Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Per Diem, Rotating shift

Adventist Health

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About The Position

Adventist Health Twin Cities is a 122-bed acute care facility in Templeton serving northern San Luis Obispo County. The Clinical Laboratory Scientist prioritizes and performs a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests on biological specimens, reviews and evaluates results, and documents and reports findings. 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.

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 to protect specimen integrity throughout pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical testing.
• Collect specimens, including performing phlebotomy as necessary, and label, handle, preserve or fix, process or prepare, transport, and store them.
• Follow HIPAA and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
• Prioritize laboratory orders, including STAT, ASAP, routine, and timed studies, and perform a variety of laboratory testing according to quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Perform, evaluate, and document quality-control checks.
• Review test results for validity and accuracy, considering procedures, anticipated results, physiological conditions, patient age, 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.

What This Job Offers