Medical Laboratory Scientist II, Microbiology, Nights, Baptist Downtown

Baptist Health

  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 8 days ago
Job Posting Summary*Offering a $10,000 SIGN ON BONUS**Relocation Assistance Available*Baptist Medical Center is currently looking for a Medical Laboratory Scientist I to join our Laboratory Services department in Microbiology at Baptist Medical Center Downtown.This candidate will be receiving and processing specimens and will have the opportunity to work with an automated specimen processor. This candidate will be processing gram stains, performing stat molecular testing, setting up susceptibility testing, and quality control testing. This candidate must be comfortable working independently or within a small team of one other Medical Technologist and Medical Lab Assistant.As a Medical Laboratory Scientist, your duties will include, but are not limited to:
  • Maintaining expertise and perform technical, specimen collection/processing, LIS, general department, and clerical functions in laboratory areas where applicable.
  • Maintaining records of performance as defined in the SOP manuals.
  • Supervision by Director and Section Supervisors; can perform all responsibilities without on-site supervision.
  • Supervising MLTs as General Supervisor and serve as Charge Technologist in the absence of other lab supervisors or MTs.
  • Instructing new employees and students.
  • License Note: Candidates licensed prior to 1997 are not required to have certification per the State of Florida Licensure rules.
A Medical Technologist license within the State of Florida is required to apply.This Medical Laboratory Scientist I position will be located at Baptist Jacksonville. If you are interested in this full-time opportunity, please apply now!*Offering a $10,000 SIGN ON BONUS*Full/Part TimeFull-TimeShift DetailsNightsEducation RequiredAssociate's DegreeEducation PreferredBachelor's DegreeExperience
  • Less than 1 year Medical Technologist Experience
Licenses and Certifications
  • Certified Medical Technologist (MT) Preferred Or
  • Certified Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Preferred Or
  • Licensed Medical Technologist Required Or
  • Licensed Clinical Laboratory Technician Required Or
Location OverviewFor more than 20 years, health care consumers have named Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville the "most preferred healthcare provider" in the region. As the central hub of the Baptist Health system, Baptist Jacksonville provides the highest level of medical and surgical care using the latest technologies, such as the robotic-assisted da Vinci™ Surgical System. Centrally located on the beautiful St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is Baptist Health's flagship tertiary-care hospital. Designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in patient care, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville has repeatedly been named among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals.” The hospital has also been ranked as high performing in more than 10 specialties from neurology and neurosurgery to gynecology, diabetes, endocrinology,oncology and more. Baptist Health also has a new Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center, which is a regional epicenter for advanced treatment of strokes, aneurysms and other brain conditions. As one of 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is located close to sports, theater and music venues, museums, shopping and dining.

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