Clinical Laboratory Scientist IV

Job Summary:

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist IV handles all hematology, coagulation, routine chemistry, immunoassay testing with a goal of providing 100% accuracy when processing samples. Performs all essential functions such as laboratory safety, Good Documentation Practice (GDP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), specimen processing and troubleshooting, maintaining productivity and quality assigned metrics, and providing effective communication with laboratory management and team.

Essential Responsibilities/Duties:

• Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, quality control activities, and SOPs
• Assist with maintaining accurate inventory at all times.
• Review all SOP and workflow updates in a timely manner and ensure that all SOP updates are implemented in real time for workflow processes.
• Suggest any improvements to workflow processes (i.e. best practice for laboratory standards, etc).
• Assist with maintaining accurate inventory at all times.
• Perform preventative maintenance checks and decontamination of equipment and workspaces.
• Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures for notifying supervisor whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
• Facilitate and ensure appropriate work output completed based on current metrics.
• Identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results by immediately notifying the general supervisor and/or technical supervisor.
• Participate in processing proficiency testing samples, while demonstrating that the samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
• Successfully complete all CEU credits as required for CAP accreditation.
• Responsible for staying informed of all incident reports and compliance related issues by attending all team meetings.
• Supports additional duties as required, such as lot-to-lot verifications, document control, safety committee, validations.
• Ability to perform basic accessioning in pre-analytical operations: requirements for Patient Identifiers (PID), auditing and communicating client manifest issues, identifying specimens categorized as non-compliant, acceptance/rejection of patient specimens, and creating cases for exceptions and send out orders.

Qualifications:

Education -

Clinical testing personnel must possess a current license issued by the state in which the laboratory is located, if such licensing is required; and meet the following educational requirements:

• 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution that, at a minimum includes either 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester hours of science courses that include sic semester hours of chemistry, six semester hours of biology, and 23 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination.
• Completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, NAACLS, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above).

Competencies/Skills -

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to adapt quickly to new changes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Experience -

• 1-year clinical laboratory experience required, 2-3 years' experience preferred, unless required by the state in which the laboratory is located.
• Comprehensive understanding of QA/QC to ensure precision and accuracy of results.
• Broad understanding of hematology, coagulation, routine chemistry, immunoassay.

Certifications/Licenses-

• ASCP, AMT, or other organization preferred unless required by the state in which the laboratory is located.