Senior Medical Lab Scientist

Position Summary

Department: LMH Laboratory 

Status:  Variable Full Time

Schedule: Second Shift

Title: Medical Lab Scientist Sr. 

Shift: 4 - 10 Hour Shifts, with Rotating Weekends

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient.

Features include:

• Center for Women and Babies
• Six state-of-the-art operating rooms
• Three catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab
• Comprehensive cardiovascular care
• 16 ICU beds
• Observation unit
• Imaging
• Lab
• Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy
• Dining and café
• Chapel

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health – Lake Mary Hospital:

• BEST Place to Work for 6 years!
• As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules

Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 a year

Position Summary:

The Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Sr. evaluates, analyzes, and performs automated and complex laboratory
procedures, monitors workflow and ensure regulatory compliance in the assigned area of responsibility.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Maintains active participation in the corporate technical committee for assigned area to include assisting with:

• o Policy development and revisions including quality control and maintenance
• o Instrument evaluation and selection and impact on laboratory operations
• o Defining competency requirements
• o Creation of student education plans
• o Input into quality management plans
• o Input into process improvement plans
• o Ensuring regulatory compliance
• o Maintaining test menus based on organizational needs

• Requires a comprehensive understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems and concepts.
• Resolves problems and identifies the most appropriate solution to ensure the lab is able to meet its objectives.• Routinely monitors and participates in daily departmental operations.
• Addresses customer concerns and follows up in a timely manner.
• Serves as a resource to other team members in the department
• Performs audits to ensure compliance as needed.
• Assists with resolving issues in the absence of the supervisor.
• Makes recommendations for alternative methodology of current procedures as indicated and coordinates changes as required including clinical trials.
• Recommends skill mix based on technical complexity.
• Supports the supervisor and manager in maintaining the operational budget within projected constraints.
• Monitors appropriate test utilization.
• Responsible for appropriately training new team members at the request of the Supervisor.
• Responsible for completing competency documentation for team members in their area of responsibility.
• Ensures that the Orlando Health Clinical Laboratory is inspection ready.
• Maintains good communication with all Laboratory team members and customers including team members, leaders,
• Pathologists, Physicians and other customers served by the Laboratory.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions:

• Participates in identified value improvement task forces (inter and intra departmental and implements identified areas of improvement as indicated.
• Understands the functions of all laboratory areas and is able to fulfill team leader responsibilities in another area as required.
• Practice infection control and safety policies.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient record, hospital, and departmental matters at all times.
• Mentors technologists in their assigned tasks.

Qualifications

Education/Training:

• Bachelor degree required
• Successful completion of an approved clinical laboratory training internship.

Licensure/Certification:

• Maintains current Florida license as a Medical Technologist certified in the specialty/specialties required by the laboratory section assigned required. Supervisor License preferred
• ASCP - Medical Technologist certification preferred or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)-AMT preferred or
• (AAB) American Association of Bioanalysts certification preferred

Experience:

• 3 Years Medical laboratory science experience required
• Based on area of assignment department specific competencies may be required