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Medical Laboratory Scientist I
Job Group: Health and Wellness Services
Job Subgroup: Health Services Professional
Salary Range (Annual):
20: $46,000-93,940 Employee Category: Academic Staff
Job Code: HS022
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Job Summary:
Performs medical laboratory tests and procedures to provide data to support the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Interprets results, quality assessments, and researches and adapts new laboratory methodologies to ensure effective testing output.
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Job Responsibilities:
- Processes and performs routine to complex and specialized laboratory testing on biological specimens and identifies and resolves complex test problems
- Analyzes, interprets, verifies, and communicates findings and test results to members of the patient care or research team
- Operates sophisticated laboratory equipment, automated equipment, and computerized instruments, processing or conducting multiple experiments simultaneously
- Reviews and troubleshoots laboratory results to ensure quality control and verify that results are within acceptable ranges
- Operates, calibrates, and maintains clinical laboratory equipment
- Logs data and findings and enters results into a patient's medical records
- Serves as a subject matter expert to internal and external stakeholders on specimen processing, testing methodology, quality assessments, and result interpretation
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Education:
Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
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FLSA Status:
Exempt
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Institution Job:
No
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Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
No
- Employee Category:
Academic Staff
- Scaled Job:
No
- Salary Range (Annual):
20: $46,000-93,940
- Job Code:
HS022: Medical Laboratory Scientist I
- Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=HS022