Clinical Lab Scientist - Precision Diagnostics

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health; Burien (WA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health seeks a Medical Lab Scientist to execute complex lab tests across hematology, chemistry, and microbiology disciplines, ensuring accurate, timely results for patient care.

You will operate and maintain instruments, perform quality control, and collaborate with clinicians for clinical correlation and rapid notification of critical values, all while upholding strict regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Performs waived, moderately complex, and highly complex tests per SOPs to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Provides patient care through clinical correlation of results, rapid notification of critical values, and turn-around-time adherence.
• Maintains major automated equipment with calibration, maintenance, and vendor liaison for repairs.
• Performs calibration and quality control procedures and keeps records of parameter limits.

Responsibilities

• Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits
• Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair
• Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters
• Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
• Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology

Skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory adherence

Quality control

Problem-solving

Technical proficiency

Diagnostic testing

Education

Bachelor Of Science in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA

Job description

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health seeks a Medical Lab Scientist to execute complex lab tests across hematology, chemistry, and microbiology disciplines, ensuring accurate, timely results for patient care.

You will operate and maintain instruments, perform quality control, and collaborate with clinicians for clinical correlation and rapid notification of critical values, all while upholding strict regulatory standards.