Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS)

Overview

At North Vista Hospital, our dedicated team of professionals are committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, a Top-15 hospital system in the United States, North Vista Hospital is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team! North Vista Hospital is an accredited 177-bed state-of-the-art hospital located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. North Vista offers comprehensive healthcare services, including mental health care, emergency care, heart care, advanced surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging and help for a broad range of medical conditions. Equipped with advanced medical technology and staffed by a team of highly skilled healthcare professionals, North Vista is committed to providing high-quality care in a friendly hospital environment. The hospital has achieved numerous quality award distinctions including Patient Safety Excellence Award, Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award, Heart Failure recognition and more.

Responsibilities

• Perform waived, moderate, or highly complex tests authorized by CLIA with a degree of skill commensurate with education, training, experience, and technical abilities
• Adhere to the laboratory's procedures for collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results
• Follow the laboratory's established quality control policies and procedures, documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from performance specifications
• Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance and either correct the problem or immediately notify supervisor, Director, or Medical Director
• Perform a wide variety of laboratory procedures requiring independent judgment using both manual and automated methods in Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, Immunology, and any other discipline as introduced into the laboratory
• Perform and document maintenance (daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed) on instruments and equipment
• Review the accuracy of patient results prior to releasing or reporting
• Recognize age specific differences in expected results for newborns to geriatrics
• Ensure that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and that collaboration with other laboratories is prohibited prior to reporting proficiency testing results
• Perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on various age groups from newborn to geriatrics as required
• Assist in the development and maintenance of laboratory policies and procedures
• Adhere to all department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources
• In the absence of a supervisor, may be assigned/identified as Lead Tech with responsibility for the section or department during their shift
• May be assigned responsibilities related to LIS and/or POCT
• Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned by the department manager/director

Qualifications

• ASCP certification, or equivalent, required within 18 months of employment
• Bachelor's Degree in chemical, physical, biological science, or Medical Laboratory Technology from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements as stated in CLIA (42 CFR 493.1489)
• Current and Valid State License if the laboratory is located in a state where required
• One year hospital laboratory work experience preferred, but not required

Schedule

Full Time, Variable Shift