Job Description

Job Description

Overview

You may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000.  

Join our team as a day shift, full-time Microbiology Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) in Amarillo, TX.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here:  

People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people: 

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more. 

Your team is bigger than your department: 

• BSA Hospital is a 445-bed hospital serving the Amarillo area for over 120 years and continues to be Amarillo’s preferred healthcare provider. At BSA, the focus is to provide quality healthcare in Christian love, service and dignity.
• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect. 

• Performs patient culture testing in Microbiology.
• Functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
• Performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
• Promote professionalism and interact with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
• Display technical expertise necessary to ensure timely and accurate results of laboratory procedures.
• Ensure specimens are obtained and processed in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to appropriate care provider.
• Support organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attain required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Exhibit problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and evaluate critical laboratory results.
• Participate in the training/mentoring of new employees, students or interns including lectures and bench techniques.
• Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
• Demonstrate proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, performs proper prompt specimen transport.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.
• Engage in self-evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
• Promote consensus building and applies techniques of conflict resolution and conduct improvement.
• Retain accountability for quality of care given to the patient.
• Promote service excellence and growth of the laboratory.

Job Requirements:

• Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or a chemical, physical or biological science OR Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies, or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• ASCP or equivalent. Certification within a specific area, i.e. M(ASCP), H(ASCP), C(ASCP) qualifies.
• Previous clinical laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Scientist within a clinical laboratory
• Previous experience in Microbiology

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