Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Full-time, Day Shift
About The Position
The Sr. 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 safeguards patient confidentiality and follows laboratory safety and maintenance protocols. When delegated by the medical director, the scientist serves as a technical consultant and mentors laboratory personnel, including training and supervising trainees, laboratory assistants, and clerks as needed. The position is with Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello, a 192-bed hospital with wound care, medical office, surgical, and laboratory services. The facility serves the Montebello community and greater Los Angeles area. Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving communities across the West Coast and Hawaii. Associates are required to receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify.
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.
- Hospital Fire and Life Safety (HLFS) certification.
Nice To Haves
- Three years of 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 and ensure 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 appropriately.
- Follow HIPAA and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
- Prioritize laboratory orders as STAT, ASAP, routine, or timed studies, and perform a range of laboratory testing according to quality assurance policies and procedures.
- Contain costs without sacrificing patient care.
- Review and evaluate test-result validity and accuracy, considering relevant test interdependencies, 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 test results, expediting critical values and results to appropriate clinicians.
- Perform equipment and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration as needed.
- Inventory reagents, calibrators, controls, and supplies; observe usage trends and stock accordingly.
- Serve as a technical consultant and mentor to laboratory personnel; orient, instruct, and supervise laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.
- Perform scheduled or assigned inventory checks, correlation studies, and CAP survey testing.
- Perform quality control checks and work to resolve quality control issues.
- Notify the Department Supervisor of suggested procedural changes or policy improvements to improve laboratory productivity and efficiency.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
