CLS Trainee SJSU - Clin Lab Oth Quality Mgmt - Full Time, Day - 08 hrs

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) trainee participates in a one-year rotational program across laboratory departments, which include but not limited to medical microbiology, clinical chemistry, transfusion medicine, urinalysis, hematology, and coagulation. The training provides students with the necessary technical, critical thinking, and practical skills to excel as a laboratory professional within the healthcare system. In partnership with approved National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) affiliated universities, CLS trainees will also take didactic courses throughout the year. At the end of their rotation, CLS trainees will prepare and take the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) National Certification exam in Medical Laboratory Science and obtain their CA CLS licensure.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
• Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
• Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Service Standards of the Hospital(s).
• Core Activities:
•  The internship provides instruction where the trainee will satisfactorily complete assignments, unknowns, assessments as they rotate through lab departments
•  Acquire techniques to perform diagnostic procedures and operate sophisticated instrumentation
•  Learn theories and principles of laboratory medicine to connect the clinically significant of laboratory procedures to patient diagnosis and treatment.
•  Develop skills in communication, problem solving, quality assurance, method validation, research and management related to clinical laboratory practices.
•  Engage in different dynamic environments, thereby further developing professional behaviors to not only work individually but also contribute as a team player.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with specific course requirements: o 16 semester or equivalent quarter units of chemistry, which must include clinical chemistry OR analytical and biochemistry. o 18 semester or equivalent quarter units of biology, which must include hematology, immunology, and medical microbiology. o 3 semester or equivalent quarter units of physics (light and electricity)
• Accepted into an affiliated NAACLS approved University CLS Program

Experience Qualifications

• Previous laboratory experience Preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•  Knowledgeable in the theory and application of hematology, hemostasis, urinalysis, parasitology, mycology, virology, clinical chemistry, serology, immunohematology, microbiology, molecular pathology, cytogenetics, point of care, flow cytometry, biochemical genetics, human leukocyte antigen (HLA).
•  Interpret the clinical significance of laboratory assays and test results
•  Ability to troubleshoot a variety of automated laboratory instruments and laboratory information systems.
•  Behave professionally by attending scheduled work on time, showing initiative, and actively participating in learning work opportunities, interact cooperatively and respectfully with patients, instructors, fellow students, and other personnel.
•  Ability to assume responsibility and accountability for accurate and precise results without delay.

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid California CLS trainee license

Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Blood Borne Pathogens

• Category II - Tasks that involve NO exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but employment may require performing unplanned Category I tasks

These principles apply to ALL employees: