Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Per Diem, Variable Shift)

About the role

Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley has been providing high-quality healthcare services since 1934. We are comprised of a 25-bed hospital, wide range of outpatient services, emergency department, rural health clinics and medical offices. Tehachapi is located just north of Southern California's highly populated areas, with a mountain locale known for its outdoor living. Residents enjoy the scenic beauty, extreme sports and wildlife. Tehachapi is a nice balance of a small-town community within an epicenter of shopping, retail, arts and culture.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes and performs a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests on various biological specimens.
• Reviews, evaluates, documents and reports results.
• Preserves confidentiality of patients and follows lab safety and maintenance protocols.
• Trains and supervises trainees, laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.

Requirements

• Education and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, biological sciences, chemical sciences or allied health technologies or equivalent: Required
• Clinical laboratory experience: Preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license in state of employment: Required in CACurrent certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Labs (NCA): Preferred

Qualifications

• Employs positive patient identification procedures to ensure the integrity of each specimen for pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical testing.
• Performs proper specimen collection (including phlebotomy procedures as necessary), labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, transportation and storage.
• Adheres to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
• Prioritizes lab orders according to type (STAT, ASAP, routine and timed studies) and performs various testing (including chemistry, coagulation, hematology, special chemistry, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, immunology, bacteriology, microbiology, referral testing and more) following prescribed quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Performs, evaluates and documents quality control checks.
• Reviews testing results evaluating validity of test results in comparison to anticipated results indicated per procedure manual.
• Reviews and evaluates the validity and accuracy of test results, recognizing the interdependency of tests, the physiological conditions affecting results, patient age and normal values, controls, linearity errors, instrument codes, delta checks and more.
• Correlates test results with diagnoses and questions incompatible results.
• Thoroughly documents and communicates test results, expediting all critical values and results to appropriate clinicians.
• Inventories and restocks reagents, calibrators, controls and supplies as needed.
• Participates in the collection and evaluation of data for Performance Improvement evaluations.
• Documents adverse events using incident reporting tool.
• Orients, instructs and supervises laboratory assistants and clerks as needed.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

• Positive patient identification procedures
• Specimen collection and handling
• Quality control checks
• Reviewing and evaluating test results
• Documenting and communicating results
• Inventory management
• Supervision of laboratory staff

Benefits

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Pay

The estimated base pay for this position is $49.60 to $68.03. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.

Schedule

Hiring Department : Clincal Laboratory Shift Length : 12 Hours