Inova Health System is seeking a Medical Lab Scientist for a job in Arlington, Virginia. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Medical Lab Scientist Discipline: Allied Health Professional Start Date: ASAP Duration: Ongoing Shift: evenings Employment Type: Staff Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 to join the Blood Banking team: This role will be Full-Time, Evening Shift. Monday-Friday, Every Other Weekend, 3pm-11:30pm Inova is consistently ranked a 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 remote and hybrid career opportunities. Job Responsibilities included but not limited to: - 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 Additional Requirements: - 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-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. #LI-AL1 Inova Job ID #662860. Posted job title: medical laboratory scientist 2-full time (evenings)