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Laboratory Coordinator

Lancaster, South Carolina

Laboratory Coordinator

  • R-0000061186
  • Lancaster, South Carolina
  • Laboratory
  • Clinical & Research Support Services
  • Full Time
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Job Description Summary

Now Hiring: Laboratory Coordinator (MT / MLT) – Make an Impact Where It Matters Most

Are you a skilled laboratory professional ready to take the next step in your career? Join our hospital team as a Laboratory Coordinator and play a vital role in delivering accurate, timely diagnostic results that directly impact patient care.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC001462 LAN - Clinical Lab (LMC)

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Pay Grade

Health-25

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

What You’ll Do

In this dynamic role, you’ll blend hands-on lab work with coordination responsibilities to keep operations running smoothly and efficiently. Key responsibilities include:

  • Perform a wide range of routine and specialized diagnostic laboratory tests
  • Prepare and process specimens for microscopic examination and advanced testing
  • Operate and maintain automated laboratory instrumentation
  • Ensure compliance through quality control and quality assurance procedures
  • Accurately record and manage lab results in designated systems
  • Uphold strict safety, privacy, and biohazard protocols

Additional Job Description

What You Bring

We’re looking for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced hospital environment:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree required; 3+ years of hospital lab experience preferred
  • Experience:
    • Prior supervisory or leadership experience is a plus
    • Strong understanding of laboratory quality and safety standards
    • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

Required Certification

  • Valid certification as one of the following:
    • Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)
    • Medical Technologist (MT)
    • Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)

If you're ready to bring your laboratory expertise to a role that combines precision, leadership, and purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

Step into a role where your work supports life-saving decisions—every single day.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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MUSC Children's Health

MUSC Children’s Health is part of South Carolina's most comprehensive academic health care system, offering career options at our nationally ranked pediatric hospital, ambulatory surgical and specialty care center, children’s research institute and clinics and patient care sites. We provide the broadest range of advanced care devoted exclusively to the well-being of children.

Our nationally ranked pediatric hospital is located in downtown Charleston, while our primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics can be found throughout the Tri-County area. We proudly care for patients across South Carolina, the southeast region and beyond.

 

MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital

MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital (SJCH) consists of 250 beds and opened in February 2020 as a replacement facility for the MUSC Children’s Hospital, formerly on Ashley Avenue. MUSC SJCH provides the most advanced pediatric care possible in more than 27 specialty areas, in person or through a robust telehealth network, and includes:

  • A Level 1 trauma center and Emergency Department
  • The state’s only pediatric burn center
  • South Carolina's only pediatric solid-organ and bone marrow transplant programs
  • The largest Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit in SC
  • Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center (verified by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program)
  • An advanced fetal care center

The MUSC Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center ranked #4 in the country for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-2024. The program functions through a nationally unique statewide collaboration of pediatric heart surgeons and cardiologists and is also annually recognized as providing exceptional care by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Public Reporting.  

Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion

Housed within MUSC SJCH, the Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion (PTWP) seamlessly integrates children’s care and obstetrical services, thereby enhancing safety and improving outcomes in low and high-risk pregnancies. The Advanced Fetal Care Center ensures that families expecting babies with complex congenital birth defects or medical problems receive care from board-certified maternal-fetal medicine providers collaborating with a large multidisciplinary care team of pediatric specialists. The PTWP care is one of only a handful of women’s facilities in the country to offer couplet-care rooms, where newborns and mothers can recover together in an intensive-care setting.

Meet Our Children's & Women's Care Team

Hear from our care team members about why they love working at MUSC Children's Health.