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Job Summary

Our client is seeking a skilled Medical Laboratory Scientist for a laboratory setting. This role involves executing complex laboratory testing, managing the full specimen lifecycle, ensuring quality assurance and compliance, resolving technical issues, and contributing to overall laboratory operations and staff development.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute complex laboratory testing, including andrology and immunoassay procedures, utilizing both automated and manual platforms.
• Manage the full specimen lifecycle, including preparation, labeling, processing, transportation, and storage, while ensuring 100% compliance with patient identification and insurance verification policies.
• Perform venipuncture with high technical skill to ensure minimal patient trauma.
• Oversee sample transfers, ensuring all necessary witness signatures and documentation are obtained.
• Monitor analytic performance to ensure all test analyses and specimen examinations meet established standards.
• Maintain strict adherence to OSHA, CLIA, and HIPAA regulations, completing all mandatory training and continuing education.
• Conduct and document Quality Control (QC) activities, including daily checks, preventive maintenance, calibration, and equipment troubleshooting.
• Manage proficiency testing by handling and documenting samples according to laboratory policy.
• Identify and resolve technical issues that may adversely affect test performance or reporting; escalate unusual results to management for consultation when necessary.
• Implement and document corrective actions immediately when test systems deviate from performance specifications.
• Ensure zero reporting of patient results until all systems are verified as properly functioning and corrective actions are finalized.
• Manage inventory and supplies, including the review and approval of vendor statements.
• Maintain a safe and organized workspace through regular housekeeping, restocking, and biohazard waste management.
• Facilitate staff development by providing orientation to new personnel and training employees on standard laboratory protocols.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of operations by reviewing and revising Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manuals.

Qualifications

• MLT/MLS Certification
• ASCP certification or AMT Preferred, but not required
• Must provide documentation of microscopic skills with documentation of same.

Experience

• At least 1 year of lab training/experience in relevant high complexity testing required

Skills

• Complex laboratory testing (andrology and immunoassay procedures)
• Automated and manual platforms operation
• Specimen lifecycle management
• Venipuncture
• Analytic performance monitoring
• Quality Control (QC) activities, including preventive maintenance, calibration, and equipment troubleshooting
• Technical issue identification and resolution
• Inventory and supplies management
• Training and staff development on laboratory protocols
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual review and revision

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in laboratory science and have graduated from a clinical laboratory training program.

Additional Requirements

• Schedule: Monday - Friday (0800 - 1630), with alternating weekends.

Benefits

• Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances).
• Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s)).
• 401k (Eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1).
• Short Term Disability Insurance.
• Term Life Insurance Plan.

Required Employment / Compliance Language

Medix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

^*We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).

Medix Overview:

With over 20 years of experience connecting organizations with highly qualified professionals, Medix is a leading provider of workforce solutions for clients and candidates across the healthcare, scientific, technology, and government industries. Through our core purpose of positively impacting lives, we’re dedicated to creating opportunities for job seekers at some of the nation's top companies. As an award-winning career partner, Medix is committed to helping talent find fulfilling and meaningful work because our mission is to help you achieve yours.

Any required state or Joint Commission training is compensated at the state or local minimum wage rate.

^*As a job position within our Allied division, a successful completion of a background check may be required as a condition of employment. This requirement is directly related to essential job functions including but not limited to: providing direct patient care, accessing medical and confidential records, accessing and administering prescription medication or other drugs, working within a clinical setting, handling sharp instruments, conducting medical procedures, and working within departments that care for vulnerable populations, such as, minors, elderly and those with physical or mental disabilities. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.