Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Per Diem, Rotating shift
Adventist Health•Templeton, CA
•$50 - $74
About The Position
The Clinical Laboratory Scientist prioritizes and performs a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests on biological specimens, then reviews, evaluates, documents, and reports results. The role protects patient confidentiality and follows laboratory safety and maintenance protocols. It may also train and supervise trainees, laboratory assistants, and clerks as needed. This position performs specimen collection and handling, testing across multiple laboratory disciplines, quality control, result validation and communication, equipment maintenance, and supply management. It also contributes to performance improvement activities, documents adverse events, and performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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 maintain specimen integrity throughout pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical testing.
- Collect specimens, including performing phlebotomy as necessary; label, handle, preserve or fix, process or prepare, transport, and store specimens.
- Follow HIPAA and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
- Prioritize laboratory orders by type, including STAT, ASAP, routine, and timed studies.
- Perform testing in areas including chemistry, coagulation, hematology, special chemistry, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, immunology, bacteriology, microbiology, and referral testing, following quality assurance policies and procedures.
- Perform, evaluate, and document quality control checks; review results for validity in comparison with anticipated results and procedure manuals.
- Evaluate the validity and accuracy of test results, considering factors such as test interdependency, physiological conditions, patient age and normal values, controls, linearity errors, instrument codes, and delta checks.
- Correlate test results with diagnoses and question incompatible results.
- Document and communicate results, expediting critical values and results to appropriate clinicians.
- Dispose of contaminated materials and equipment according to policy and clean the work area after each test.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and calibrate equipment and instrumentation 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.
