Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS)

Job Type: Per Diem

Job Shift: Rotate

Holiday Rotation: 

Department: Laboratory

Reporting to the Laboratory Director and Technical Supervisors, the Clinical Laboratory Scientist is responsible for correctly performing technical procedures and Quality Control in the Clinical Lab, operating and maintaining instrumentation and taking steps necessary to assure accurate reports, performing phlebotomy and clerical tasks and other tasks as needed.  Every employee of the laboratory at Doctors Medical Center is expected to promote the mission and philosophy of the hospital by acting in a caring, courteous and confidential manner towards patients, visitors, colleagues, and staff by performing their duties and responsibilities according to the expected standards.  Every member of the Laboratory Staff is expected to perform their duties and to accept the responsibility of the accuracy of their work as dictated in their Professional Standards as Clinical Laboratory Scientists or Health Care Workers.  Staff members will maintain confidentiality of all reports, maintain the integrity of identification of patient samples and will perform designated tasks which will enable the laboratory to comply with all regulatory standards of Clinical and Anatomic Laboratories. 

Qualifications

Minimum Education:        

Bachelor’s degree in biological science or medical technology, medical technology internship        

Minimum Experience/Skills:        

Three months to a year of experience in a clinical laboratory preferred                
                        
License/Certificates/Credentials:        

California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license National licensure preferred