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Medical Lab Scientist 2- Core Lab

Vanderbilt University Medical Center·Nashville, Tennessee

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 4 days ago
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About the role

Performs routine and complex clinical pathology testing and manages laboratory instruments to ensure accurate and timely results for patient diagnosis. Responsible for the entire testing process from pre-analytic to post-analytic stages, including quality control and equipment maintenance.

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization

TVC Lab

Job Summary

First Shift Lab with Floor to Ceiling WINDOWS!

Performs routine and complex clinical pathology testing and instrument management of laboratory services.

Responsible to accurately record results and assure timely delivery of results.

Has the authority, responsibility and accountability for the accurate performance of laboratory test methodologies.

These tests are used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients and the evaluation of the patient's response to treatment.

Applies clinical knowledge to achieve accurate clinical test results which leads to quality patient care outcomes.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Provides patient-focused care in a clinical setting through the accurate performance of routine and complex tests through the pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic stages.
  • Performs qualitative and quantitative analytical procedures, including reagent preparation and appropriate quality control, according to required protocols, with precision and accuracy in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of techniques, principles, and instruments and their interrelationships as well as physiological conditions affecting test results.
  • The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

Data

Analysis (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate data analysis in practical data analysis applications of moderate difficulty. Navigates within established technology environments to locate, validate, extract, and format data for data analysis. Able to modify and run queries and standard reports from data tools and provide to users. Can identify data values and data sources. Is familiar with data modeling. Is able to interview business customers to elicit data requirements and understand the relationships between data items.

Quality

Assurance (Novice): Has provided continuous analysis and evaluation of assignment work processes, constantly striving for improvement in the way tasks and activities are accomplished by questioning their value to the process and contributing creative solutions. Has participated in the process of establishing, communicating and monitoring standards for quality and excellence. Demonstrates the ability to actually work on and improve a current business process, product or service.

Equipment

Maintenance (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to maintain equipment, products, or systems in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Assures that parts inventory is sufficient.

Diagnostic

Testing (Novice): Demonstrates proficiency of diagnostic testing in practical applications. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering results.

Mentoring &

Coaching (Novice): Constructively trains and mentors others by providing positive direction and feedback. Has provided constructive suggestions to improve a situation. Knows how to remove roadblocks to success and avoids judgments at all times. Makes a concerted effort to pass on experiences and job information that can be learned easily.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities

Organizational Impact

Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.

Problem

Solving/

Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.

Breadth of

Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.

Team

Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities

Supporting Colleagues

  • -
  • Develops
  • Self and
  • Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.-
  • Builds and
  • Maintains
  • Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.-
  • Communicates
  • Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
  • Delivering
  • Excellent
  • Services:-
  • Serves
  • Others with
  • Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.-
  • Solves
  • Complex
  • Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.-
  • Offers
  • Meaningful
  • Advice and
  • Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
  • Ensuring
  • High
  • Quality:
  • Performs
  • Excellent
  • Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.-
  • Ensures
  • Continuous
  • Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. -
  • Fulfills
  • Safety and
  • Regulatory
  • Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
  • Managing
  • Resources
  • Effectively: -
  • Demonstrates
  • Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.-
  • Stewards
  • Organizational
  • Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.-
  • Makes
  • Data
  • Driven
  • Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.

Position Qualifications

Responsibilities

Certifications

LIC-Medical Laboratory Act - Tennessee, Medical Laboratory Scientist - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Medical Technologist - American Medical Technologists (AMT)

Work Experience

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level: Less than 1 year

Education: Bachelor's (Required)

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree and certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP), Medical Technologist (AMT), or licensure under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. Less than one year of relevant work experience is required.

  • bachelor degree
  • professional certificate
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Assurance
  • Data Analysis
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Diagnostic Testing
  • Reagent Preparation
  • Instrument Management
  • Analytic Testing
  • Pre-analytic Testing
  • Post-analytic Testing
  • Mentoring & Coaching
  • Clinical Pathology Testing

Benefits

  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Wellness Offerings
  • Retirement Offerings

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Posted
Jul 24, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

From specializing in transplants and pediatric cancer to solving undiagnosed diseases, we know solving the most complex problems prepares us to solve any problem. We are committed to excellence in patient care, research, and medical education and training. We thrive on...

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IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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  • Innovation:-
  • Generates
  • New
  • Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.-
  • Applies
  • Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.-
  • Adapts to
  • Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.
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