Lab Supervisor Full Time Days

Description

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:

• A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
• A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
• A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals

Position Summary:

Responsible for all aspects of quality patient care in the Laboratory supervisory role.

Shift: Days

Hours:

2503015988

Primary Duties 

• Records, prepares, performs, evaluates & reports various chemical, microscopic, microbiologic, hematologic or serologic tests to obtain data for use in diagnosis and treatment of disease. 
• Understands the physiological and psychological differences created by age, sex, and abilities and applies them to the preanalytic, analytic and postanalytic components of laboratory testing.
• Trains new employees in departmental procedures and theories as assigned. 
• Evaluates appropriateness of specimens received for testing.
• Prepares stains and reagents as needed.
• Maintains inventory records and rotates supply stocks. 
• Operates, calibrates and maintains laboratory equipment. Performs and records necessary quality control procedures and participates in quality assurance programs. 
• Participates in and/or coordinates technical projects and the development of departmental procedures as appropriate. 
• Coordinates subspecialty areas as assigned. 
• Communicates professionally with coworkers as well as other Hospital employees. 
• Performs job using the Hospital customer service strategy continuously. 
• Uses the knowledge of the job to work productively, efficiently and harmoniously. Is responsible for adherence to all hospital and Laboratory policies, to include those initiated to prevent the exposure of patient, self, or other employees to blood borne pathogens and safety hazards. 
• May review departmental reports for accuracy and reasonableness. 
• Functions as resource person for technicians and laboratory assistants. 
• Troubleshoots and resolves, or refers to appropriate others, problems detected in the course of work. Demographic information, limited Patient Health Information related to job function.

Qualifications

Physical demands: 

• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 pounds)
• Manual dexterity and mobility.
• Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.
• Occasional standing/walking
• Occasionally lifts supplies/equipment.

Working Conditions:

• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• Exposed to hazards from electrical/mechanical/power equipment
• Exposed to infection from disease-bearing specimens
• Exposed to odorous chemicals and specimens
• Handles emergency or crisis situations
• Occasionally subjected to irregular hours
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases
• Subject to many interruptions

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in medical technology or Clinical Laboratory Science 

Minimum Experience

• 5 years’ experience, previous Lead or Supervisory experience.

Licensure

• Requires California licensure as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist

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