Medical Lab Scientist-Chemistry-Ankeny
Company: UnityPoint Health
Location: Ankeny
Posted on: May 11, 2022
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Job Description:
Overview:
The Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT/MLS) provide accurate and
timely clinical diagnostic information to healthcare professionals
in order to ensure high quality patient care and customer
service.
Responsibilities:
Safety -Demonstrates the knowledge that patient and workplace
safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections
and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately. Obtains,
labels, and delivers specimens in accordance with standards.
Supports, participates in and complies with LEAN work and
productivity standards.Specimen CollectionCollects, prioritizes,
performs, judges, and reports routine and esoteric procedures
within established time guidelines.MaintenanceMaintains equipment,
inventory, and work area, and documents appropriately.Critical
ThinkingPerforms, evaluates, and documents advanced troubleshooting
and problem-solving activities; liaisons with clients and nursing
personnel, and interprets data for appropriate health
professionals.TrainingInstructs, trains, and evaluates students and
new employees.QualityDocuments and maintains quality control (QC),
proficiency testing, quality assurance, and other records to meet
regulatory requirements.Emergency CommunicationThis position may be
assigned a specific mission to address in an emergency situation to
assist in disaster response and recovery as part of the UnityPoint
Health - Des Moines Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
(HEICS).Situations of a critical nature may require an individual
to perform multiple tasks until additional support can be
obtained.Basic UPH Performance CriteriaDemonstrates the UnityPoint
Health Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to
policies and procedures and safety guidelines.Demonstrates ability
to meet business needs of department with regular, reliable
attendance.Employee maintains current licenses and/or
certifications required for the position.Practices and reflects
knowledge of HIPAA, TJC, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state
regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.Completes all annual
education and competency requirements within the calendar year.Is
knowledgeable of hospital and department compliance requirements
for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and
Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse.Brings any questions or
concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of
hospital administrative staff.Takes appropriate action on concerns
reported by department staff related to compliance. - -
Qualifications:
-Minimum RequirementsIdentify items that are minimally required to
perform the essential functions of this position.Preferred or
SpecializedNot required to perform the essential functions of the
position.Education: - - -Bachelor's Degree in Science must be
obtained which is sufficient to allow certification under one of
the Medical Technologist (MT)/Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)
Certifying Agencies' examination routes.Must meet Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) requirements to perform
highly complex testing. Additionally, any regulatory agency
personnel standards, which are applicable to the position, must be
met.Certifying Agencies include but are not limited to the American
Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC),
American Medical Technologist (AMT) Certification, and American
Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) Board of Registry (ABOR). As long
as these are met, any exam may be taken. -Experience: - - -
-Experience in clinical laboratory disciplines sufficient to allow
certification under one of the Medical Technologist (MT)/Medical
Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Certifying Agencies' examination routes
is required. -License(s)/Certification(s): -
-Technologist/Scientist (MT/MLS) Certification within one (1) year
of employment -Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: -Must be able to read,
write, and speak fluent English. -Other: - - -Equipment to be used
in this position includes analytical laboratory equipment,
laboratory processing equipment, and hospital and laboratory
information systems.
Keywords: UnityPoint Health, Ankeny , Medical Lab Scientist-Chemistry-Ankeny, Healthcare , Ankeny, Iowa
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