About the job
Join Northwestern Medicine as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in the Blood Bank department, where you'll play a crucial role in our mission to provide exceptional patient care. Adhering to our organizational values and compliance standards, you will conduct laboratory tests and communicate results to physicians to aid in accurate patient diagnosis and treatment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Responsibilities:
- Execute all aspects of pre-analytic workflows to ensure accurate order entries and proper specimen collection and processing.
- Verify orders and non-patient information according to established protocols.
- Troubleshoot unresolved orders and confirm details with physicians and nurses.
- Manage specimen verification for add-on tests and ensure compliance with fraud and abuse regulations.
- Specimen Handling:
- Ensure specimens are correctly labeled upon receipt, evaluating their suitability and documenting any issues.
- Prioritize specimen processing and aliquot specimens as per established protocols.
- Analytical Testing:
- Perform analytical testing in accordance with standard operating procedures, maintaining test system integrity.
- Maintenance and Quality Control:
- Conduct timely preventive maintenance on laboratory instruments and verify the quality of reagents and supplies.
- Monitor inventory levels and ensure availability of necessary materials for testing.
- Document and assess quality control results, implementing corrective actions as necessary.

