Clinical Laboratory Scientist III Lead (Chemistry)

Desert Valley Hospital•Victorville, CA

1d•$48 - $65

About The Position

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist III Lead (Chemistry) performs waived, moderate, and highly complex clinical laboratory tests as authorized by California law and CLIA, with responsibilities appropriate to the individual’s education, training, experience, and technical abilities. The role functions as the department Section Technical Supervisor/Lead and is responsible for supervising daily section operations, providing technical consultation to medical staff, and managing section performance improvement, quality assurance, compliance, staffing competency, and technical and fiscal operations. The Lead also ensures result accuracy, maintains policies and procedures, addresses quality control and test-system problems, and supports laboratory equipment maintenance and proficiency testing requirements. The position performs a wide variety of laboratory procedures using manual and automated methods across disciplines including Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, and Immunology, as well as other disciplines introduced into the laboratory. The role may also have responsibilities related to the laboratory information system (LIS) and/or point-of-care testing (POC).

Requirements

ASCP certification, or equivalent.
Bachelor’s degree in chemical, biological health science, or Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements stated in CLIA (42 CFR § 493.1489).
Minimum of five years of clinical laboratory experience.
Active California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license. Individuals holding a limited or specialty California clinical laboratory license may be considered, but may only perform and supervise testing within the scope of that license.

Responsibilities

Perform waived, moderate, and highly complex tests in accordance with applicable California law and CLIA requirements.
Supervise the daily operation of assigned laboratory sections as the Section Technical Supervisor/Lead.
Provide consultative services to medical staff in the capacity of Technical Consultant.
Oversee section and department performance improvement programs and participate in hospital interdisciplinary performance improvement initiatives.
Manage the technical and fiscal operations of assigned sections.
Oversee section quality management and quality assurance programs.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Assess staff competency and complete performance evaluations in a timely manner.
Ensure the accuracy of patient results before releasing or reporting them.
Develop, maintain, and update section policy and procedure manuals, and ensure laboratory policies and procedures remain current.
Review quality control performance and ensure corrective actions are documented when test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance and correct them or immediately notify the Director or Medical Director.
Perform laboratory procedures using independent judgment and manual and automated methods across multiple laboratory disciplines.
Ensure equipment maintenance is performed and documented at required intervals.
Recognize age-specific differences in expected results, from newborns through geriatrics.
Ensure proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and prevent collaboration with other laboratories before results are reported to the appropriate agencies.
Follow department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources.
Perform other assigned tasks or responsibilities; may be assigned responsibilities related to LIS and/or POC.