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Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 Inova's Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 to join their Blood Bank team! This position will be Fulltime Day Shift. Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to

Team Member Health:

offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement:

Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:

offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

Mental Health Support:

offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Work/Life Balance:

offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules and more. Medical Laboratory Scientist 2

Job Responsibilities:

Reviews technical activities for quality assurance per facility requirements. Participates and helps prepare Laboratory for self and onsite inspections. Follows site specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and instructions; Annually reads SOP and documents knowledge of contents. Performs required Quality Control (QC) measures, including corrective action and documentation, for all procedures and instrumentation; Recognizes QC problems or discrepancies and attempts to determine cause of problems prior to notification. Notifies appropriate individual(s) regarding QC problems or discrepancies according to the established procedures. Acts as a resource person/key operator for coworkers, customers and patients for technical questions; Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of technical and administrative tasks beyond normal technical operations. Reports accurate results while minimizing the number of corrected reports not attributed to auto-verification or specimen conditions beyond technical control. Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education -Bachelor's degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency. Degree in Medical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology preferred. Other acceptable forms of education will follow the guidelines of

ASCP/AMT

Board certification. Experience - 1 yr. Clinical. Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLS program, NAACLS or ABHES accredited MSL program, or a foreign medical laboratory science clinical training program within the last five years can be used in lieu of one year of full time acceptable clinical experience.

Certification Upon Start:

ASCP or AMT Board certification consistent with scope of responsibility to include MT, MLS, MLT, BB, SBB, C, H, M, SH, SCT, MB, SMB, SM, SC, and HEW.