Clin Lab Scientist I

Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our Clinical Lab Scientist, you will help accurately analyze and report all tests ordered by the Medical Staff in a timely manner and according to laboratory procedures and regulatory guidelines to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Every day you will perform and report waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting. Provide excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits. Ensure that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and  troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair. Perform required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters. Perform proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders .  Assist in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology 

To be successful in this role, you must

Participates in opportunities for continuing education and/or teaching, training according to the Section Performance Standards to enhance technical skills of students, trainees, coworkers, and self

Responsible for inventory of supplies, including providing assistance with monitoring supplies, ordering, and placing received supplies into storage 

Completes all work and resolves or appropriately passes ongoing issues to incoming staff within the scheduled shift

As a representative of CommonSpirit Health, utilizes professionalism and HumanKindness while communicating with physicians, hospital staff, patients, coworkers, other stakeholders in laboratory operations, and all members of the general public, whether in email, instant messaging, telephone, or face-to-face interactions

Adheres to all regulatory requirements 

Bachelor's Degree in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA.

California:  CLS:CA

MLS (ASCP) or equivalent

Must be appropriately trained in clinical laboratory science as evaluated by the Director of the Clinical Laboratory