Laboratory - Clinical Lab Scientist
Job Summary (List Format):- Minimum 1 year of experience required
- Experience in a community hospital clinical laboratory setting required
- Experience with any charting system required
- No travel experience required
- ASCP certification preferred
- Work setting: Hospital clinical laboratoryCore Laboratory Skills:-Chemistry:
- 24-hour urine analysis
- Cardiac enzymes testing
- Hormone/Thyroid testing
- Immunoassay
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Thyroid testing
- Tumor markers analysis-Hematology/Coagulation:
- Bleeding time analysis
- Manual CBC and differential
- Fibrin split products (FDP)
- Fibrinogen testing
- Platelet aggregation and count
- Reticulocyte count
- Manual sedimentation rate-Immunology/Serology:
- ANA (antinuclear antibody) testing
- ASO titer (Antistreptolysin O)
- Body fluid analysis
- C3, C4, Total Complement testing
- Pregnancy tests (urine or blood)
- General use of rapid test kits and knowledge of controls
- RPR (rapid plasma reagin) testing-Specimen Processing/Handling:
- Accessioning
- Pipetting
- Specimen collection-Urinalysis:
- Crystal identification
- Manual macroscopic urinalysis
- Microscopic urinalysis-Professional Knowledge and Skills:
- Quality assurance and controlsPreferred Experience/Certifications:- ASCP certification preferred
- Teaching hospital, LTAC, Trauma Level I/II experience not required
- Specific patient ratio experience not required