Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Part-time, Evening Shift
About The Position
The Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist serves as a technical consultant and direct supervisor of laboratory personnel and manages laboratory testing. The role develops and maintains policies, standards, and quality-control practices, and oversees laboratory safety and maintenance. As a resource medical technologist for an assigned section, the position is responsible and authorized to ensure the laboratory meets accreditation requirements and applicable OSHA standards. The position oversees laboratory and point-of-care testing, assesses the validity and accuracy of results, establishes test performance characteristics, and evaluates new instrumentation, procedures, reagents, and automation. It coordinates equipment maintenance and calibration, maintains quality-control and quality-assurance activities and records, supports regulatory compliance, and manages staffing and training. The role also serves as a liaison to other medical-center departments and addresses quality-assurance concerns in coordination with Medical Staff.
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
- Five years of clinical laboratory experience.
- Two years of leadership experience.
- Current certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Labs (NCA).
Responsibilities
- Oversee laboratory testing and coordinate all point-of-care testing (POCT); review and evaluate the validity and accuracy of test results.
- Perform Clinical Laboratory Scientist duties when needed.
- Identify education and competency needs and conduct training for laboratory personnel on instrumentation, technology, and procedures.
- Establish test performance characteristics, including precision, accuracy, reference ranges, and reportable ranges.
- Evaluate new and evolving laboratory instrumentation, procedures, reagents, and automation for possible implementation.
- Serve as a liaison to other medical-center departments for the appropriate laboratory specialty.
- Ensure the department meets regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate equipment and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration to ensure proper working order.
- Oversee quality control and ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, including CLIA, FDA, CAP, Joint Commission, AABB, and OSHA.
- Manage staffing to ensure coverage; recommend promotions, reassignment, recognition, and personnel needs; and resolve simple, informal employee complaints or refer them to a supervisor.
- Plan and conduct training programs for medical technicians, medical technologist students, and new employees.
- Oversee quality control, quality assurance, and preventive maintenance activities for the assigned section, and maintain sectional quality-control records.
- Review and ensure the technological and scientific accuracy of quality-assurance tests and procedures.
- Recognize and address quality-assurance concerns by initiating QA reports and conferring with Medical Staff about laboratory findings, clinical-test value, test availability, and turnaround.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
