Diagnostic Lab Scientist — Precision Diagnostics & Patient Care

CommonSpirit Health; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, CA, is hiring a Clinical Lab Scientist to perform complex analyses across laboratory disciplines and ensure accuracy and quality in patient results.

The role requires competency in age-specific testing, strict specimen handling, and adherence to lab procedures. Candidates should have a biology degree, a CA CLS license, and internship experience in hospital labs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biological science or US military equivalent required. Internship in a hospital clinical laboratory preferred.
• CA Clinical Lab Scientist license required upon hire.
• USMLE/clinical lab knowledge not required.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competency in age-specific patient testing for neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Properly identifies patient, sample, and/or result and maintains sample integrity throughout the analytical and reporting process.
• Performs technical procedures accurately, correlating technical data and evaluating results for reasonableness, and maintaining required documentation.
• Accurately reports results via computer entry or recording manually. Ensures authentication parameters before auto release of results.
• Makes appropriate workflow decisions considering clinical needs, test priority, and response to expedited requests; performs centrifugation and specimen preparation as needed.
• Recognizes, reports and calls critical values according to policy.

Skills

Lab testing

Quality control

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in biological science or US military equivalent

CA Clinical Lab Scientist license

Tools

Instrumentation operation

Job description

Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, CA, is hiring a Clinical Lab Scientist to perform complex analyses across laboratory disciplines and ensure accuracy and quality in patient results.

The role requires competency in age-specific testing, strict specimen handling, and adherence to lab procedures. Candidates should have a biology degree, a CA CLS license, and internship experience in hospital labs.