Clinical Laboratory Scientist I

Where You’ll Work

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 a Level II Trauma Center, a 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 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Job Duties:1. Performs and reports waived, moderate-complexity, and high-complexity laboratory testing onpatient specimens in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timelyresults.2. Correlates clinical results, identifies patterns of bias, and promptly notifies appropriate caregivers ofcritical values within established turnaround times.3. Ensures proper operation of major automated laboratory equipment by performing requiredmaintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting, including coordinating with instrument vendors fortechnical support or repairs.4. Performs and documents all required calibration and quality control procedures to ensure testingremains within established performance parameters.5. Completes assigned proficiency testing and reviews results with laboratory leadership to maintaincompliance and testing accuracy.6. Assists in the evaluation, validation, and documentation of new laboratory procedures andequipment to support implementation of updated testing technologies.7. Participates in continuing education, teaching, and training activities to maintain and enhancetechnical skills and support the development of students and coworkers, and monitors laboratorysupply inventory, including assisting with ordering and stocking materials.

Job Requirements

Education Requirements:Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, or closely related.The employer will accept a foreign equivalent degree if it is in the same field.Experience Requirements:24 months in the job offered, Medical Technologist, Medical Technologist I (Generalist), or closelyrelated.

Special skills requirements:1. Experience working in different sections of the Laboratory such as Serology, Blood Bank,Phlebotomy/Information, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Microscopy (Parasitology/Urinalysis), and Microbiology.2. Experience with collecting blood, receiving urine, stool, and other specimens, and processing themwith proper adherence to quality assurance programs of the laboratory.3. Experience with examining secretions and excretions of the human body by various electronic,chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, hematological, serologic, and immunologic procedures andtechniques, either manual or automated.4. Experience with evaluating and performing corrective actions using Quality Control specimens onvarious clinical instruments.

5. Experience with operating the following laboratory equipment: Mindray BS-380, Mindray BS-230,Mindray BC3000PLUS, Mindray BC 6800, SNIBE Maglumi 800, BioMerieux MiniVidas, and laboratoryinformation systems.6. Must have a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist) License from the California Department ofPublic Health.7. Must have a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or International Medical Laboratory Scientist (IMLS)Certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

Qualified applicants send cover letter and resumes to: Dignity Health, Thea Bruzdzinski, Director, TalentAcquisition, thea.bruzdzinski@commonspirit.org, ref job#AN01. EOE. Standard Benefits. #LI-DNI #FB-DNI#IN-DNI #TW-DNI #GD-DNI