Clinical Laboratory Scientist – Chemistry – Night Shift

Clinical Laboratory Scientist – Chemistry – Night Shift

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience working in a clinical hospital laboratory.
• Successful completion of a Medical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
• Strong communications skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.
• Must be willing to work night shift (Sunday Night through Thursday Night from 11:00pm-7:30am or similar; rotating holidays and weekend shifts are required.)

Responsibilities

• Follow the laboratory’s established policies and procedures.
• Perform both routine and specialized laboratory procedures of moderate to high complexity on blood and body fluids in the Chemistry Service; including, but not limited to, specimen handling, specimen acceptability and processing, automated and manual chemistry assays, urinalysis, and blood gases.
• Record patient test results through a variety of data entry modes and retrieve information when necessary.
• Interpret results and relate them to the clinical history of the patient.
• Interact directly with patient care physicians in discussing the interpretation of test results and suggest follow up procedures, which may help answer clinical questions.
• Play a critical role in performing and adhering to Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Quality Improvement (QC/QA/QI) policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Federal laws, regulations and guidelines, as well as State and agency requirements.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and initiate or take corrective action to maintain instrument function and quality, including detection of reagent problems and equipment malfunction. Calibrate, standardize, adjust, and maintain instruments. Identify the cause of common problems and mistakes and make simple repairs.
• Perform proficiency testing in the same manner as patient specimens.
• Adhere to safety procedures to minimize potential of hazardous spills or unnecessary contamination of the lab environment.
• Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results; correct problem or notify senior staff; document all corrective actions taken.
• Organize daily work based on priorities and needs of the laboratory and patients.
• Assist in performing inventory, rotating stock, and maintaining the necessary logs.
• Collaborate with staff to evaluate and/or develop new techniques; perform comparative studies with older technology; perform evaluations to determine new guidelines.
• Comply with accrediting and inspection agency requirements; participating in activities associated with the laboratory accreditation process.
• Comply with all hospital and laboratory mandatory trainings and competency assessments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred fields of study: Biological Science, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Work is in a clinical hospital laboratory, generalist experience preferred, duties will include work in chemistry.
• Prior experience in mass spectrometry, HPLC, or protein electrophoresis preferred but not required.