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BJC HealthCare

Medical Lab Scientist II - Registered

BJC HealthCare, Belleville, Illinois, United States, 62226

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Additional Information About the Role Are you looking for a career as a MLS II – Registered? Look no further than BJC! Join our Laboratory team to be an integral part of delivering precise and reliable laboratory results that impact patient outcomes positively.

Must be registered

Belleville Memorial Hospital

Nights – 4/10’s 8:30pm to 6:30am

Weekends/Holidays: Rotating

Duties: Generalist tech duties, Core Lab and Blood Bank. Some maintenance tasks

Position Details:

Additional Pay: Differential for night, weekend, and holiday shifts, increasing hourly wages

Full-time, non-remote, Generalist Lab Technologist

Core Lab Responsibilities: Customer service, sendouts, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology/Coagulation, Processing, Urinalysis

Lab Equipment: Cerner Millennium (LIS), Epic, Instrument Manager, Sysmex WAM, Cellavision, Biorad Unity, Wellsky, Roche, Ortho-Visions

Experience

Lab experience (preferred)

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Physical/Life Sciences or related field

ASCP, AMT, or AAB Registration

Why Join Us?

Work with a highly skilled, compassionate, supportive, and caring team

Growth Opportunities to learn new skills and advance (cross‑train)

Generous Benefits Package with PTO and Tuition Assistance beginning on day 1

401K plan

Next Steps

If selected to move forward with Interview Process, a Talent Advisor will contact you via email for a screen

Overview Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94‑bed, all‑private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

The Laboratory Department provides a wide variety of assays and procedures to obtain data used in the diagnosis and treatment of most disease states to our inpatient and out patients. Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, point‑of‑care and pathology.

Preferred Qualifications Role Purpose

The Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) II performs specimen processing and routine/complex testing on blood and other specimens which requires a knowledge and understanding of quality control, basic instrument maintenance, and procedure methodologies and reference ranges. Maintains appropriate documentation of all activities as required. Demonstrates good clinical laboratory practice.

Responsibilities

Operates all instrumentation in assigned areas to deliver precise, timely, and accurate laboratory results. Performs all testing and operation of equipment as necessary to deliver quality results.

Trains new laboratory personnel in methods, procedures and use of equipment and instruments specific to the assigned area.

Performs quality controls for all equipment and troubleshoots malfunctioning instrumentation as necessary. Assesses technical and/or instrument problems, including quality control and abnormal findings, evaluates possible solutions and chooses an appropriate course of action to solve the problem.

Reports and maintains record of patient test results through the laboratory computer system accurately, meeting published turn around times for routine testing and stats.

Participates in performance improvement activities and initiatives by proactively diagnosing and resolving problems. Specific quality functions are handled in an organized and timely fashion.

Minimum Requirements Education

Bachelor's Degree

Physical/Life Science/related

Experience

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

ASCP, AMT, AAB or equiv or elig

Preferred Requirements Supervisor Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement BJC Total Rewards At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance available on first day

BJC Institute for Learning and Development

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

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