Part-Time Professional - Medical Laboratory Science

Position Summary:

Hiring compensation range: $21.86 - $43.71 hourly depending on qualifications, subject to current College salary schedule.

Job Summary:

The Part-Time Medical Laboratory Science Professional works alongside Medical Laboratory Science faculty to support hands-on laboratory education and development of professional laboratory skills.

The position applies professional clinical laboratory knowledge and experience to demonstrate laboratory procedures, guide students in technical skill development, provide technical coaching and feedback, assist with student assessment activities, and support laboratory operations across the major disciplines of medical laboratory science.

The Part-Time Professional is not the instructor of record. Medical Laboratory Science faculty retain responsibility for course design, final grading decisions, final competency determinations, and student progression.

Job Duties:

• Work alongside Medical Laboratory Science faculty during scheduled laboratory sessions to facilitate hands-on student learning.
• Demonstrate clinical laboratory procedures, microscopy, instrumentation, workflow, safety practices, and professional laboratory techniques within areas of demonstrated expertise.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and formative feedback to students while they perform laboratory procedures.
• Reinforce the application of course concepts during hands-on laboratory activities.
• Assist students with proper use of microscopes, laboratory equipment, and instrumentation and guide them through routine technical troubleshooting.
• Promote development of accuracy, organization, critical thinking, laboratory workflow, and professional laboratory practices.
• Answer technical and procedural questions within areas of expertise and refer broader instructional or academic matters to faculty.
• Participate with faculty in laboratory practicals, skills assessments, and other student evaluation activities using faculty-established criteria and assessment tools.
• Assist with grading designated laboratory assignments and activities using faculty-established answer keys, rubrics, and grading criteria.
• Assist with organization of competency, skills-assessment, practical examination, and student-performance documentation for faculty review and final determination.
• Prepare and organize laboratory workstations, microscopes, instrumentation, equipment, reagents, specimens, slides, controls, supplies, and other materials required for laboratory exercises.
• Prepare or assist with preparation of specimens, reagents, controls, and other laboratory materials according to established procedures.
• Verify that equipment, reagents, specimens, supplies, and other laboratory materials are appropriate and ready for student use.
• Recognize and communicate equipment, reagent, specimen, quality-control, safety, or procedural concerns.
• Assist with laboratory breakdown, cleaning, organization, and proper storage or disposal of laboratory materials following laboratory sessions.
• Assist with routine laboratory inventory, supply monitoring, reagent management, equipment maintenance, quality activities, and related documentation.
• Assist with organization and maintenance of laboratory records related to safety, quality, equipment, inventory, student activities, and accreditation or regulatory requirements.
• Provide professional input to faculty regarding laboratory procedures, equipment, assessment activities, student technical performance, and opportunities to improve laboratory learning.
• Participate, as appropriate, in program assessment and continuous-quality-improvement activities related to assigned responsibilities.
• Maintain current professional knowledge and technical competency within assigned areas of Medical Laboratory Science.
• Follow all College and Medical Laboratory Science program policies, procedures, safety requirements, quality standards, and applicable accreditation and regulatory requirements.
• Complete all required College and program laboratory, safety, compliance, and professional-development training.
• Perform other related Medical Laboratory Science professional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Medical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, or a closely related biological, chemical, or clinical laboratory science.
• Current MLS(ASCP), MT(ASCP), or equivalent nationally recognized generalist Medical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologist certification accepted by the Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
• Pertinent clinical laboratory experience in the areas in which the employee will provide student instruction, demonstration, technical guidance, and assessment.
• Qualification to provide clinical laboratory science instruction under applicable Florida Clinical Laboratory Personnel Training Program requirements through either current applicable Florida Clinical Laboratory Personnel licensure at the technologist, supervisor, or director level, or a minimum of three years of pertinent clinical laboratory or clinical laboratory science education experience together with qualifying national certification.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical laboratory procedures, microscopy, equipment, instrumentation, and troubleshooting applicable to assigned laboratory activities.
• Ability to effectively demonstrate laboratory procedures, communicate technical concepts, and provide constructive feedback to Medical Laboratory Science students.
• Ability to evaluate student technical performance using faculty-established procedures, rubrics, competency criteria, and assessment tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory quality practices, specimen handling, infection control, biological and chemical safety, sharps safety, waste management, and personal protective equipment.
• Ability to safely work with human specimens, biological materials, chemicals, sharps, and clinical laboratory instrumentation.
• Ability to exercise appropriate professional judgment while working collaboratively with faculty.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with students, faculty, staff, and other members of the College community.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling student coursework, assessment materials, competency records, and educational information.
• Ability and willingness to complete required College and Medical Laboratory Science program laboratory, safety, compliance, and professional-development training.
• Regular availability Monday through Thursday, generally from 12:00 PM-5:00 PM, with some scheduling flexibility between approximately 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM based on program needs.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current MLS(ASCP) certification.
• Current Florida Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Supervisor, or Director license covering multiple Medical Laboratory Science disciplines.
• Broad generalist clinical laboratory experience across multiple disciplines.
• Three or more years of professional clinical laboratory experience.
• Experience teaching, training, precepting, mentoring, or evaluating Medical Laboratory Science or Medical Laboratory Technology students, clinical laboratory personnel, or new employees.
• Experience in an MLS, MLT, health sciences, or clinical laboratory educational environment.
• Experience across multiple clinical laboratory disciplines, including hematology, coagulation, immunohematology/blood banking, clinical chemistry, microbiology, urinalysis, body fluids, immunology, or molecular diagnostics.
• Experience with manual and automated laboratory procedures, microscopy, quality control, instrumentation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with laboratory inventory, reagent preparation, equipment maintenance, quality documentation, regulatory requirements, or accreditation activities.
• Familiarity with NAACLS accreditation standards and Florida Clinical Laboratory Personnel Training Program requirements.

Supplemental Information:

Schedule:

Approximately 20-28 hours per week; not to exceed 29 hours per week.

Monday through Thursday, with regular availability generally required from 12:00 PM-5:00 PM. Additional hours may be scheduled between approximately 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM based on laboratory preparation, cleanup, program needs, and employee availability.

Work Environment:

The Medical Laboratory Science program serves approximately 30 students, divided into laboratory sections of approximately 15 students each, with a maximum of approximately 16 students participating in the laboratory at one time.

The position requires regular work in a Medical Laboratory Science teaching laboratory and may involve prolonged periods of standing or sitting, movement between student workstations, use of microscopes and clinical laboratory instrumentation, handling laboratory supplies and equipment, and handling human specimens, biological materials, chemicals, and sharps while following required safety precautions.

Scope of Responsibility:

The Part-Time Medical Laboratory Science Professional provides hands-on laboratory demonstration, technical coaching, formative feedback, and participation in student assessment within assigned areas of professional competence and under the direction of Medical Laboratory Science faculty and program leadership.

The Part-Time Professional may participate in laboratory practicals, skills assessments, grading, and student-performance evaluation using faculty-established procedures and criteria. The position may also provide professional input related to laboratory procedures, assessment activities, equipment utilization, and continuous program improvement.

Medical Laboratory Science faculty and program leadership retain responsibility for overall course design and curriculum; course learning outcomes and competency requirements; development and approval of examinations, assignments, rubrics, and assessment criteria; final student grades; final determination and documentation of student competency; academic counseling and decisions regarding student progression; and overall administration and accreditation of the Medical Laboratory Science program.

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Hillsborough Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion among our applicants and employees is critical to our success as a community partner. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical/mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, and military/veteran status. 

Preference will also be given to veterans and spouses who are eligible under the Veterans' Preference Law. At time of application, submittal of Form DD214 is the minimum requirement for veterans' preference claim.  Note:  Please upload your DD214 as an attachment as part of your application at the time of submission.  

The selected candidate identified for this position will be required to successfully complete a Level II criminal background check, which includes fingerprinting.  

Hillsborough Community College participates in the US E-Verify program.

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