"Per Diem-Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Laboratory-Variable"

Per Diem-Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Laboratory-Variable

Req ID: 140430
Location: Fountain Valley, California
Division: Medical Center
Department: Laboratory-Clinical-FVR
Position Type: PER DIEM
Salary Range Minimum: USD $67.33/Hr.
Salary Range Maximum: USD $67.33/Hr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) is primarily responsible for the performance of laboratory testing on patient samples for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. The CLS must ensure that all the equipment and instruments used to perform patient testing are maintained according to the manufacturer's specifications and that both the instruments and chemicals used must pass quality control testing before patient testing is allowed to proceed. The CLS must undergo regular competency test to check his/her ability to perform highly complexed testing and must continue to pass these competencies in order to maintain his/her ability to perform patient testing.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Education: Knowledge necessary to obtain Clinical Laboratory Scientist license in the state of California
• Current California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred Experience: Two (2) years recent experience as a medical technologist in an acute care setting preferred.
• Ability to act as supervisor in absence of higher supervisor.
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms