Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS III)

Prime Healthcare•Redding, CA

About The Position

Shasta Regional Medical Center, a 226-bed acute care facility and member of Prime Healthcare, is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist to serve as a section supervisor or lead. The role supports the hospital’s laboratory operations and patient-centered care. The individual performs only tests authorized by applicable CLIA and California requirements, with work commensurate with their education, training, experience, and technical abilities. The position supervises daily section operations; provides technical consultation to medical staff; manages technical, fiscal, quality, and performance-improvement activities; and ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements. It also involves assessing staff competency, evaluating performance, maintaining policies and procedures, ensuring the accuracy of patient results, and addressing quality-control or testing issues. The scientist independently performs a wide range of manual and automated procedures across laboratory disciplines, including Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, and Immunology. The role also oversees equipment maintenance and proficiency testing, recognizes age-specific differences in expected results, follows hospital safety and other policies, and may have responsibilities related to LIS and/or point-of-care testing. Other duties may be assigned by the department manager or director.

Requirements

At least five years of hospital laboratory work experience.
Bachelor’s degree in chemical, physical, or biological science, or Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements stated in CLIA (42 CFR 493.1489).
Current and valid state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license.

Nice To Haves

ASCP certification or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise the daily operation of assigned laboratory section(s) as the section supervisor or lead.
Provide consultative services to medical staff as a Technical Consultant.
Oversee section and department performance-improvement programs and participate in hospital interdisciplinary improvement initiatives.
Manage the technical and fiscal operations of assigned section(s).
Oversee section quality management and assurance programs.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Assess staff competency and complete performance evaluations in a timely manner.
Ensure patient results are accurate before releasing or reporting them.
Develop, maintain, and update section policy and procedure manuals, ensuring policies and procedures remain current.
Review quality-control performance and ensure documentation of corrective actions when test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance, correct them when possible, or promptly notify the Director or Medical Director.
Perform laboratory procedures using independent judgment and manual and automated methods in Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, Immunology, and other disciplines introduced into the laboratory.
Ensure equipment maintenance is performed and documented daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed.
Recognize age-specific differences in expected results, from newborns through geriatric patients.
Ensure proficiency-testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and that laboratories do not collaborate before reporting proficiency-testing results to the appropriate agencies.
Follow department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources.
May be assigned responsibilities related to LIS and/or point-of-care testing.
Perform other tasks or responsibilities assigned by the department manager or director.