Clinical Laboratory Scientist

About this role

Your job is more than a job.

As a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, you have the uncanny ability to look for that needle in the haystack that may lead to cracking medical mysteries.   You’re   not looking to be in the limelight, but rather   to shed   some light on health problems and diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and genetic abnormalities. Blood samples or body fluid specimens can hold the answers to research or recovery, so you take a detailed approach to performing clinical laboratory testing,   evaluating   and reporting data.   

And while you may never actually meet your patients personally, you still feel a connection to a real person that may   benefit   from your love of science and research.   There’s   nobody like you and   that’s   why   we’d   love to have you be a part of our crack team of scientific sleuths.   

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it   adds up   to you. And   we’re   excited to get to know you and find out what   you’ll   bring to this vital scientific research role.    

Your Everyday  

Ensure specimens received by the laboratory are acceptable for testing by applying the   appropriate criteria   and change or prepare reagents, controls as necessary and records such in log.   

Label,   accession   and distribute specimens so that integrity of patient identification is   maintained   throughout processing and inoculate specimens from all areas of the body on   appropriate media .   

Initiate orders for blood and/or blood components from the   appropriate blood   supplier.   

Follow hospital/laboratory safety and infection control policies and report variances to section supervisors as they occur.  

Determine   appropriateness of manual methods, micro-methods, back-up   procedures   and   initiate   such procedures.   

Use   computer   system to compare patient results to   previous   results during the same encounter and investigate discrepancies and report test results within established departmental turn-around times after verifying documentation is complete and   accurate .  

Prepare and interpret gram stains and other wet and dry preparations for bacteriology and parasitology.   

Perform all routine procedures including, but not limited to, ABORH typing and retesting, antibody detection and identification, compatibility   testing   and serology procedures.   

Prepare blood components while   maintaining   aseptic technique and proper storage.   

Evaluate serological reactivity to   assist   with antibody identification and crossmatch incompatibilities.   

Follow universal precautions at all times when dealing with blood or body fluids and disinfect counter tops at the end of the shift with   appropriate   cleaner.  

Operate, calibrate, conduct performance checks, and   maintain   any clinical laboratory instrument or equipment after orientation, troubleshoot basic instrument malfunctions, and document in the   appropriate action   log.  

Determine when an   instrument’s   service representative should be contacted for assistance.   

Analyze quality control material for each procedure, record values according to section policy, and report to technical supervisor when results are outside established limits.  

Perform comparison studies of precision,   accuracy   and linearity on new or existing procedures, record   proficiency   surveys, and route form and reagent quality control as specified in the quality control manuals.  

Assist   in the clinical orientation of new or less skilled laboratory personnel as requested by the   section   Supervisor.   Assures   proper packaging and disposal of waste chemicals.   

Maintain proper documentation (log) of generated waste.  

Perform order or   result   entry (manual or computerized) and reviews information for accuracy before verification.  

Document critical call value notification, duplicate checking, date and time of performance, technologist initials and expected age related “normal” values on all down-time reports as   appropriate .  

Check instruments and benches assigned for appropriate reagent and supply levels and replenishes and notify appropriate person of low inventory items or of any out-of-date reagents contaminated or otherwise unacceptable, record receipt of supplies and reagents, properly initialing and dating the inventory items at receipt, time put into use and expiration, and ensure adequate inventory levels are available for incoming shifts.  

Receive tissue specimens from surgery, autopsy and the nursing floors, perform proper processing and preservation of tissue specimens,   comply with   proper specimen storage and preservation of all other non-tissue specimens for non-core laboratory.   

Prepare necessary reagents and collection supplies for   assisting   with bone marrow aspirations according to physician orders,   assist   physicians in the procurement of bone marrow specimens, perform special   stains   and follow protocols as   appropriate .  

  The Must-Haves     Minimum:    

Clinical Lab Generalist licensed by Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners as CLG or CLS  

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community.   Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary     

About New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans East Hospital , vital to LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been New Orleans East’s and the surrounding community’s trusted healthcare leader since 2014, embodying our mission of not only superior care, but healthcare with heart, courtesy, concern, kindnes

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