Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Day Shift, Full Time
About The Position
The Clinical Laboratory Scientist prioritizes and performs a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests on biological specimens, reviews and evaluates results, documents and reports findings, protects patient confidentiality, and follows laboratory safety and maintenance protocols. The role may train and supervise trainees, laboratory assistants, and clerks as needed. The position is represented by UFCW. The role performs specimen processing and testing across areas including chemistry, coagulation, hematology, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, immunology, bacteriology, microbiology, and referral testing. It also supports quality assurance, equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, inventory, and performance improvement activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, biological sciences, chemical sciences, or allied health technologies, or equivalent.
- Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license in the state of employment; required in California.
Nice To Haves
- Clinical laboratory experience.
- Current certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Labs (NCA).
Responsibilities
- Use positive patient identification procedures and properly collect, label, handle, preserve, process, transport, and store specimens.
- Follow HIPAA and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
- Prioritize laboratory orders as STAT, ASAP, routine, or timed studies and perform testing according to prescribed quality assurance policies and procedures.
- Perform, evaluate, and document quality control checks.
- Review and evaluate the validity and accuracy of test results, considering relevant physiological conditions, patient age, normal values, controls, instrument codes, delta checks, and other factors.
- Correlate test results with diagnoses, question incompatible results, document and communicate results, and promptly report critical values to appropriate clinicians.
- Dispose of contaminated materials and equipment according to policy and keep the work area clean after testing.
- Perform equipment and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration as needed.
- Inventory and restock reagents, calibrators, controls, and supplies as needed.
- Participate in collecting and evaluating data for Performance Improvement evaluations.
- Document adverse events using the incident reporting tool.
- Orient, instruct, and supervise laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Up to $20,000 hiring incentive for eligible rehires and external hires who meet the required qualifications and conditions for payment.
- Up to $5,000 relocation assistance for eligible rehires and external hires who meet the required qualifications and conditions for payment.
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Job Type
Full-time
