Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead
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Description

Methodist Landmark Hospital

Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead

Laboratory Department

Full Time - Non-Exempt

Evening Shift - Rotating Weekends!

Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Laboratory Department. Submit your application today!

Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program, and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

The CLS Team Leader coordinates and monitors activities of laboratory employees, assists manager with the personnel management activities, resolves issues (problems) as they arise, and may perform professional level specimen processing and testing.

What you will do In This Role:

• Coordinates and monitors daily activities of laboratory employees; assists Manager in personnel management activities that may include work allocation, interviewing, orientation and training, evaluating performance; making recommendations for personnel actions, and motivating employees to achieve peak performance. May conduct employee counseling.
• Understands laboratory methods, demonstrates knowledge of pathological processes with correlation of disease states and test results. Performs specimen processing and testing to include moderate and high complexity testing (as appropriate per facility). Assumes accountability for accuracy of test results.
• Understands and applies CQI procedures and principles. Communicates any relevant CQI issues to Supervisor or Manager. Designs quality assurance monitors/projects, reports findings, and takes corrective action.
• Demonstrates pro-active problem solving skills to include identifying a problem and taking appropriate action; communicates necessary information to Supervisor or Manager.
• Acts as a resource to customers, both within and outside the department. Accepts responsibility for own development to include cross-training in other functions or positions to ensure satisfactory operation of the department or to permit flexible staffing assignments.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• Education: Baccalaureate degree is preferred.
• Experience: 5 years of experience in clinical laboratory preferred

Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required:

• Required: Certification MT (ASCP), MLS(ASCP), MT (AMT), MT (AAB), CLS (NCA), MT (HEW), MLT(ASCP), or MLT(AMT). Certification is waived for those with 10 + years of lab experience. Methodist Hospital Landmark allows Methodist Healthcare to expand its surgery services into a rapidly growing area of San Antonio in the Northwest in a way that's never been done before.

The facility will provide the most unique and personalized patient and physician healthcare experience in the region. With 54 beds,12 ORs,27 private patient rooms and eight VIP rooms with private nurse stations, Methodist Hospital | Landmark will deliver a true concierge experience. With convenience and access in mind, this hospital will offer a four-story parking garage, an on-site Starbucks, and beautiful aesthetics, creating a space that truly allows patients to heal faster.

Additionally, Methodist Surgery Center | Landmark will be opening in late 2020 as part of the campus to serve the growing outpatient surgery needs in the community. It will be part of a 72,000+ square foot Medical Office Building that will also house a South Texas Radiology Imaging Center (STRIC).

Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability