Medical Laboratory Scientist AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

$5000 Sign on Bonus

Location Address: 9100 W 74th Street, Shawnee Mission, KS 66204

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

• Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962

• Excellent health benefits, an onsite child care center and fitness facility  

• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education

• Employee Referral Program

• Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits Effective on Day One

Work Hours/Shifts

 $5000 Sign On Bonus

FT Evenings

1400-2230 Monday-Friday

• Maintains all essential job functions of the Medical Laboratory Scientist.
• Demonstrates initiative in work and other activities.
• Appreciates, celebrates, and values diversity.
• Willingly assists other associates during times of high volume workload.
• Facilitates all team meetings within the laboratory.
  Responds in a professional manner to customer requests & inquiries, assuming responsibility for seeing them through to completion.
• Adjusts to changing customer needs by adapting work habits, schedules, or matters of personal convenience to improve service.
• Assists in setting department goals; developing plans to monitor & meet those goals.
• Functions as a change agent within the system, assists with planning & implementing strategic goals.
• Demonstrates & models positive behaviors which are supportive of change.
• Attendance pattern reflects commitment to job requirements & patient care needs.
• Shows enthusiasm in the workplace; actively involved in promoting morale, encouraging others, and improving associate satisfaction scores.
• Seeks opportunities to work cooperatively with other members of the hospital & system though quality assurance processes. 
• Shares technical knowledge with co-workers; assists with training & orientation of new employees/students & serves as a resource to current staff, students, & physicians.
• Coordinates the development & implementation of orientation & competency assessment for laboratory technical and support staff. 
• Maintains confidentiality with respect to employee files & patient results.
• Delegates tasks as part of effective personal time management.
• Works independently and is able train, teach, and critique associates in department.
• Recognizes limitations & asks for assistance/instruction when necessary.
• Limits personal phone calls & business so as not to compromise productivity.
• Takes responsibility for own actions; openly admits mistakes & seeks ways to correct the problem.
• Seeks opportunities to participate department process improvement activities.  Always seeking ways to improve the quality of the services provided. 
• Incorporates patient, physician, customer needs and concerns into decision-making and organizational action.
• Utilizes critical thinking to recognize & resolve problems, documents corrective actions and communicates to the team.  Seeks to generate alternative solutions.
• Recognizes that the attainment of knowledge is every employeeâ™s responsibility & accepts accountability for staying current on all written or electronic communication.
• Enhances technical & professional knowledge in one or more aspects of laboratory medicine/leadership by participation in mandatory & continuing education opportunities.
• Takes accountability as primary operator on a large instrumentation platform.  Responsibilities to include training, inventory management, procedure development, method comparisons and quality control review.
• Uses the laboratory information system efficiently in producing & evaluating laboratory reports/documentation & obtaining information, in keeping with established protocols.
• Evaluates new techniques, instruments and methods with attention to staffing, equipment, budgetary resources and implements changes when needed.
• Examines existing processes and workflow to continually look for ways to improve and provide cost savings. 
• Assist with the specialty areaâ™s budget process.  Provide necessary justification for capital requests. 
• Evaluates inventory.  Interacts with vendors to ensure quality in supply.  Evaluates new products and kits to save money.
• Recognizes and supports cost effective ideas and initiatives; educates associates in the application of sound financial and resource management principles.
• Uses the LIS efficiently to order tests, enter results/documentation, & obtain information, in keeping with established protocols.
• Continually evaluates workflow processes; develops and implements strategies to improve productivity.
• Understands & utilizes department resources, including department manuals, administrative policy manuals, safety manuals, MSDS & reference material.
• Utilizes Personal Protective Equipment and follows established chemical hygiene & biohazard protocols for self and associates within department. 
• Monitors and assists in staffing decisions to meet workload within section area.
• Assists associates in preparing for annual review by communicating in an honest and open manner.
• Performs coaching/evaluation sessions with associates on a timely basis to foster staff development and growth in a fair and respectful manner.
• Participates in and maintains competency requirements for self and those in department.
• Promote staff development by providing technical in-services and/or other related continuing education programs.
• Assists in the development of team processes and encourages team participation to maximize productivity and associate satisfaction.
• Ensure laboratory is ready for inspections. (CAP, Joint Commission).
• Monitors and ensures that downtime training is documented and staff trained to look for additional improvement opportunities.
• Establishes and performs preventative/corrective maintenance of equipment and instrumentation. 
• Reviews and provides any necessary corrective actions with Quality Control results.
• Reviews and updates core lab using Lean Tools and principles. 
• Develops, reviews, & revises laboratory policies, protocols & procedures.
• Reviews and provides any necessary corrective actions with Proficiency Testing.  

• Computer/Word Processing skills
• Bachelorâ™s Degree
• 2 to 5 Years of Position-Related Experience
• Medical Technologist/Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP) certification or equivalent or advanced degree and able to meet CLIAâ™s 88 standards for high complexity testing
• 5+ Years of Position-Related Experience Preferred