Medical Lab Scientist - Medical Lab Technician - Microbiology

• Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on incentive of $5,000 based on years of experience! (Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive) The Department of Pathology is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Laboratory Scientist to, utilizing a variety of procedures involving highly complex analytical lab test methodology and techniques, perform quantitative and qualitative clinical laboratory analysis on biological specimens such as blood, tissue and body fluids.
• These procedures will utilize a variety of procedures, many involving numerous highly complex tests and techniques that require the use of professional judgment.
• Provide technical expertise and information used to diagnose, prevent or treat disease.
• This position is 100%25-time, 3rd shift, Sunday-Thursday, from 2300-0730.
• The department intends to hire for one position from either Medical Laboratory Technician, or Medical Laboratory Scientist, based on the qualifications of the successful candidate.
• Please indicate in your application materials the position you wish to be considered for on indicate both.
• Duties to include: · Cultivates, isolates and identifies pathogenic bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms. · Performs DNA probe testing for Mycobacteria. · Cultivates, isolates and identifies viruses. · Process blood cultures. · Performs specialized Antimicrobial susceptibility tests. · Performs specialized organism typing procedures.
• For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below. ​​​​​​​The Department of Pathology is part of UI Health Care, a comprehensive health sciences center that serves Iowa and the region, as well as patients referred from the United States and overseas.
• The Clinical Laboratories are well recognized for providing outstanding and comprehensive care to the patients we serve.
• The breadth and depth of services provided are amongst the best in the country.
• The educational programs that the department participates in includes medical students, clinical laboratory scientists as well as biomedical scientists.
• To learn more: https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pathology/about-us

MLT Qualifications

• · Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology program from an accredited institution, OR · Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or eligible from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency (NCA), OR · Successfully completed an official US military medical laboratory procedures training course of at least 50 weeks duration and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician) is required. · Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. · Certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency (NCA) as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) is highly desirable. · Experience in Microbiology testing is preferred.