Clinical Lab Lead: Quality, Compliance & Operations

CommonSpirit Health; Arroyo Grande (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health's Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is seeking a Clinical Lab Scientist Lead to coordinate activities across the laboratory and oversee CLS-I/CLS-II in a rotation schedule. The role involves ensuring quality patient care while maintaining regulatory compliance and efficient operations.

The CLS Lead will collaborate with leadership to design QA plans, monitor quality indicators, and implement corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience supervising CLS staff.
• California CLS license is required; MT(ASCP) registration desirable.
• Strong leadership, organizational skills, and ability to follow verbal/written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities to comply with accrediting standards and ensure efficient resource use for quality patient care.
• Design QA plans for assigned specialty/subspecialty and monitor quality indicators.
• Participate in corrective actions when improvements are identified.
• Validate methods and establish QC programs and maintenance per standards.
• Review QC data, proficiency testing, and patient data; act on trends and issues.
• Communicate with laboratory manager/pathologist daily to address problems promptly.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Communication

Quality Assurance

Regulatory compliance

Lab knowledge

Education

California CLS license

MT(ASCP) registration desirable

Job description

Dignity Health's Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is seeking a Clinical Lab Scientist Lead to coordinate activities across the laboratory and oversee CLS-I/CLS-II in a rotation schedule. The role involves ensuring quality patient care while maintaining regulatory compliance and efficient operations.

The CLS Lead will collaborate with leadership to design QA plans, monitor quality indicators, and implement corrective actions.