Lead Medical Laboratory Scientist

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75231 

Work hours: Full-time – 40 hours/week - 7:30am-4:00pm

Lab Department highlights:

• Fast-Paced, high-complexity Blood Bank, Level 1 Trauma Hospital
• Collaborative team atmosphere dedicated to quality results and patient care
• Up to date instrumentation and automation

Here’s What You Need

·      Bachelor's Degree Medical Technology, Applied Technology, Clinical Lab Science or Chemical, Physical or Biological Science required

·      Internship in an approved Medical Technology training program required

·      Four years’ experience in a Medical Laboratory required

·      Two  years of hospital lab experience preferred

·      Two years of leadership experience preferred

·      Licensed MT(ASCP) - Medical Technologist 90 Days required or MLS(ASCP) - Medical Lab Scientist 90 Days required or other AMT, AAB, HHS, NCA, HEW, CLS- CA, FL, NY state license, Philippine Board of Technical Technology Upon Hire required or M(ASCP) - Microbiology if working in Microbiology Upon Hire required or BB (ASCP) - Blood Banking if working in Blood Bank Upon Hire required

What You Will Do

• Bone and Tissue Inventory Management; specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to – Maintaining accurate records of all bone and tissue products, ensuring proper environmental conditions per regulatory guidelines, scheduling routine checks for expired or soon-to-expire products.

• Compliance and Regulatory Readiness; specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to – Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training staff on these procedures regularly, conducting internal audits to identify gaps before external inspections, establishing a process for incident reporting, ensuring full traceability from donor to recipient.

• Supervise personnel of Clinical Laboratory Assistants to manage performance, complete audits, and monitor completion of assignments
• Travel to other hospital entities to conduct training as needed
• Provide processing coverage on days when staffing is below minimum
• Serve as a technical expert to educate staff, respond to nursing requests, and collaborate with other departments and teams regarding collections
• Develop and engage laboratory assistants, providing support to result in a high retention rate, ensure successful integration of new team members

• Assist the supervisor in projects as required

Additional perks of being a Texas Health MLS

·      Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.

·      Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

·      Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

·      A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights:

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We’re an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services, and emergency medicine, we’ve got it. Plus, we’re a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women’s imaging services. *Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center, and a designated Magnet hospital. We’re a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we’re one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch, and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.

If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to [email protected] 

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