CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST I (North County) (Hiring Immediately)

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST I (North County)

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CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST I (North County)

Salary

$94,711.68 - $134,741.52 Annually

Location Los Angeles County, CA

Job Type

Full time

Job Number

Y4895T

Department

HEALTH SERVICES

Opening Date

06/12/2015

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Position/Program Information

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

EXAM NUMBER: Y4895T

OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY

ORIGINAL POSTING DATE: 1/11/2012

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REBULLETIN TO UPDATE THE EXAMINATION CONTENT INFORMATION.

Special Salary Information

Manpower Shortage Recruitment

New appointments and current incumbents shall be compensated at Step 5 of the applicable salary range. This is in effect until June 30, 2026, or until it is determined that a shortage no longer exists, whichever is sooner.

ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY:

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. DHS operates as an integrated health system, operating 26 health centers and four acute care hospitals, in addition to providing health care to youth in the juvenile justice system and inmates in the LA County jails. Across the network of DHS' directly operated clinical sites and through partnerships with community-based clinics, DHS cares for about 600,000 unique patients each year, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual operating budget of 6.5 billion.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit .

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.

We currently have 4 acute hospitals, 25 health centers, $6.9 billion dollar budget and 23,000 employees.

MISSION

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

DEFINITION

Performs a variety of standardized clinical laboratory tests within a specialized area (such as biochemistry, hematology, microbiology, or immunohematology) or across specialty lines using manual or instrumented methodology.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs specific biochemical tests on body specimens such as whole blood, blood plasma, serum, urine, spinal fluid, gastric secretions and similar products to determine the presence and quantity of metabolic and endocrine substances such as glucose, albumin, protein, urea, electrolytes, enzymes, acetone bodies, thyroid proteins, reproductive hormones, and tumor markers or to identify the presence and amount of toxic substances such as drugs and poisons.

• Performs macroscopic and microscopic examination of urine samples for the determination of blood glucose and albumin.

• To detect the presence of acetone bodies, blood, bile derivatives, Bence-Jones protein, drugs and poisons in the urine using a urinometer and determines specific gravity of urine.

• Conducts hematological tests such as red blood cell count, reticulocyte, platelet, eosinophil, and leukocyte counts.

• Microscopically examines blood smears for abnormal cells, and performs blood sedimentation tests, hemoglobin determinations, and hematocrits.

• Cultures, isolates, and identifies enteric pathogens, parasites, tubercle bacilli, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and other micro-organisms in blood, sputum, urine, feces, exudates, tissues, spinal fluid and similar substances using standardized laboratory procedures.

• Draws, groups, types, and cross-matches donor-recipient and patient blood.

• Performs antibody screening tests and antibody identification tests to resolve cross-matching problems.

• Issues whole blood and blood components for transfusion purposes and performs related blood bank activities.

• Performs immuno serological test methods such as flocculation, agglutination, complement filtration, direct and indirect fluorescence, enzyme immuno assays, molecular pathology, and serologic tests to determine the efficacy of test performed and to identify