Clinical Laboratory Scientist

LCMC Health•Covington, LA

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. SIGN-ON BONUS AVAILABLE This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care. One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.

Requirements

BS Degree in Medical Lab Science preferred.
Successful completion of NAACLS Accredited Program preferred.
Meets requirements to sit for a CLS/MT Certification exam

Responsibilities

Ensures specimens received by the laboratory are acceptable for testing by applying the appropriate criteria.
Receiving, processing, and distribution of lab specimens.
Applying criteria for specimen rejection as applicable.
Follows hospital/laboratory safety and infection control policies and reports variances to section supervisors as they occur.
Follows universal precautions at all times when dealing with blood or body fluids.
Handles biohazardous and chemically hazardous materials per safety guidelines.
Disinfects workspace at appropriate frequencies per quality manual.
Assures proper packaging and disposal of waste chemicals.
Maintains proper documentation of generated waste.
Operates both primary and secondary instrumentation proficiently.
Changes or prepares reagents, controls and documents per policy.
Prepare specimens for testing per policy and procedure.
Reports test results within established departmental turn-around times after verifying documentation is complete and accurate.
Performs up to high complexity testing accurately and timely in laboratory section(s).
Floats between laboratory sections and assists in other areas as needed per workflow demands.
Maintains working knowledge of policies, procedures, protocols, processes applicable to assigned laboratory sections.
Operates, calibrates, conducts performance checks and maintains any clinical laboratory instrument or equipment.
Troubleshoots basic instrument malfunctions and documents appropriately.
Determines when an instrument’s service representative should be contacted for assistance.
Analyzes quality control material for each procedure, records values according to section policy and reports to technical Supervisor when results are outside established limits.
Performs comparison studies of precision, accuracy and linearity on new or existing procedures and reports results by established deadlines.
Performs and accurately records proficiency surveys.
Reviews results for accuracy before verification.
Documents Critical Call Value notification, and investigates delta checks as appropriate.
Investigating unexpected or absurd results as needed.
Properly routes electronic results, forms and copies within the specified time frame.
Performs all aspects of reagent quality control as specified in the quality control manuals.
Manages appropriate inventory levels for testing escalating to leads as needed.
Responsible for the continuous operations in testing of specimens in each laboratory section.
Responsible for maintaining competencies in each laboratory section per CLIA frequency guidelines.
Assists in the clinical orientation and training of new or less skilled laboratory personnel as requested by the section Supervisor.
Assists with student, intern, or resident clinical education.
Performs any duties within the scope of practice as assigned in routine, unusual or emergency situations.