Clinical Laboratory Scientist II

Overview:

Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest non-profit employers we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health.

Responsibilities:

Job Duties:

1. Tests patient samples through various chemical, microscopic, serological, and bacteriologic techniques
2. Assists management with the maintenance of appropriate policies, procedures and equipment as requested
3. Conducts orientation and training of new personnel and monitors performance of appropriate personnel in the section of primary responsibility as requested
4. Operates and maintains automated equipment and maintains an adequate inventory of departmental supplies
5. Performs quality control, quality assurance, and performance improvement indicators routinely in the department
6. Assists in checking calculations, transcriptions, quality control, and quality assurance reports as requested
7. Responsible for daily workflow to ensure timely and efficient departmental operations
8. Participates in professional growth by maintaining knowledge of lab specific policies and procedures and taking advantage of the available educational opportunities
9. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested in a professional manner

Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

Education Requirements:

field.

Experience Requirements:

Technologist Generalist, or closely related

Special skills requirements:

1. Working in different sections of the Laboratory such as Serology, Blood Bank, Phlebotomy/Information, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Microscopy (Parasitology/

1. Collecting blood, receiving urine, stool, and other specimens, and processing them with proper adherence to quality assurance programs of the laboratory.
2. Examine secretions and excretions of the human body by various electronics, chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, hematological, serologic, and immunologic procedures and

1. Evaluate and perform corrective actions using Quality Control specimens on various clinical instruments.
2. Operating the following laboratory equipment: Abbott Architect Ci4100, Cepheid GeneExpert, Werfren ACL tops, lmmucor ECHO Lumena, lris/lQ200 Elite Urinalysis instrument, Architect I 1000.
3. Must have a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist) License from the California Department of Public Health
4. Must have an International Medical Laboratory Scientist certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)