Lead Tech - Laboratory

Facility:

Ferrell Duncan Clinic: 1001 E Primrose St., Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1252 Laboratory Ferrell Duncan Bldg

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

8:00 AM-5:00PM

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

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.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!

Job Description:

Lead Medical Technologist/Medical Laboratory Scientist perform tests on blood and body fluids to determine the presence or absence of disease, monitor response to treatment and aid in health maintenance. Lead is responsible for ensuring compliance with policies and procedures and review of quality control and proficiency testing as directed from technical supervisors. Lead is responsible for daily workflow management and works with supervisor to ensure policies, procedures and personnel are appropriate. Responsible to use critical thinking and clinical knowledge to assess questionable results and correlate with clinical information to determine accuracy.Education: Required: Bachelor's Degree must be obtained within 90 days OR High School Diploma or equivalent AND Grandfathered status under CLIA Regulations Experience: Preferred: At least 1 year related experience 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 Technologist (ASCP)/ Clinical Laboratory Scientist from a nationally recognized laboratory certifying agency or eligible to sit for exam at time of hire; must obtain ASCP within 90 days of hire.