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Clinical Laboratory Specialist

2 months ago


Metairie, United States East Jefferson General Hospital Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Clinical Laboratory Scientist to join our team at East Jefferson General Hospital. As a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of laboratory test results, which are essential for patient diagnosis and treatment.

Key Responsibilities
  • 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.
Requirements
  • Clinical Lab Generalist licensed by Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners as CLG or CLS
  • WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)