Medical Laboratory Scientist Wknd
Bardstown, KYJob$26.7–39.71/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs complex laboratory testing and provides accurate, timely results that support patient diagnosis and treatment. The role covers multiple laboratory disciplines, including hematology, chemistry, and microbiology, and involves specimen analysis, instrument operation, result interpretation, and quality control. The position is based at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Kentucky.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Medical Lab Scientist, you will be a critical diagnostic expert, performing complex laboratory tests to ensure accurate, timely results vital for patient diagnosis and treatment.
Every day, you will execute a wide range of analytical procedures across various lab disciplines (hematology, chemistry, microbiology, etc.). You'll analyze specimens, operate/maintain instruments, interpret results, and conduct quality control, providing crucial data for clinical decisions.
To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate a strong scientific foundation, advanced technical proficiency, exceptional problem-solving skills, and meticulous attention to detail. Your paramount commitment will be to accuracy and regulatory adherence.
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Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting
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Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits
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Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair
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Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters
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Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
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Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology
For MLS, Sign On Bonus up to $15,000 and Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires
Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA., upon hire
Preferred
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Clinical Laboratory Scientist, upon hire or
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Clinical Laboratory Technologist, upon hire or
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Technologist in Molecular Biology, upon hire or
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Medical Laboratory Scientist - Med Technologist, upon hire or
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Medical Technologist AAB, upon hire or
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Technologist in Microbiology, upon hire or
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Medical Technologist AMT, upon hire or
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Specialist in Hematology, upon hire or
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Specialist in Microbiobiology, upon hire or
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Med Technologist - ASCP, upon hire or
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Histotechnologist, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Welcome to Flaget Memorial Hospital, a 52-bed facility located in Bardstown, Kentucky. Founded in 1951 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Flaget Memorial Hospital is recognized as a 2023 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.
CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.
Pay Range
$26.70 - $39.71 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,177 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$26.7–39.71/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr32 hourly ranges
- US median$30–47/hr517 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $33.21/hr, is 358% above the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the top quarter of Medical Laboratory Scientist hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs in Kentucky and 1,177 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Baptist Health17 open
- Norton Healthcare7 open
- CommonSpirit Health (this employer)5 open
- Experience
- Medical Laboratory Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (408 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 541 of the 1,177 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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