Clinical Laboratory Scientist- Graveyard Shift

Duties & Responsibilities

• Be a proactive leader and identify opportunities and propose improvements, efficiencies, and operational modifications as it relates to the laboratory operations.
• Perform a wide range of complex laboratory tests, procedures, and analyses with a high degree of accuracy.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory equipment and instruments.
• Ensure compliance with quality control and quality assurance protocols.
• Maintain accurate records of test results and patient information.
• Participate in the development and implementation of new laboratory procedures.
• Stay current with advancements in laboratory science and technology.
• Ensure compliance with departmental and company policies and procedures including but not limited to Quality and Safety.
• Maintain adequate staffing and perform scheduling, planning, and monitoring of workflow based on patient load to meet established goals.
• Resolve and troubleshoot all technical problems with the aid of the technical staff and ensure that remedial action is taken whenever a test deviates from the laboratory's performance standards.
• Ensure that all patient results are not reported until corrective actions have been taken and the systems are functioning properly.
• Engage in sample preparation and running clinical and other diagnostics equipment in a high complexity clinical laboratory environment.
• Ensure that all documentation provided associated with test results, maintenance records, and quality control are detailed, accurate, and legible.
• Ensure that instruments are running at their optimum performance through routine and preventive maintenance.
• Monitor performance of equipment by implementing QA and QC procedures.
• Monitor trends in service requests and implement corrective actions to improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime of the instruments.
• Supervise the lab team, including mentoring, coaching, training, developing, and building teams. Identify training needs and ensure all training is performed as required.
• Perform staff competency assessments and annual staff performance reviews.
• Compose, review, update, and revise new and current SOPs.
• Review assay QC steps and troubleshoot QC issues.
• Review monthly and annual instrument maintenance logs.
• Assist with internal and external proficiency testing.
• Perform instrument performance/calibration verification, as needed.
• Aid in the development, optimization, and validation of new assays.
• Procure appropriate supplies and equipment to maximize efficiency within established budgetary and quality goals.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirement: Must possess a valid CA Clinical Laboratory Scientist licensure to perform high complexity tests. Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science, medical technology or chemical, physical, or biological science with at least 1 year in high-complexity testing in the specialty or specialties of tests they will be performing.
• Other Qualification & Requirements: Familiarity with CLIA and CAP regulatory requirements. Conduct activities in compliance with CLIA and other regulatory guidelines. Adhere to laboratory safety practices, including but not limited to OSHA blood-borne pathogens, HIPAA, and hazardous chemicals training and monitoring. Identify and report unsafe equipment, conditions, and practices so that they may be corrected prior to an incident. Understand techniques, instrumentation, and underlying principles. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Strong PC skills and working knowledge of MS Office. Self-motivated, well-organized, reliable, and able to prioritize workload.

Pay

Pay scale is based off experience.

Schedule

This is a graveyard shift position, starting out Part-Time then moving to full-time.