Medical Lab Tech CLS Part-Time

Job Title: Clinical Laboratory Scientist

About Us:
Shasta Regional Medical Center is a 226-bed acute care facility serving Northern California. We are a comprehensive healthcare provider with a range of services.

Award-Winning Team:
We have an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community.

Why Choose Us?
We offer incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. Our hospital is located in the beautiful Sacramento River region, where the sun shines 300 days a year.

Benefits:
We provide competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Benefits may vary based on collective bargaining agreement requirements and/or the employment status, i.e., full-time or part-time.

• 401K retirement plan
• Outstanding medical, dental, vision coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• The Nurse Clinical Advancement Program (NCAP) recognizes professional clinical full-time and part-time nurses for their expertise and engagement in unit, department, and organizational activities.

Company Values:
We deliver patient-centered healthcare with compassion, dignity, and respect for every patient and their family. We prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Requirements:
Each individual performing waived, moderate, or highly complex tests authorized by CLIA, Bus. & Code Section 1204, must possess a degree of skill commensurate with individuals education, training, or experience and technical abilities. The individual must:

1. Adhere to the laboratory's procedures for the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results.
2. Follow the laboratory's established quality control policies and procedures in documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
3. Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance and either correct the problem or immediately notify your immediate supervisor, Director, or Medical Director.
4. Perform a wide variety of laboratory procedures requiring independent judgment using both manual and automated methods in Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, Immunology, and any other discipline as introduced into the laboratory.
5. Perform and document maintenance daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed on instruments and equipment as appropriate.
6. Review the accuracy of patient results prior to releasing or reporting.
7. Recognize age-specific differences in expected results for newborns to geriatrics.
8. Ensure that the testing of proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples and that collaboration with other laboratories is prohibited prior to the reporting of proficiency testing results to the appropriate agencies.
9. May be required to perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on various age groups from newborn to geriatrics.
10. Assist in the development and maintenance of laboratory policies and procedures.
11. Adheres to all department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources.
12. In the absence of a supervisor, may be assigned/identified as Lead Tech, having responsibility for the section or department during their shift.
13. May be assigned responsibilities related to LIS and/or POCT.

Qualifications:
# Requires - minimum one-year work experience performing high complexity testing in hematology, chemistry, blood bank, and microbiology, or have trained at an approved internship training program.
# Training or work experience must be comprehensive to cover all areas of the clinical laboratory.
# Bachelor's Degree in biological science, chemical, physical, biological science, Medical Laboratory Technology and/or equivalent from an accredited institution, or other educational requirements as stated in California Code of Registration, Title 17, Section 1032, Clinical Laboratory Scientist (generalist).