Medical Lab Scientist; MLS​/Medical Lab Technician; MLT - Sawmill

Overview

Thank you for considering a career at Roper St. Francis Healthcare!

April 2026 Start Date. $5,000 Sign On Bonus. Our community is growing, and so is our commitment to care. Roper St. Francis Healthcare is opening the Health Pavilion at Sawmill Centre near Summerville, featuring a 40,000-square-foot ambulatory center and a 20,000-square-foot medical office building—set to see its first patients in 2026. This expansion will bring enhanced access to emergency care, imaging, lab services, outpatient surgery and women s health, right in the heart of Dorchester and Berkeley counties.

We re proud to grow alongside the communities we serve—bringing care closer to home, guided by our mission of healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence.

Ready to make a difference? Let s build something together.

Monday-Friday 11:00pm-7:30am

Performs routine and special diagnostic procedures requiring technical skill, judgment, and independent decision-making following established standards, policies and procedures. Performs phlebotomy and accessioning duties as needed. Assists the Laboratory Supervisor in the technical and administrative functions of the laboratory.

• Technical Procedures: Responsible for testing procedures, quality control, and proficiency testing to ensure that the test results meet the lab s definition of quality — accurate, timely, appropriate, and useful. Verifies specimen integrity, sets priorities, evaluates and interprets data, and takes appropriate action per policy. Performs documentation, assists in evaluation and implementation of new methods, maintains policy/procedure manuals, and CAP inspections.
  
  Is aware of resources and works efficiently to prevent waste.
• Instrumentation: Responsible for the proper operation of instruments, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting to enable test results to be timely and accurate. Operates lab instruments as assigned, performs instrument QC, documents results, and takes appropriate action. Performs preventive maintenance, troubleshoots instrument problems. Understands theory of instrument operations and mechanical functions. Seeks help when necessary.
• Information Handling: Responsible for proper use of Cerner/STAR according to policy/procedure in ordering/receiving/canceling tests, reviewing/verification of results. Responsible for review of pending lists and follow-up of pending tests. Documents all actions appropriately in computer. Documents all PMs and QC appropriately. Maintains patient confidentiality per established policies.
• Communication / Customer Service: Communicates information to supervisor/pathologist, coworkers or students, laboratory staff on other shifts, outside departments — accurately, timely, clearly, and professionally. Follows through on communications, responds as appropriate. Answers laboratory phones, directs parties or gives appropriate information. Communicates with physicians, nurses and patients to assist them with their needs. Maintains good rapport with peers, management, physicians and hospital staff.
• Compliance / Safety: Is aware of and follows laboratory and hospital policies/procedures. Informs Supervisor of issues or problems involving laboratory or hospital safety. Maintains a safe work environment. Follows regulations pertaining to medical necessity and billing as applicable to the job. Completes all mandatory education and participates in available continuing education programs. Works to meet department Performance Improvement Goals.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

• ASCP, ASCPI, NCA, or AMT registered as a MT, MLS, or IMLS.

• B.S. in Medical Technology, or Bachelor s degree with prerequisite coursework and clinical training (required)
• In lieu of a Bachelor s degree, candidate must meet the alternate route requirements for education and training as set forth by…