Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Talented Medical Solutions

Contract

In-Office | San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

Variable Shift, 4 x 10s, rotating shift/including weekends. Start times vary - 6:00, 9:00, 13:30, and 21 if needed. Must have CLS cert. 1 year of experience preferred. EPIC Beaker Experience a must. No Call

""Hospital Total Bed Count: 162 6 – 1630, 9 – 1930, 1330 – 0000, 2100 – 0700 Call Required? No Weekend Coverage Required? Same as weekday schedule EMR System: Cerner Phlebotomy; 24/7 Special Equipment Used on This Unit: Beckman Coulter DxC, Sysmex XN, Siemens CS2500, Cephied GeneXpert Scrubs: Not provided. No color requirement. ""

Nestled on the Central California Coast, Our facility in Sierra Vista has been providing care to our community since 1959. Our 162-bed acute care facility includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and county designated trauma center. San Luis Obispo offers the excitement of a lively community while being a fifteen-minute drive from the serenity of Avila Beach, known for their natural hot springs, and Pismo Beach, known for their sand dunes and eucalyptus trees. Featuring a charming downtown, comfortable coastal weather, idyllic views, and an active lifestyle San Luis Obispo offers much to be had.

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.

Trains and supervises trainees, laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.

Job Requirements:

Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, biological sciences, chemical sciences or allied health technologies or equivalent: Required

Clinical laboratory experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license in state of employment: Required in CA

Current certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Labs (NCA): Preferred

Essential Functions:

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.

Performs, evaluates and documents quality control checks.

Reviews testing results evaluating validity of test results in comparison to anticipated results indicated per procedure manual.

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.

Thoroughly documents and communicates test results, expediting all critical values and results to appropriate clinicians.

Disposes of contaminated materials and equipment in accordance with policy and assures that work area is properly cleansed after each test.

Performs equipment and instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting and calibration as needed.

Inventories and restocks reagents, calibrators, controls and supplies as needed.

Participates in the collection and evaluation of data for Performance Improvement evaluations.

Documents adverse events using incident reporting tool. Orients, instructs and supervises laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements:

Our facility is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.