Clinical Lab Scientist II, Core Laboratory - FT - Night

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Functions with general directions from senior technical personnel.
• Performs routine laboratory tests and may include some technically complex assays.
• Operates and maintains test equipment.
• Performs and documents quality control (QC).
• Trains non‑laboratory testing personnel.
• Recognizes and responds to problems.
• Verifies and reports test results.
• Provides general support functions necessary for the routine operation of the laboratory.
• Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to the developmental issues of the patient population(s) being served.

Requirements

• Valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license or limited license appropriate for the area of responsibility.
• Baccalaureate Degree in a biological science, chemistry, medical technology, or related science.
• One year of clinical laboratory experience in any clinical lab area is acceptable; two years preferred.
• Physical demands: frequent sitting and standing; walking and bending; lifting of materials up to 25 pounds for distances up to 10 feet.
• Frequent use of computer keyboards, monitors, and telephones.
• Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices: telephone and beepers, fire alarms, mechanical failure alarms.
• Near visual acuity including color differentiation.