Medical Lab Scientist or Medical Lab Technician - Tissue and Cellular Therapies Laboratory ($5,000 sign-on incentive) at University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa

Job Description:

Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $5,000 based on years of experience!


(Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive)

The Department of Pathology is seeking a Medical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Technicianto provide perform a variety of laboratory procedures in Tissue Bank and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Lab with many involving numerous steps and techniques that require the use of professional judgement. This position is 100% time, Monday - Friday, 1st shift from 0800-1630, with rotating on-call on weekends and occasional coverage of 0630-1500 shift as needed.

Duties to include:

• Prepares and freezes progenitor cell or lymphocyte products. Adds appropriate volumes of DMSO and media to the product based on the final volume.
• Prepares progenitor cells or lymphocyte products for fresh infusion or shipment to outside facilities.
• Perform daily operations in the tissue bank.
• Processes bone marrow in preparation for appropriate treatment.
• Performs bone marrow buffy coat preparations as needed.
• Processes cryopreserved umbilical cord blood products.
• Thaws, issues and transports cellular therapy products.

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



MLS Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology program from an accredited institution.
• Six (6) months - one (1) year clinical laboratory experience, which may include program training experience is required.
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or a categorical/specialist certification in the appropriate laboratory discipline from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) from Health Education and Welfare (HEW) is required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

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.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in Tissue Banking (providing human tissue for surgical reimplantation).
• Experience in a Human Progenitor Cell Laboratory.
• Demonstrated ability to perform simple and multipart mathematical calculations.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant healthcare experience (which could include clinical or healthcare research) is highly desirable.

Position and Application details:


In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Pathology will be filling this position at one of two levels. The Medical Lab Technician classification salary starts at $48,500, and the Medical Lab Scientist salary starts at $53,500. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. You must indicate in your cover letter the level of classification (MLT and/or MLS) you wish to be considered for or indicate both. See required qualifications for additional information.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Brenda Carey via email at brenda-carey@uiowa.edu.


Additional Information

• Classification Title: Medical Lab Scientist
• Appointment Type: SEIU
• Schedule: Full-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

Compensation

• Pay Level: 6
• Starting Salary Minimum: $53,500
• Starting Salary Maximum: Commensurate

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Brenda Carey
• Contact Email: brenda-carey@uiowa.edu

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