Registry eligible upon hire and obtain registry within 24 months

Required - Graduate of accredited school of Clinical Laboratory Science

CERTIFICATION

Required- ASCP/AMT eligible upon hire and obtain registry within 24 months

EDUCATION

Required - Pending or graduate Bachelor of Science Degree, related science (if pending, needs to be obtained within 6 months of hire)

Preferred - Bachelors Degree, Medical Technology

LewisGale Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1909. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 500+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in the Salem area. We specialize in heart and vascular careincluding the latest advanced technology available through our designated Heart Centeras well as orthopedics and spine care, services for mental and behavioral health and cancer care.

At LewisGale Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Medical Lab Scientist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.