Medical Laboratory Scientist Generalist
Sitka, Alaska
Mount Edgecumbe Hospital

Medical Laboratory Scientist Generalist

Location: Sitka, Alaska Facility type: Hospital-based laboratory Employment type: Contract (13 weeks) Hours: 40 per week Start date: No earlier than 6 weeks after fingerprint cards are received for processing

Shift and Schedule

• May be needed for day or night shift.
• Shift work and night and weekend call are required to provide 24-hour laboratory coverage.

Required Qualifications

• Medical Lab Scientist with three years of experience
• Medical Lab Scientist experience within the last year
• ASCP or AMT certification
• Bachelor's degree in medical technology or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Blood Bank and phlebotomy experience

Role Summary

Works under minimal supervision, applying advanced technical skills and judgment to independently provide a full range of sample test analyses and laboratory services. Performs all levels of testing, including CLIA-defined high-complexity testing, for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Take full technical responsibility for the laboratory, including complex problem-solving and decisions that directly affect patient care.
• Write procedures in CLSI format, coordinate procedure manual reviews, and establish quality control programs.
• Resolve technical problems and ensure corrective actions when test systems deviate from performance specifications.
• Train new employees and technologists, and evaluate testing personnel competency with the laboratory manager.
• Support process improvement, CAP and CLIA compliance, and inspection readiness.
• Provide microbiology, transfusion medicine, molecular biology, and infectious disease expertise.
• Provide limited test utilization guidance to medical and nursing staff, and refer advanced clinical questions to the Laboratory Medical Director.
• Provide LIS consultation and educate facility staff on laboratory practices.
• Maintain instruments, perform quality control, review Levey-Jennings charts, and manage inventory levels.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of all levels of laboratory testing, LIS operation, laboratory equipment, quality control, and CLIA, Joint Commission, CAP, and other regulatory requirements
• Ability to interpret lab reports and QC results, troubleshoot problems, and verify result validity before release
• Ability to train staff and maintain continuing education

Housing and Transportation

• Housing and transportation are not provided by the facility. The staffing agency is responsible for ensuring the traveler has both.