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Tri-City Medical Center · 2 months ago

Clinical Lab Scientist I

Oceanside, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Tri-City Medical Center is a full-service acute care public hospital serving San Diego County's coastal communities. The Clinical Laboratory Scientist I performs complex and moderately complex testing, ensures compliance with laboratory policies, and maintains a safe working environment for laboratory personnel.

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Responsibilities

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