Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Laboratory (Full-Time, Day Shift)
About The Position
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley has been providing high-quality healthcare services since 1934. We are comprised of a 25-bed hospital, wide range of outpatient services, emergency department, rural health clinics and medical offices. Tehachapi is located just north of Southern California's highly populated areas, with a mountain locale known for its outdoor living. Residents enjoy the scenic beauty, extreme sports and wildlife. Tehachapi is a nice balance of a small-town community within an epicenter of shopping, retail, arts and culture. Job Summary: Prioritizes and performs a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests on various biological specimens. Reviews, evaluates, documents and reports results. Preserves confidentiality of patients and follows lab safety and maintenance protocols. Serves as technical consultant upon delegation by the medical director and mentor to laboratory personnel and trains and supervises 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: Required
- Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license in state of employment: Required in CA
Nice To Haves
- Three years' clinical laboratory experience: Preferred
- Current certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Labs (NCA): Preferred
Responsibilities
- Employs positive patient identification procedures to ensure the integrity of each specimen for pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical testing.
- Performs proper specimen collection (including phlebotomy procedures as necessary), labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, transportation and storage.
- Adheres to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
- Prioritizes lab orders according to type (STAT, ASAP, routine and timed studies) and performs various testing (including chemistry, coagulation, hematology, special chemistry, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, immunology, bacteriology, microbiology, referral testing and more) following prescribed quality assurance policies and procedures.
- Takes strides to contain costs without sacrificing patient care.
- Reviews and evaluates the validity and accuracy of test results, recognizing the interdependency of tests, the physiological conditions affecting results, patient age and normal values, controls, linearity errors, instrument codes, delta checks and more.
- Correlates test results with diagnoses and questions incompatible results.
- Documents and communicates test results, expediting all critical values and results to appropriate clinicians.
- Performs equipment and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting and calibration as needed.
- Inventories reagents, calibrators, controls and supplies, noticing usage trends and stocking accordingly.
- Demonstrates working knowledge to troubleshoot and utilize laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
- Serves as technical consultant and mentor of laboratory personnel.
- Orients, instructs and supervises laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.
- Performs inventory checks/correlation studies/CAP survey testing as scheduled or assigned by Department Supervisors.
- Performs quality control checks.
- Works to resolve quality control issues as necessary.
- Notifies Department Supervisor of suggested procedural changes and/or policy improvements that would better the productivity and efficiency of the laboratory as a whole.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- All required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
