Clinical Lab Scientist - Per Diem

About the role

Tahoe Forest Health System offers a position in their Clinical Laboratory. The rate of pay is $68.07/hour plus DOE plus Shift Differential (Base Pay of $60.51 includes 12.5% per diem premium).

Responsibilities

• Complies with all applicable Tahoe Forest Health System and Clinical Laboratory policies and procedures.
• Evaluates and solves problems or notifies management of all unresolved operational problems.
• Performs complex analytical tests and procedures, recognizes deviation from expected results, and takes appropriate action to maintain accuracy and precision.
• Ensures data is entered into the LIS (laboratory information system) in a timely manner.
• Communicates effectively with nursing, physicians, and other ancillary staff to ensure effective patient preparation, collection, and specimen handling.
• Recognizes factors that affect measurements and results, analyzes Quality Control (QC) data, makes judgments concerning the results, and takes appropriate action to maintain accuracy and precision.
• Recognizes abnormal test results and answers inquiries about them, the methodology, specificity, and sensitivity; answers questions about specific factors that can influence test results.
• Operates and maintains instrument/equipment, recognizes equipment malfunction, troubleshoots and repairs as necessary. Notifies clinical departments in a timely manner when equipment/instruments are down and testing may be delayed. Takes appropriate actions to activate backup activities when appropriate to ensure safe patient care.
• Acts as the “Medicare Supervisor”/”General Supervisor” per CLIA-88 regulations in the absence of laboratory management staff.
• Maintains current knowledge related to patient safety and laboratory safety requirements. Observes and ensures the health and safety requirements for patients and employees both within and outside of the clinical laboratory environment are achieved.
• Contributes to process improvement activities within and outside of the Clinical Laboratory using “lean principles” and Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve Control (DMAIC) approach to enhance operations.
• Evaluates new techniques and procedures in terms of space and personnel requirements, method comparison, cost analysis, and the establishment of reference intervals; writes, revises and/or reviews technical procedures.
• Schedules of hours may be changed as necessary to meet the needs of laboratory operations.
• The ability to work standby and take call back is required to cover situations when no staff is routinely scheduled or schedule is vacant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a health science related discipline or has fulfilled military requirements to acquire a CA CLS license.
• 1-2 years relevant experience.
• Minimum of one year of experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
• Previous experience in a hospital laboratory setting.
• Microbiology, Phlebotomy and EKG experience.