Lifeline Healthcare Professionals · 13 hours ago
Clinical Laboratory Scientist - DH
White Plains, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelLifeline Healthcare Professionals is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist to perform laboratory testing using both manual and automated techniques. The role involves ensuring the accuracy and quality of test results, maintaining compliance with laboratory standards, and participating in regulatory readiness.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Understands and adheres to the WPH performance standards, policies, and behaviors
Laboratory testing personnel responsibilities include:
Following the laboratory’s pre-analytic and analytic procedures and maintaining records of these tests
Maintaining records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens
Adhering to the laboratory’s quality assurance procedures, including documenting all:
Quality control activities including quality control testing and calibrations
Instrument and equipment verifications
Maintenance and preventative maintenance
Following the 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
Participates in regulatory readiness for CAP, AABB, NYSDOH, and Joint Commission
Maintains 12 Continuing Education credits per year
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
Performs other duties as assigned
Section testing training and competency assessments are maintained by the section laboratory supervisor for all assigned disciplines
Sections are listed below:
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
Qualification
Required
Current NYS License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist required
Education in accordance with the NYS Office of Professions and CLIA requirements of testing personnel
Preferred
Preferred with ASCP Certification
Company
Lifeline Healthcare Professionals
Lifeline Healthcare is a trusted partner in healthcare staffing, delivering customized workforce solutions to healthcare facilities of all sizes.
Founded in 2008
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase