Per Diem-Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Laboratory-Placentia-Evenings

About the role

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) leads the technical and administrative functions of the Clinical Laboratory, ensuring accurate and timely performance of laboratory services and reporting of results. This role also involves leading the Quality Assurance program, establishing and maintaining an approved procedure manual, and resolving technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional leadership and technical skills and knowledge to ensure accurate and timely performance of laboratory services and reporting of results to responsible party.
• Performs as Technical Lead CLS of laboratory in Director's absence.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining a Quality Assurance program, establishing and maintaining an approved procedure manual, providing coordination of the technical and administrative functions for the operations of the Clinical Laboratory.
• Verifies the test procedures performed and establishes the laboratory's test performance characteristics, including the precision and accuracy of each test and test system.
• Establishes and maintains an approved Proficiency Testing (PT) program, verifies test systems have established acceptable performance specifications for the performance characteristics of accuracy, precision, analytical sensitivity, and analytical specificity.
• Establishs a program for troubleshooting, maintenance and calibration of instrumentation and equipment used to perform the testing, resolves technical problems and ensures that remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
• Evaluates test results for completeness, accuracy and quality and ensures that patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
• Identifies training needs and assures that each individual performing tests and Quality Controls receives in-service training and education.
• Performs the duties of Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

Requirements

• Requires a Clinical Laboratory Scientist License issued by the State of California.
• Possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to provide accurate and timely testing of clinical laboratory specimens in multiple laboratory disciplines.
• Good clinical judgment and problem solving abilities.
• Demonstrates good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Able to work in team based environments.
• Able to implement and maintain a Quality Assurance program, including establishing and maintaining an approved Proficiency Testing (PT) program and a program for troubleshooting, maintenance and calibration of instrumentation and equipment.
• Able to resolve technical problems, evaluate test results for completeness, accuracy and quality and ensuring that patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken.
• Able to provide training needs and assure that each individual performing tests are competent in evaluating Quality Controls with their corrective actions.
• Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences preferred.
• Prioritize 5 years of Quality Assurance experience and at least 8 years of previous acute care clinical laboratory experience in CLS role.
• Knowledge of Cerner Mellinium desirable.

Qualifications

• Hospital Mandatory Education Requirements: Orientation, Environment of Care, OSHA, Infection Control, Abuse/Neglect, and Ethics, Tuberculosis Screening, Licensure renewal.
• Must be able to comply with background check and live scan.
• Must comply with Employment Misconduct, Legal Right to Work in the United States, Vaccination Policies, Smoking and Tobacco Policy, Drug Free Environment, Misconduct Disclosure Requirement.
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Must maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload.
• Must establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System.

Benefits

UCI offers a range of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. For more information, please visit this page.