CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

Hospital/Medical Center: Laboratory Areas Health Care Administration Education Allied Health Dean/Health Sciences Administrator Andrology/Fertility Testing Clinic Manager/Administrator Education Coordinator → Program Director Blood Bank Coder – Abstractor (Business or Medical Records Office) Educator of Students in Clinical Settings Bone Marrow Emergency Medical Services Coordinator Faculty Member in MLS/MLT/Cyto/SBB, Other Programs Cell Markers Financial Manager/Planner Higher Education Administrator Coagulation Group Practice Administrator Instructor in Vet. Med, Allied Health, or Other Programs Computer Science Hazardous Waste Coordinator Medical Community Services Program Coordinator Components – Transfusion Service Health Care Administrator Cytogenetics Health Insurance Administrator Other Professional Routes Cytology/Histology Health Policy Analyst Accounting Drug Analysis (Toxicology) Health Promotion Coordinator Counseling Psychology Endocrinology Hospital Personnel Director Dentistry Flow Cytometry Hospital Quality Assurance Coordinator Health Radiation Science Forensic Science Infection Control Officer →Epidemiologist Law (e.g. Patent Attorney) Genetics Laboratory Supervisor → Laboratory Administrator Legislative Arena – Politician, Lobbyist, Regulations Writer Hematology Laboratory Utilization Review Coordinator Medical Physics/Engineering Immunology Long Term Care Administrator Medicine Immunopathology Mental Health Administrator Optometry Infection Control Purchasor (Laboratory/Hospital/Medical Center) Pharmacy Microbiology Staffing Coordinator (Laboratory, Health or Home Care) Public Health Molecular Diagnostics Veterinary Medicine Mycology Nuclear Medicine Industry (U.S. or International) Out Patient and/or Clinic Laboratory Advisor in development of, or inventor of Lab Tests Parasitology MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST Biomedical Specialist in Occupational Health Pathology – Anatomical (Surgical, Autopsy) (STAFF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST) Cell Culture Consultant Phlebotomy/Specimen Processing Computer Consultant Photography/Illustration Director of Marketing Platelet Studies Editor/Writer – Medical Publications Quality Assurance Food Technologist → Quality Assurance Manager Serology Health Care Reimbursement Coordinator Skin or Bone Bank Health Promotion and Education Specialist STAT Laboratory Installation Specialist Tissue Typing Management Information Systems Insurance Underwriter Transplant Services Biometrician Manager – Health Claims Administration Transfusion Technical Specialty Director – Division of Biometry Medical Claims Reviewer/Auditor/Insurance Processor Urinalysis Installer/Educator Medical Consultant (TV/Movie/Industry) Virology Programmer Medical Fee Analyst – Insurance Systems Analyst Owner/Director of employee Placement Service Health Care Agency/Government Product Specialist Administrator for Veterans Administration Center Health Maintenance Organization Quality Control/Quality Assurance Monitor/Director Biometrist Laboratory Supervisor →Administrator Research and Development Technologist/Director Crime Laboratory Scientist Research Scientist Department of Health – Educator Consultant to Physician Office Laboratories Risk Management Representative – Insurance Department of Health – Proficiency Test Consultant Reference/Commercial Laboratory Scientist Salesperson Employee Recruiter/Placement Officer Veterinary Medicine Laboratory Technologist Technical Representative Environmental Health Inspector Working Abroad Environmental Pathology Technologist Research – Basic and Applied Fraud Investigator Humanitarian Work Research Assistant Health Management Organization – Health Educator Medical Missionary Work Associate Scientist/Scientist JCAHO Survey Team Member/CAP Inspector Peace Corps Director of Research Military Service – Armed Forces, ROTC, National Guard Project HOPE NASA Mission Specialist Others Patient Educator Private Investigator FBI/Special Agent (Forensic Lab)