Per Diem Clinical Laboratory Scientist — Precision Diagnostics

LCMC Health; Marrero (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist to support West Jefferson Medical Center in Louisiana. The role involves performing routine and specialized tests, ensuring samples are processed accurately and safely, and maintaining lab equipment and documentation.

You will work in a hospital laboratory, following strict quality control, safety guidelines, and turn-around times to deliver reliable results that aid patient care and treatment decisions.

Qualifications

• Licensed Clinical Lab Generalist (CLG or CLS) by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Responsibilities

• Ensure specimens received by the laboratory are acceptable for testing by applying the appropriate criteria and change or prepare reagents, controls as necessary and records such in log.
• Label, accession and distribute specimens so that integrity of patient identification is maintained throughout processing and inoculate specimens from all areas of the body on appropriate media.
• Initiate orders for blood and/or blood components from the appropriate blood supplier.
• Follow hospital/laboratory safety and infection control policies and report variances to section supervisors as they occur.
• Determine appropriateness of manual methods, micro-methods, back-up procedures and initiate such procedures.
• Use computer system to compare patient results to previous results during the same encounter and investigate discrepancies and report test results within established departmental turn-around times after verifying documentation is complete and accurate.
• Prepare and interpret gram stains and other wet and dry preparations for bacteriology and parasitology.
• Perform all routine procedures including, but not limited to, ABORH typing and retesting, antibody detection and identification, compatibility testing and serology procedures.
• Prepare blood components while maintaining aseptic technique and proper storage.
• Evaluate serological reactivity to assist with antibody identification and crossmatch incompatibilities.
• Follow universal precautions at all times when dealing with blood or body fluids and disinfect counter tops at the end of the shift with appropriate cleaner.
• Operate, calibrate, conduct performance checks, and maintain any clinical laboratory instrument or equipment after orientation, troubleshoot basic instrument malfunctions, and document in the appropriate action log.
• Determine when an instrument’s service representative should be contacted for assistance.
• Analyze quality control material for each procedure, record values according to section policy, and report to technical supervisor when results are outside established limits.

Education

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners CLG/CLS license

Job description

LCMC Health is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist to support West Jefferson Medical Center in Louisiana. The role involves performing routine and specialized tests, ensuring samples are processed accurately and safely, and maintaining lab equipment and documentation.

You will work in a hospital laboratory, following strict quality control, safety guidelines, and turn-around times to deliver reliable results that aid patient care and treatment decisions.