Clinical Lab Scientist

**Overview**

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center, the Los Angeles Center for Women’s Health, obstetrics and pediatric services, and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.

**Responsibilities**

**Position Summary:**

Performs a variety of clinical laboratory procedures in assigned sections to obtain and report data used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Uses technical skills instrumentation information systems and other resources to perform waived moderately and highly complex procedures in order to provide clinical laboratory support to all user groups in the hospital and medical community. Provides clinical laboratory consultation in accordance with regulatory agency standards and laboratory law. Supervises all work performed by non-licensed staff and all other designated staff members.

**Qualifications**

**Requirements:**

+ One year of clinical internship or acute care experience.

+ Bachelors Degree in clinical laboratory technology or related field.

+ ASCP Certification preferred.

+ Knowledge of the operation of routine laboratory instruments and standard laboratory technical procedures as assigned.

+ Familiar with troubleshooting techniques for instrumentation and test performance.

+ Knowledgeable in laboratory practice laws and regulatory agency standards.

+ Good written oral and communication skills.

+ Depending upon assignment may need specialized training in or on one or more scientific disciplines instrument systems or information systems.

+ May require special aptitude skills development flexibility in assignment and/or ability to handle multiple tasks or assignments.

+ Current CA Clinical Laboratory Scientist licensure required.