Lead Clinical Lab Scientist - Sharp Chula Vista - Day Shift - Full Time

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

Every Other

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$55.920 - $72.150 - $88.380

 

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices. 

 

What You Will Do
Provides the technical knowledge, expertise and judgment required to support the Sharp HealthCare (SHC) mission and scope of laboratory services.

Required Qualifications

• Other : Education required for CA State CLS.
• 5 Years experience in a Clinical Laboratory as a CLS required; including competency and expertise in one or more clinical departments.
• California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Generalist license - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Chemist Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Microbiologist Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Toxicologist Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Histocompatability Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health OR California Clinical Cytogeneticist Scientist License - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• The limited CLS license specialty must be respective to the department’s assigned area.
  
  ASCP Specialty Certification preferred (SC, SH, SM, SBB, SCYM).

Essential Functions

• Communication and teamwork
  Proactively initiates communication and works cooperatively with others to successfully complete work assignments.
  Demonstrates positive verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
  Completes documentation legibly, accurately, and timely.
  Stays informed through staff meetings, electronic communication, in-services, and educational opportunities.
  Establishes effective working relationships between internal and external customers.
  Seeks opportunities for feedback to improve effectiveness of own communication.
  Validates messages by clarifying expectations and verifying understanding of agreements/action plans and utilizing communication tools, such as Closed Loop and SBAR.
• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability
  Uses time effectively and actively sets priorities.
  Demonstrates flexibility in work practices and adjusts to unscheduled situations.
  Cooperates with initiatives to improve work processes.
  Tries new ideas and new ways of doing things
  Positively embraces and is receptive to change and actively participates in the process.
• Equipment use, testing and documentation
  Utilizes all equipment (including phone, copier, fax, etc.), instruments, products, and other tools per manufacturer's and training instructions and according to established procedures; facilitates issue resolution.
  Reports, documents and resolves or facilitates resolution of equipment/analyzers/tool/reagent issues and failures in a timely and efficient manner.
  Removes defective equipment from use, documents problem, and notifies appropriate personnel for repair; verifies equipment inspections are up-to-date. Follows through on problem resolution and validates equipment/analyzers performance post repair.
  Participates in analyzer and test methodology, evaluation, selection and validation, and provides input in decision-making processes.
  Demonstrates competency and efficient use of all tool applications (IT, PC, other system/software) and equipment to produce the end product. Demonstrates advanced competency of current software applications, including troubleshooting middleware issues, validating Auto-verification criteria, and working with vendor and IT to resolve software issues.
  Performs required preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment/analyzers/tools, including comprehensive validation of accuracy, complete documentation of work orders/issues and scheduled review of data/logs/reports as required by CLIA, CA State, CAP and other regulatory agencies.
  A