Job Description

Job Description

Medical Solutions Direct Hire is seeking a Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) for a job in Hawthorne, New York.

• Specialty: Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS)
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Start Date: 01/12/2026
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Position Summary

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist performs laboratory testing using both manual and automated techniques. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities Includes the Following:

• Understands and adheres to performance standards, policies, and behaviors
• Laboratory testing personnel responsibilities include:
  • Following the laboratory’s pre-analytic and analytic procedures and maintaining records of these tests
  • Maintaining records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens
  • Adhering to the laboratory’s quality assurance procedures, including documenting all:
    • Quality control activities including quality control testing and calibrations
    • Instrument and equipment verifications
    • Maintenance and preventative maintenance
  • Following the laboratory’s policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established performance specifications
  • Identifying and documenting problems that may adversely affect test performance and notifying the supervisor, assistant director or director and documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications
• Ensures the accuracy and quality of all results from pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing.
• Notifies and documents clinicians and patient units of all critical values and maintains the laboratory STAT turn around time requirements.
• Participates in regulatory readiness for CAP, AABB, NYSDOH, and Joint Commission.
• Maintains 12 Continuing Education credits per year.
• Understands and participates in standard operating procedures, proficiency testing, inspection audits, quality program including reporting non-conformances.
• Evaluates test results for abnormalities and confirms those results per department protocols where required.
• Participates in validations, training, and competency assessments as required.
• Responsible for inventory management of lot numbers, expiration dates, labeling, and QC requirement.
• Completes all annual mandatory training, in-services, and ongoing education as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Section testing training and competency assessments are maintained by the section laboratory supervisor for all assigned disciplines

Sections are listed below:

• Generalists – performs Hematology, Coagulation, Chemistry/Immunology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, and Blood Bank specialties
• Chemistry/Immunology – Performs Chemistry, Specialized Chemistry, Immunology, Molecular, and Serology testing
• Hematology – Performs Hematology, Coagulation, and Urinalysis testing
• Microbiology – Performs Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Susceptibilities, and Molecular testing
• Blood Bank – Performs blood bank testing related to transfusion medicine and blood product distribution.
• Anatomic Pathology – Performs histological procedures for routine, specials stains, and immunohistochemistry

Education & Experience Requirements 

• Current NYS License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist required.
• Education in accordance with the NYS Office of Professions and CLIA requirements of testing personnel.
• Preferred with ASCP Certification.

At Medical Solutions, we’re people who care, helping people who care. No matter how you look at it, there’s a whole lot of care going on in our world and that’s just the way we like it. What do we do? Medical Solutions is one of the nation’s largest providers of total workforce solutions in the healthcare industry, connecting nurses and allied health clinicians with hospitals and healthcare systems across the country and around the corner. Through our family of brands, we also serve a segment of clients outside of the healthcare space. And we’re the very best at what we do. You’ll love our culture that’s filled with heart and soul. As a company and employer, we’re sincerely and unabashedly us. We lead as humans first and believe the unique qualities of each team member make us better together. We share a purpose for helping others and the drive to make a difference. And we offer endless opportunities for personal and professional growth, throughout your career. At Medical Solutions, you’ll find a great place to work and a career home. We’ve received Best Places to Work awards, landed top industry awards, and received accolades for the impact we’ve made in business and within our community. But the only way to really get to know us, is to join us. We think you’ll fit right in.

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