Sutter Health · 4 days ago
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead
Burlingame
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$75.52/hr - $94.40/hr
8+ years expSutter Health is a healthcare organization seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead to oversee daily laboratory activities and ensure efficient workflow. The role involves staff management, policy implementation, and maintaining high standards of testing safety and reliability.
Health CareHospitalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Monitors, assesses, organizes and coordinates the daily activities of co-workers to ensure a smooth and continuous Laboratory workflow overall, or within an assigned area
Duties routinely include staff scheduling, arranging coverage for staff absences, assigning work, prioritizing work, directing problem-solving and troubleshooting, ensuring shift-to-shift continuity, and managing customer complaints or inquiries
Plays a lead role in the development and implementation of new policies, procedures and protocols to streamline workflow, improve efficiency, and enhance the safety and reliability of testing
Trains and assesses the competency of co-workers
Provides guidance and direction to staff, enabling the accurate, timely and efficient completion of instrument maintenance, quality control, non-conforming event management and records management
Provides constructive feedback and recognition to peers, reinforcing Sutter's values and focusing the team's efforts on providing safe, reliable care
Serves as the liaison between Clinical Laboratory Manager and staff, physicians, patients, family and other hospital staff, leading communication huddles and other structured team meetings (e.g., Daily Engagement)
Routinely performs all duties of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, in one or more areas of the Laboratory
Adheres to all local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies and procedures to ensure patient privacy and maintain the highest level of safety and reliability in testing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in biology or related science
CLSL-Licensed Clinical Lab Scientist
8 years recent relevant experience
Demonstrated knowledge and technical competence in routine specimen collection, preparation, testing applications, laboratory operations, and quality assurance in one or more assigned clinical specialty areas; examples: Chemistry, Special Chemistry, Hematology/Coagulation, Urinalysis and Transfusion Service
Competent in monitoring, assessing, organizing coordinating and prioritizing workflow, training, assessing competency, providing direction to co-workers, escalating issues appropriately and complex operational problem-solving in real-time
Ability to provide constructive feedback and recognition to peers, reinforcing Sutter's values and focusing team's efforts on providing safe, reliable care
Ability to organize and prioritize job duties and assigned tasks for self and team, completing work within expected timeframes
Ability to guide team to accurately, precisely, and reliably perform job duties and assigned tasks
Demonstrates sound judgment and problem solving relevant to own duties and duties of the team
Ability to compassionately and effectively interact with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs and behaviors
Ability to organize and coordinate a team response to fluctuations in volume, unexpected situations or problems such as equipment or information systems failure, shift-to-shift hand-offs, STAT test orders, specimen integrity issues, and regular review of pending logs, priority assignments, etc
Ability to guide team to follow standard practices, processes, and procedures in sequence
Knowledge of applicable local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of patients
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Sutter Health
Sutter Health is a non-profit organization operating a network of hospitals and physicians in Northern California.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27.17MKey Investors
Department of Health Care Services
2025-05-19Grant· $23M
2016-11-22Grant· $1.2M
2013-10-09Grant· $2M
Leadership Team
Megan Gillespie
Chief Executive Officer
Warner L. Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
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