Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Job Family:

Medical Technologist (Digital)

Travel Required:

None

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

We are currently searching for a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) with Super User or Administrative experience working with a clinical hospital laboratory information system (LIS) to provide support to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM). This is a full-time opportunity based in Bethesda, MD.

What You Will Do:

• Follow the laboratory’s established policies and procedures.

• Work with reference laboratory interfaces related to the LIS, including:

• Monitoring reference laboratory interfaces as appropriate.

• Troubleshooting communication problems.

• Building, validating, and testing all new test requests and any modifications to interfaces to ensure the interface integrity.

• Assisting with validation of all new interface projects (e.g. Mayo Access).

• Scheduling Master Test Guide (website) changes.

• Coordinating lab test changes with Chief Techs, Senior Staff, and LAN Administrator to update the DLM website.

• Interact with all LIS and Clinical Research Information System (CRIS) users and members of other Clinical Center (CC) departments, including:

• Identifying computer problems and communicating them to IT personnel when

• necessary.

• Identifying and resolving problems with LIS access through Citrix.

• Assisting in incorporating LIS competency into DLM Staff operations.

• Communicating with the LIS vendor to enter tasks as directed.

• Sharing call activities, as appropriate, to ensure the continuous operation of LIS.

• Assist with the coordination and implementation of CRIS upgrades/updates, including:

• Collecting and validating CRIS requests from each DLM Service

• Compiling CRIS change requests and submitting to DCRI.

• Coordinating the testing of CRIS changes in all available LIS environments.

• Modify and maintain Laboratory Information System Software as assigned by the Laboratory Information Manager.

• Create new tests and modify existing tests as required.

• Test and implement system modifications and enhancements.

• Assist with organization and validation of mapping structure for all tests in LIS.

• Troubleshoot any identified LIS issues, as assigned.

• Perform security changes for employees.

• Assist with the coordination and implementation of software upgrades.

• Assist with completing ongoing validations required by regulations.

• Interpret results and relate them to the clinical history of the patient.

• Play a critical role in performing and adhering to Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Quality Improvement (QC/QA/QI) policies and procedures.

• Ensure compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidelines, as well as State and Accreditation Agency requirements.

• Adhere to safety procedures to minimize the potential of hazardous spills or unnecessary contamination of the lab environment.

• Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results; correct the problem or notify senior staff; document all corrective actions taken.

• Organize daily work based on priorities and needs of the laboratory and patients.

• Collaborate with staff to evaluate and/or develop new techniques; perform comparative studies with older technology; perform evaluations to determine new guidelines.

• Comply with all hospital and laboratory mandatory trainings and competency assessments.

• This is a day shift position Monday through Friday with on-call rotations to cover evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Individual may also be required to work non-routine shifts to accommodate special LIS/IT projects.

What You Will Need:

• Master’s degree required OR Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of three (3) years of specialized clinical laboratory experience

• Successful completion of a Medical Laboratory Sci