Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
Benefits Eligible
Full-Time Benefit EligibleWork Shift
Variable - 8 Hour or less Shift (United States of America)Department
7500 Clinical LaboratoryUnder supervision of the Laboratory Director and Manager, the clinical Laboratory Section Chief oversees testing in his/her assigned department. Makes final decisions, performs clinical laboratory testing and assists in promoting a quality of service based on accuracy and timeliness in reporting results.QUALIFICATIONS
License /Certification
Required: CA Clinical Laboratory Scientist license or Clinical Chemist Scientist license
Experience
Required: Four years of clinical lab experience, with at least two years as a clinical lab scientist working in the assigned specialty.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
Actively participates in the employee selection, counseling and performance appraisal.
Schedules staff and work assignments for assigned section.
Coordinates daily technical operations of the section.
Develops new methods and updates existing ones.
Develops, maintains and monitors quality control and quality improvement programs.
Assures compliance with laws, regulations, policies, procedures and methods.
Maintains continued competence of professional, technical and supervisory skills.
Clinical Lab Scientist duties:
Performs any of the tests in Chemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Immunohematology, Hematology, and Point of Care. Performs automated and manual analysis that requires a complex network of steps and variables. Prepares a proper inventory of reagents, controls or media. Routinely follows prescribed procedures for preparation. Evaluates and labels reagents, controls and media. Conducts required quality control and quality improvement procedures. Continually evaluates results of quality control. Implements new methods. Accurately performs comparison studies of precision, accuracy, linearity, cost and suitability on new or existing procedures. Documents results and reports them to the section chief according to conventional scientific formats. Orients and trains students and new employees. Gives lectures when requested. Provides bench instruction.
Additional
Collects and prepares human samples for analysis. Performs all functions of a Laboratory Aide in the area of specialty. Prepares, stores, or transports samples.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Pay Range
$52.24 -$78.36If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong.
Skills Required
- California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license or Clinical Chemist Scientist license
- Four years of clinical laboratory experience
- At least two years of clinical laboratory scientist experience in the assigned specialty
What We Do
Established in 1963, Kaweah Health is one of the area’s most progressive healthcare providers. With more than 400 physicians and 4,800 employees – more than 1,000 of which are registered nurses – Kaweah Health provides the people living and working in California’s bustling Central Valley with access to high-quality health care just minutes from home. Kaweah Health is an eight-campus, 613-bed healthcare organization based in Visalia, California, devoted to serving central California residents. Our areas of excellence include cardiac services, orthopedics, surgical services and obstetrics. We offer an array of other services – physical therapy, cancer care, imaging, diabetes education and more to help people live healthier lives. We offer general, specialty and sub-specialty care in a full-range of medical fields. We offer six accredited Graduate Medical Education Programs training physicians of tomorrow in emergency medicine, family medicine, surgery, psychiatry, anesthesia and a transitional year program. We are the only level III trauma center in Tulare and Kings counties. We are the first in Tulare County to offer robotic surgery for gynecologic, urologic and general surgery procedures. We are the first hospital in California to install Artis Zeego advanced 3D imaging equipment in operating room. We are home to the most advanced endourology suite in the region with GreenLight Laser Therapy providing minimally-invasive relief for enlarged prostates. We are the only comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program in the South Valley. We are the only accredited amputation specialty program in the Central Valley and the only accredited stroke program in Tulare and Kings counties. We have everything from a well-respected pediatric hospitalist program to nationally-recognized orthopedic and cancer programs. We offer an expansive rural health clinic system serving residents countywide.
