Medical Lab Scientist Resident
Description
Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
A training position preparing individuals to gain certification. Residents will work under the supervision of a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), or Medical Technologist (MT) in providing technical and non-technical laboratory services.
Position will offer eligibility for categorical or generalist certification after one year of approved clinical laboratory experience.
Categorical residents will train for 3 months (12 weeks) in the desired area of specialty. Specialty areas include Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, or Blood Banking. At a year of employment, the resident will be eligible to apply as Technologists for certification examination in area of specialty. Categorical certificates would qualify residents to work only in area of specialty within the clinical laboratory.
Generalist residents will train in all areas of the lab equating to one year. At a year of employment, the resident will be eligible to apply as a Technologist for the generalist certification examination. Generalist certificates would quality residents to work in all areas of the clinical laboratory.
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, physical or biological science.
- Ability to perform clinical laboratory procedures according to proper standards and regulations.
- Must submit to a Color-Acuity screening Test
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED
- Experience in a Clinical Laboratory Setting