Medical Laboratory Scientist

Job Description Sign On Bonus Available! Shift: Midnights Status: 40 hours per week Medical Laboratory Scientists at Henry Ford West Bloomfield function as generalists, rotating weekly through four core departments to maintain competency across all areas. The lab operates with a strong focus on quality and process improvement, encouraging team members to contribute ideas for positive change. With a consistently high testing volume, MLS professionals focus entirely on bench work while actively collaborating with nurses and healthcare teams to ensure timely communication of critical results. The laboratory is undergoing significant advancements, including a new automation line and updated instrumentation in 2025, providing opportunities for learning and growth. Employees benefit from a close-knit team, flexible scheduling, and a supportive work environment in a modern hospital setting with easy parking and scenic walking areas. Role Overview: Ready to make a real difference? As a Medical Laboratory Scientist, you'll dive into the exciting world of lab work-performing routine and complex analytic procedures on blood and other body fluids using both manual techniques and cutting-edge laboratory instruments. Your work is the backbone of accurate diagnoses and treatment plans, making you a true hero in delivering exceptional patient care. This position is essential to ensuring the precision and reliability of laboratory results that guide clinical decisions across Henry Ford Health. What You Will Do: Perform routine and complex analytic procedures on blood and other body fluids using manual techniques and laboratory instruments-where precision meets impact! Leverage laboratory information systems to record and analyze data accurately, keeping everything running smoothly and efficiently. Bring your technical proficiency and theoretical knowledge to the table, maintaining high-quality laboratory functions and supporting the team's success. Qualifications: Qualifications

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Minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required. Coursework must align with duties of the specific section Medical Laboratory discipline position and meet the education Eligibility Routes for Medical Laboratory Scientist listed on the ASCP website at (ascp.org) OR possesses a categorical scientist level certification as a BB, C, CG, CT, M, MB OR has met the requirements for AAB and/or AMT certifications. Requires six months of experience in a medical laboratory setting. Demonstrated technical proficiency and theoretical knowledge sufficient to perform laboratory functions are required. Certification at the technologist, or medical/clinical lab scientist level from a nationally recognized agency, such as ASCP, AMT, ASM, AAB, AABB, ACS, or HEW is preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr Henry Ford Health