Job Summary:
Under the supervision of a Laboratory Supervisor, the Clinical Lab Scientist is responsible for specimen processing, test performance, test result reporting, clerical and patient care services with a high level of accuracy, precision, and timeliness while ensuring compliance with departmental and regulatory agency standards.
Licensure and Certification:
Current California CLS License
Education:
BS/BA
Experience:
1-2 years previous experience preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
• CLS training in a USA program or if foreign trained, experience in a hospital-based laboratory located in the USA. • Ability to work well within a team environment. • Ability to speak, read, and write fluently and professionally in English as well as follow verbal instructions with minimal supervision. • Ability to work flexible shifts. • Strong organizational skills. • Critical thinking skills. • Problem solving skills. • Basic computer skills
Physical Demands - Clerical/Administrative Non-Patient Care:
• Frequent sitting and standing/walking with frequent position change. • Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level. • Occasional/intermittent reaching at or above shoulder level. • Occasional/intermittent bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing. • Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. • Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers, and performing job duties.
Key for Physical Demands:
• Continuous: 66 to 100% of the time • Frequent: 33 to 65% of the time • Occasional: 0 to 32% of the time