Clinical Laboratory Scientist

2600 White Plains Hospital Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 66,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

White Plains Hospital Medical Center seeks a per diem Medical Laboratory professional for the Evening shift in the Lab Microbiology section. You will follow pre-analytic and analytic procedures, maintain rigorous records, and ensure QC and calibration activities are documented and compliant.

Responsibilities include handling proficiency testing, reporting critical values on time, and participating in competency assessments, validations, and trainings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Flexibility in schedule.
• Strong organizational and attention-to-detail abilities.
• Good stress tolerance and problem-solving skills.
• Clear verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Follows the laboratory's pre-analytic and analytic procedures and maintaining records of these tests.
• Maintains records that demonstrate proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
• Adheres to quality assurance procedures, including documenting QC activities, calibrations, and maintenance.
• Follows laboratory policies and procedures.
• Identifies and documents problems affecting test performance and notifies supervisor with corrective actions.
• Ensures accuracy and quality of all results across testing phases.
• Notifies clinicians and patient units of critical values and maintains STAT turnaround time.
• Participates in SOPs, proficiency testing, audits, and quality programs.
• Evaluates test results and confirms per department protocols.
• Participates in validations, training, and competency assessments.
• Manages inventory of lot numbers, expiration dates, labeling, and QC requirements.
• Completes annual training and regulatory readiness activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Flexibility

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Stress tolerance

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Competency assessments

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Job Summary

City/State: White Plains, New York Department: Lab Microbiology_1 Work Shift: Evening Work Days: PER DIEM Scheduled Hours: Evenings Hours Per Pay Period: 0 Pay Rate/Range: $48.1400 - $61.8900/hr For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Essential Functions

• Follows the laboratory's pre-analytic and analytic procedures and maintaining records of these tests
• Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens
• Adheres to the laboratory's quality assurance procedures, including documenting all: quality control activities, including quality control testing and calibrations, instrument equipment verifications, and routine as well as preventative maintenance.
• Follows laboratory's policies and procedures
• Whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established performance specifications.
• Identifying and documenting problems that may adversely affect test performance and notifying the supervisor, assistant director or director and documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications
• Ensures the accuracy and quality of all results from pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing.
• Notifies and documents clinicians and patient units of all critical values and maintains the laboratory STAT turn around time requirements.
• Understands and participates in standard operating procedures, proficiency testing, inspection audits, quality program including reporting non-conformances.
• Evaluates test results for abnormalities and confirms those results per department protocols where required.
• Participates in validations, training, and competency assessments as required.
• Responsible for inventory management of lot numbers, expiration dates, labeling, and QC requirement.
• Completes all annual mandatory training, in-services, and ongoing education as required.
• Participates in regulatory readiness for CAP, AABB, NYSDOH, and Joint Commission.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor Degree Bachelor's or higher Required Flexibility Organized Adaptability Attention to Detail Stress Tolerance Troubleshooting skills Communication skills both verbal and written Section testing training and competency assessments are maintained by the section laboratory supervisor for all assigned disciplines

Section Tests and Competencies

• Generalists - performs Hematology, Coagulation, Chemistry/Immunology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, and Blood Bank specialties
• Chemistry/Immunology - Performs Chemistry, Specialized Chemistry, Immunology, Molecular, and Serology testing
• Hematology - Performs Hematology, Coagulation, and Urinalysis testing
• Microbiology - Performs Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Susceptibilities, and Molecular testing
• Blood Bank - Performs blood bank testing related to transfusion medicine and blood product distribution.
• Anatomic Pathology - Performs histological procedures for routine, specials stains, and immunohistochemistry

Licenses and Certifications

CLAB Clinical Lab Technologist - New York State Upon Hire Required or ASCP - International Medical Laboratory Scientist - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (ASCP) Preferred NYS Histotechnologist License: Anatomic Pathology section only Upon Hire Required

Equal Employment Opportunity

White Plains Hospital Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. White Plains Hospital Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the Hospital

White Plains Hospital is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. White Plains Hospital has outpatient medical facilities across Westchester, including multispecialty practices in Armonk, Hawthorne, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Rye Brook, Scarsdale, Somers, Yonkers and Yorktown Heights; and Scarsdale Medical Group locations in Harrison and Scarsdale. The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, and in 2025 received another 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - the highest distinction offered by the federal agency - for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, the Hospital received its third Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a distinction held by only two percent of hospitals in the country. White Plains Hospital has consistently received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades, and in 2025 was awarded an "A" Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the 14th consecutive time.