Clinical Laboratory Scientist - CLS/MLS

*** Current Mayo Clinic employees need to apply to posting #359385. ***

Are you looking to further develop your career within Clinical Labs? We invite you to explore our Clinical Laboratory Technologist - Clinical Laboratory Science opportunities, where you will perform tests on specimens from Mayo Clinic, its affiliated laboratory services, and from clinics and hospitals around the world! 

Visit the Clinical Labs career site to watch a brief video of Dalena describing a role as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist at Mayo Clinic. 

Mayo Clinic is the nation's best hospital (U.S. News & World Report, 2022-2023) and ranked #1 in more specialties than any other care provider. We are excited to invite you to be a part of our team within the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology (DLMP) where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and most importantly, a life-changing career! 

Diversity and inclusion are integral to Mayo Clinic's mission to provide excellent, culturally relevant care in a welcoming environment to all individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. In DLMP, we aim to diversify our workforce and to create an inclusive work environment where differences are valued, allowing individuals to achieve and contribute to their fullest potential.  By leveraging the strengths that each diverse individual and group brings to the table, we gain the strategic advantages of accelerated innovation, better problem solving, enhanced productivity and job satisfaction, improved quality, and, most importantly, we find better ways to meet the needs of our patients. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Performs analyses on blood, tissue, and body fluids to aid health care providers in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of patients.
• Testing is performed in specialized laboratories and may include highly skilled manual techniques or automated testing using sophisticated instrumentation.
• Responsibilities may include but are not limited to instrument operation and maintenance, troubleshooting assays, evaluating tests for accuracy, assisting with interpreting results, and operational support activities to optimize testing.
• Works with multiple computer systems to retrieve information and report results.
• May work with minimal supervision and may assist with specimen collection.
• Must strictly adhere to safety protocols to work with infectious specimens, chemicals and other hazards.
• Must be capable of producing accurate results under time constraints, multi-tasking, and performing in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Experience with operation and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation and assay systems is desirable.
• Must possess good communication skills and be able to work closely with others.
• Must be able to accommodate scheduling adjustments, off-shifts, holiday, on-call, and weekend work assignments.
• Actively partners with team members by fostering an inclusive work environment and respecting others with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. 

*Individuals hired to this position are required to complete 2 years in this position before becoming eligible to apply to other positions within Mayo Clinic.

**This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship with the exception of the TN visa classification; Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program. 

*** Current Mayo Clinic employees need to apply to posting #359385. ***

Graduate or student graduating within three months with a bachelor's degree in:

• Medical Laboratory Science (MLS)
• Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS)
• Medical Technology (MT)

Or bachelor's degree plus Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS), Medical Technology (MT), as recognized by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) is required. A HEW certificate may be substituted for the specified degree. 

Application Requirements

To be considered, all of the below documents must be included in the cover letter drop box of the Supporting Documents/URL section of your application. 

• Resume 
• Cover Letter