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Medical Lab Technician
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Medical Technologist - Chemistry - Laboratory

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • $6,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • 40 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
  • Up to $3,000 Relocation bonus

Job Summary – Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS/MT)

  • Medical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologist perform tests on blood and body fluids to determine the presence or absence of disease, monitor response to treatment and aid in health maintenance. Provides guidance and oversight to other testing personnel with lesser credentials. Responsible to troubleshoot and address instrument issues and recognize need for service. Responsible to use critical thinking and clinical knowledge to assess questionable results and correlate with clinical information to determine accuracy.

Job Requirements

  • Education
    • Required: Bachelor's Degree must be obtained within 90 days OR High School Diploma or equivalent AND Grandfathered status under CLIA Regulations
    • Preferred: Completion of a medical technology program
  • Experience
    • N/A
  • Skills
    • Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
    • Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management. Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication
    • Excellent time management, interpersonal, presentation, organization, prioritizing, decision-making, and planning skills.
    • Knowledge of current information technology and an ability to lead project teams to accomplish automation projects of large size and complexity.
    • Proficient in all Microsoft programs; high level proficiency in Excel.
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: Certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologist from either American Medical Technology (AMT), American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), or American Society of Clinical Pathologist – International (ASCPi).

Job Summary – Medical Lab Technician (MLT)

  • Laboratory Technicians perform tests on blood and body fluids to determine the presence or absence of disease, monitor response to treatment and aid in health maintenance (with the assistance of Medical Technologists/Medical Laboratory Scientists). Identifies and interprets test results and reports to the appropriate clinician.

Job Requirements

  • Education
    • Required: Associates Degree OR completion of an accredited MLT Program
  • Experience
    • Preferred: 1 Year experience in a laboratory
  • Skills
    • Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
    • Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management. Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication
    • Excellent time management, interpersonal, presentation, organization, prioritizing, decision-making, and planning skills.
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: Certified as a Medical Lab Technician from a nationally recognized laboratory certifying agency or eligible to sit for exam at time of hire; must obtain certification within 90 days of hire.

Job Summary - Lab Bench Tech

  • Laboratory Bench Technicians perform limited testing on blood and body fluids to determine the presence or absence of disease, monitor response to treatment and aid in health maintenance (under supervision of Medical Technologists/Medical Laboratory Technicians). Responsible to perform testing which may require review by MT/MLS/MLT before verification. Processing and accessioning of specimens as assigned.

Job Requirements

  • Education
    • Required: Bachelor's degree
    • Preferred: Bachelor's degree in an applied sciences related field
  • Experience
    • Preferred: 1 Year experience in a laboratory or in medical training
  • Skills
    • Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
    • Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management. Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication
    • Excellent time management, interpersonal, presentation, organization, prioritizing, decision-making, and planning skills.
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: None

Specialties:

  1. Allied Health

Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.