Clinical Lab Scientist I - Sharp Tri-City - Night Shift - Full Time

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 61,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, California, seeks a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) to perform complex, moderately complex, and waived testing under CLIA and hospital policies. The CLS must hold a California licensure (Tra i nee option available) with strong judgment and communication skills to ensure safety and accuracy in patient care.

Shifts are variable with weekend rotations (every other) and a pay range of $43.98 to $63.78 per hour.

Qualifications

• Must possess strong judgment and communication skills.
• California Clinical Laboratory Scientist licensure required; trainee path available.
• CLS Trainee license within 120 days of hire if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean working environment and adhere to infection control requirements.
• Perform complex, moderately complex, and waived tests as required by CLIA and accrediting agencies.
• Ensure proper specimen handling, testing, reporting, and recordkeeping with turnaround time goals.
• Perform instrument maintenance, calibrations, and quality control procedures.
• Identify problems affecting test performance and take corrective action and document actions.

Skills

Judgment

Communication

Education

California CLS licensure (CA)

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Every Other On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $43.980 - $53.880 - $63.780 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) is licensed with the State of California and works under the general technical supervision of the Laboratory Manager. The CLS performs complex, moderately complex, and waived testing as indicated under the CLIA Act and as required by laboratory accrediting agencies. The CLS will ensure laboratory policies and procedures are followed and that hospital objectives, regarding safety of laboratory personnel are met.

Required Qualifications

Other Meets education requirements for CLS licensure. California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS Trainee) - CA Department of Public Health; OR California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Generalist license - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED

Other Qualification Requirements If CLS Trainee – California license as a Clinical Lab Scientist obtained within 120 days of hire, required.

Essential Functions

Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements. Follows the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results appropriately. Performs patient testing accurately and at a speed and volume consistent with the turnaround time goals of the department and within the scope of the training and competency assessed by the laboratory designee. Prioritizes the workload and workflow appropriately to ensure that testing for priority patients is completed first. Performs proficiency testing samples according to laboratory procedure. Performs and documents instrument maintenance and procedural calibrations appropriately. Performs and documents quality control and quality assurance procedures appropriately. Follows the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance. Appropriately identifies problems that may adversely affect the test performance or the reporting of test results and takes action to correct the problems and communicate with the department technical specialist. Appropriately documents all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications. Follows appropriate infection control practices in the department and wears appropriate PPE. Performs other duties as assigned. CLS Trainee: Restricted to the duties of processing and setup of specimens, with no test performance, verification, or release of results.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Must be capable of applying excellent judgment and communication skills to the job.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.

At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.