The Medical Laboratory Scientist is responsible for specimen processing, analysis, and releasing patient results. The individual performs waived, moderate and/or high complexity tests that are authorized by the laboratory director and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual’s education, training or experience, and technical abilities.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results;

2. Maintain records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens;

3. Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed;

4. Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance;

5. Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the department supervisors, QA manager, chief technologist, laboratory manager, clinical consultant, or laboratory director;

6. Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.