Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Job Description

Make a difference every single day!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist III (CLS III) performs a range of standard and/or technically demanding procedures in one or more of the Clinical Laboratory disciplines exercising initiative and independent judgment. Responsible for routine and complex immunohematology tests, perform validations, audits, and write SOPs.The CLS III is responsible for the oversight, planning and direction of routine/complex testing to ensure team members have the resources they need and are able to complete their assigned tasks timely.

• Provides expertise and serves as a technical resource for others including less experienced members of the CLS team.
• Order appropriate materials, maintain inventory of reagents and supplies, care for lab equipment and include proper documentation of all quality control and assurance procedures Knowledge of accepted analytical practices, weighing, solution preparation, calculations.
• Performs selected administrative support functions such as maintenance of time and attendance records, workload documentation, supply inventory and requisitioning, evaluation of quality control data or work rotation and bench assignment scheduling.
• Maintain computer proficiency appropriately to enter results into a database and report results to management and communicate with directors and physicians.
• Performs routine, complex and specialized tests require well-grounded interpretive skills and knowledge of scientific principles, superb technical skills and well-developed problem-solving capabilities. Uses approved procedures and protocols according to specialist level standards of practice for speed, organization, precision and accuracy.
• Participate in the introduction and implementation of new procedures and in the evaluation of new instruments.
• Provides and monitors professional development such as precepting, mentoring, and educational opportunities to new hires, interns/residents.
• Serves as a resource in collaboration with CLS team, physicians and interdisciplinary teams.
• Facilitate special projects or assignments.
• Ensures reliability of results personally performed and checks other analysts’ work based on quality control and assurance mechanisms, specimen integrity, known clinical history or delta checks, and takes corrective action as necessary.
• Develops quality assurance protocols to ensure proper functioning of instruments, reagents and analytical procedures including assaying appropriate standards and controls, performing instrument function verifications and recording control data.
• Monitors and statistically evaluates quality control data and recommends or initiates appropriate corrective action.
• Serves as Technologist-in-Charge including coordinating workflow and bench assignments, establishing priorities in testing and responding to problem inquiries.
• Performs phlebotomy procedures including venipuncture and capillary puncture; uses proper technique in accordance with SOPs.
• Follows Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Baccalaureate degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, or related science.
• California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license or limited license appropriate for the area of responsibility.
• Five (5) years of relevant clinical experience with at least 1 year in the area of specialty.