Clinical Lab Scientist

Prime Healthcare•Chicago, IL

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Lab Scientist performs laboratory testing at Resurrection Medical Center, including waived, moderate, and highly complex tests authorized under CLIA. The position requires a level of skill appropriate to the employee’s education, training, experience, and technical abilities. Work includes hospital-based blood bank, hematology, and chemistry testing, as well as procedures across Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, Immunology, and other laboratory disciplines as introduced. The scientist follows laboratory procedures for collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting patient results; applies quality-control policies and documents corrective actions; identifies issues that could affect test performance and corrects them or promptly notifies a supervisor or director; and reviews results for accuracy before release. The role also includes maintaining instruments and equipment, recognizing age-specific result differences, ensuring proficiency-testing samples are handled like patient samples, and supporting laboratory policy and procedure maintenance. Venipuncture or capillary puncture may be required. The employee may serve as Lead Tech in a supervisor’s absence and may receive LIS or point-of-care testing responsibilities. This is a part-time evening-shift role at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, scheduled from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., with rotating holidays and weekends.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, physical, or biological health science, or Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements stated in CLIA (42 CFR 493.1423).
Minimum of two years of hospital laboratory work experience.
Current and valid state license if required in the state where the laboratory is located.

Nice To Haves

ASCP certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Perform only waived, moderate, or highly complex tests authorized under CLIA and consistent with the employee’s education, training, experience, and technical abilities.
Follow laboratory procedures for the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results.
Follow quality-control policies and document corrective actions when test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance and correct them or immediately notify the immediate supervisor, Director, or Medical Director.
Perform a wide variety of laboratory procedures using independent judgment and manual and automated methods in Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, Immunology, and other disciplines as introduced.
Perform and document daily, weekly, monthly, or as-needed maintenance on instruments and equipment, as appropriate.
Review patient results for accuracy before releasing or reporting them.
Recognize age-specific differences in expected results from newborns through geriatric patients.
Test proficiency-testing samples in the same manner as patient samples and avoid collaboration with other laboratories before reporting results to the appropriate agencies.
Perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on patients of various ages, from newborns through geriatric patients, as required.
Assist in developing and maintaining laboratory policies and procedures.
Follow department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources.
In a supervisor’s absence, may be assigned or identified as Lead Tech and assume responsibility for the section or department during the shift.
May be assigned responsibilities related to the laboratory information system (LIS) and/or point-of-care testing (POC).
Perform other tasks or responsibilities assigned by the department manager or director.