Current Department Employees: CLS Technical Specialist

Job Opportunity

This is a full-time, day shift, opportunity

Bargaining Unit: EAP

Rate of Pay: DOE

Summary Performs complex medical laboratory testing, procedures, and analyses to provide accurate and timely data supporting the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. In addition to Clinical Laboratory Scientist responsibilities, provides technical leadership and subject-matter expertise within assigned area(s) of responsibility and supports the Laboratory Management Team in technical, quality, accreditation, regulatory, operational, and administrative functions. Promotes regulatory and accreditation compliance, supports staff competency and development, evaluates laboratory processes and technology, and contributes to continuous improvement and effective laboratory operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs complex laboratory testing in accordance with established procedures; evaluates results, recognizes abnormalities or deviations, and takes appropriate action to ensure accuracy, precision, and patient safety.
• Evaluates pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes; identifies factors that may affect results and takes appropriate corrective action.
• Analyzes quality control data and determines the validity of patient results; responds to questions regarding results, methodologies, specificity, sensitivity, and factors that may influence testing.
• Operates, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory instruments and equipment; ensures required maintenance is completed and documented and coordinates vendor service when necessary.
• Performs and Evaluates new techniques and procedures, including method comparisons, reference interval establishment, and assessment of space and personnel requirements; writes and revises technical procedures as needed.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, safety, HIPAA, and organizational requirements within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintains current policies, procedures, and required documentation for assigned areas.
• Monitors daily operations, including quality control, corrected reports, pending lists, shift reports, instrument issues and maintenance, supply levels, and other operational concerns; submits Quality Monitor Reporting (QMR) as appropriate.
• Utilizes time away from bench duties to complete regulatory, accreditation, quality, technological, and other specialist responsibilities.
• Promotes timely and accurate communication of laboratory results to appropriate providers and caregivers and responds professionally to inquiries and concerns.
• Receives, documents, and appropriately escalates complaints or concerns from staff, providers, and patients.
• Assists with staff competency assessments, direct observations, training, and education; With support of supervisor, provides updates regarding procedures, policies, and operational issues.
• Reviews and may submit Proficiency Testing results associated with assigned areas.
• Participates in laboratory leadership meetings and presents updates for assigned areas as requested.
• Documents and communicates staff work-time discrepancies and other staffing or operational concerns to the appropriate laboratory supervisor.
• Monitors laboratory information systems and end-user computer operations and participates in software verification, downtime procedures, and recovery.
• Maintains a safe work environment and supports compliance with laboratory safety requirements.
• Collaborates with external departments, quality committees, vendors, and other organizational groups as directed by laboratory management.
• Demonstrates System Values and complies with System policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities No supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Education/Experience Certificate of completion from college or vocational school in medical technology or related science with completion of an accredited clinical laboratory (hospital based) program. 3 or more years relevant experience

Required Licenses/Certifications California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Upon hire Nevada Clinical Laboratory Technologist-General Supervisor License Upon hire

Other Experience/Qualifications None

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