Medical Laboratory Scientist - Blood Bank Midnights

Medical Laboratory Scientist - Blood Bank - 20 hrs - Midnight

Overview:
The Blood Bank Medical Laboratory Scientist position in Detroit involves essential tasks such as ABO/Rh typing, antibody screening and identification, product receipt, shipment, and issuance, while maintaining and meeting quality and documentation standards. Primarily a technical role, it also includes administrative duties like validation and documentation of maintenance. The lab processes approximately 6,000 samples monthly and emphasizes strong collaboration with providers and other healthcare teams to ensure patient needs are met while minimizing risk.

Advanced equipment used includes TEG and Werfen Neo Iris. The team operates in a LEAN environment focused on continuous improvement, fostering a dynamic work culture focused on innovation, efficiency, and patient care.

General Summary

Under general supervision, performs routine and complex analytic procedures on blood and/or other body fluids or specimens, involving manual techniques or the use of laboratory instruments and information systems.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs routine and complex biological, chemical, cytological, hematological, histologic, immunological, microscopic, and/or bacteriological tests on laboratory specimens, using manual or automated techniques and information systems, for the purpose of diagnosing, preventing, or treating disease.
• Performs all applicable duties within the Medical Technologist role as assigned by the position; actual duties will pertain to the specific Medical Technologist position.
• Applies knowledge, training, and independent clinical judgment to take action and/or develop solutions.
• Collaborates with leadership staff to improve processes and resolve problems, including evaluating instrument performance and quality control results to ensure the accuracy and reliability of analytic data prior to release; correlating results with other lab data and/or disease states; identifying technical, instrument, pharmacologic and/or physiologic causes of unexpected test results.
• Performs calibration, preventive maintenance, quality control, and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment, instruments and/or laboratory information systems.

Education/Experience Required

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required. Coursework must align with duties of the specific Medical Laboratory discipline position and meet the education Eligibility Routes for Medical Laboratory Scientist listed on the ASCP website (ascp.org); or possess a categorical scientist level certification as BB, C, CG, CT, M, MB; or have met the requirements for AAB and/or AMT certifications.
• Requires six months of experience in a medical laboratory setting.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency and theoretical knowledge sufficient to perform laboratory functions are required.

Certifications/Licensure

Certification at the technologist, or medical/clinical lab scientist level from a nationally recognized agency, such as ASCP, AMT, ASM, AAB, AABB, ACS, or HEW is preferred.

Additional Information

• Organization:
  Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit Main Campus
• Department:
  Pathology Blood Bank
• Shift: Night Job
• Union Code:
  Not Applicable

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care, Insurance, and Wellness and Fitness Services

Detroit, MI

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