Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Per Diem

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  JOB DUTIES
  

Description

As a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Per Diem, you will provide coverage on the night shift, primarily between 11:00pm to 7:30am, for the Emergency Department, Anesthesiology and Core Laboratory. Primary duties include: specimen processing; method development, modification and parallel testing; testing in chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunoassay, and blood gases; preparation of abstracts/manuscripts; maintaining and repairing laboratory instruments; performing quality control and calibration; sample processing; reagent preparation; and data entry.

Salary Range: $68.87 – $68.87/hour

May convert to career.

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  JOB QUALIFICATIONS
  

Qualifications

• Current and valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License

• Bachelor’s degree

• Must be able to work weekends and holidays

• Recent demonstrated technical competence in high volume chemistry/hematology required

• Must have working knowledge of lab safety, basic lab skills (pipetting, dilutions, specimen integrity, etc) and test methodologies used in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, infectious disease testing

• Skill in practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions used in making reagents and in performing calculations

• Able to perform repetitive tasks (i.e. pipetting, computer data entry)

• Two years of recent experience performing testing in a high volume laboratory, preferred